System Restore Broken

[jimb11 via WindowsKB.com]

I tried to restore back to a earlier date but when I did it told me restore
incomplete. So I shut it off,restarted,turned it back on and created some new
restore points. So I try to restore back to a earlier date again and I have
the same problem. System Restore just won't work of me can anyone tell me
what might be causing this?

 

[Bob I]

Is Norton "goback" on the PC? Any other malware on the pc? Virus?

 

[Ken Blake, MVP]

I tried to restore back to a earlier date but when I did it told me
restore incomplete. So I shut it off,restarted,turned it back on and
created some new restore points. So I try to restore back to a
earlier date again and I have the same problem. System Restore just
won't work of me can anyone tell me what might be causing this?

It doesn't happen often, but unfortunately System Restore points sometimes
get corrupted. When that happens, all you can do is turn it off and then
back on again. That causes the loss of existing restore points, but they are
no good anyway.

There's very good info about System Restore here:
http://bertk.mvps.org/html/description.html

 

[Guest]

To Jimb11 - I'm sorry for posting this here as it's not related to this
persons question, but I am unable to post a 'new' post...all I can do is
'reply.' Please start a new thread for me regarding this question and
hopefully I can view it and reply.

I keep getting this error message: "the application or .dll -
c:\windows\syste,32\jscript.dll is not a valid window Image. Please check
this against your installation disk."
I am uing friends pc right now. On my pc I can not do a system restore, do
a search, go to windows update, open hotmail, My yahoo mail opens and
downloads new messages, but I cannot reply to, compose new, forward or delete
any mail. My outlook mail is the only mail that works, although this same
error message pops up 10 times when I open outlook. I cannot run my Norton
anti-virus to check for problems...I cannot access windows update site....and
many other frustrating things.

Error first occurred last Saturday. I was downloading pics from my digital
camera...attempted 4 times before it was successful...when I went to view a
video...I got 'bad image file.' or something like that. Went to check yahoo
mail and that's when said error message began popping up. I do remember
recently doing a windows update and am thinking maybe they installed a bad
jscript.dll file??? Although I updated a day or two prior to this mess and
had no problems until Sat. I went to java.com and downloaded applet hoping
that would correct problem, but didn't.

Yesterday pc wouldn't turn on past the windows logo...would not open to
desktop..this happened 4 times in a row after rebooting. That problem has
gone away, but I can do nothing on my pc. Can I somehow restore computer via
my windows xp installation disc? If so, please explain how...I don't see any
option for this. Or...can I copy this jscript.dll file from installation
disk and replace it with my seem to be corrupt jscript.dll file? If so,
please tell me where to find it.

Sorry again for posting this in the middle of someone elses thread...but
when I click 'new' thread...nothing opens up.
Barb

 

[Ken Blake, MVP]

To Jimb11 - I'm sorry for posting this here as it's not related to
this persons question, but I am unable to post a 'new' post...all I
can do is 'reply.' Please start a new thread for me regarding this
question and hopefully I can view it and reply.

I don't have a answer to your question, but the reason you're having such
posting problems is that you are using the web interface to participate in
this newsgroup--it's the slowest, clunkiest, most error-prone method there
is. Do yourself a favor and switch to a newsreader, such as Outlook Express,
which comes with Windows. See
http://www.michaelstevenstech.com/outlookexpressnewreader.htm

 

[Guest]

Thanks. Okay...I set up my newsreader in outlook. Would you please send me
a link to an appropriate newsgroup where my questions can best be
answered...there are a zillion microsoft.public.windows newsgroups!

 

[Ken Blake, MVP]

Thanks. Okay...I set up my newsreader in outlook. Would you please
send me a link to an appropriate newsgroup where my questions can
best be answered...there are a zillion microsoft.public.windows
newsgroups!

You are in a newsgroup here, although you don't realize it. It looks like a
web site to you, but you are just using that web site as as an interface to
this newsgroup. This is microsoft.public.windowsxp.general on the server
msnews.microsoft.com. It's a good group for most windows-related questions.

 

[Guest]

Thanks! I got my answer and fixed my problem. Someone replied suggesting I
use System File Checker to replace my possibly corrupt jscript.dll. Soooo, I
went to command prompt and typed in sfc /scannow to scan system files which
replaces corrupt/missing files using cached files in dll cache folder...so I
was told. ....and voila! It worked.