System restore..HELP....

[Caddy]

I ran my XP disk to do a update, somthing happened a well
as loosing my internet conection ( i have since fixed
this) i have lost the ability to use the System
restore..this is the message i get.
rstrui.exe. Entry point not found.
The procedure entry point Remote Assistance Prepare
System Restore could not be located in the dynamic link
library.WINSTA.dll
Someone out there must be able to help me sort this
out..please.........

 

[Maureen Goldman]

I ran my XP disk to do a update, somthing happened a well
as loosing my internet conection ( i have since fixed
this) i have lost the ability to use the System
restore..this is the message i get.
rstrui.exe. Entry point not found.
The procedure entry point Remote Assistance Prepare
System Restore could not be located in the dynamic link
library.WINSTA.dll
Someone out there must be able to help me sort this
out..please.........

I copied a message from www.annoyances.org in response to a post about
a problem getting system restore to run and citing a winsta.dll error.
(Note: If you lost system restore as a side effect to treating the
msblaster worm, you should run a currently updated antivirus program
to be sure it's gone and not just "resting".)

http://www.annoyances.org/exec/forum/winxp/t1050321859
Friday, August 8, 2003 at 6:53 am
Posted by qball

Have a Compaq ML330e server with XP.. had the same problem but fixed
with having to install sp1.

This issue can occur if there are corrupted restore points or some
related system files are missing. To troubleshoot this issue, let's go
through the following steps:

Part I. Disable and then re-enable the System Restore feature:
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1. Click the Start menu -> Run. Type "sysdm.cpl" (Without quotation
marks) in the Open field. Click OK.
2. Click the "System Restore" tab.
3. Click to check the "Turn off System Restore on all drives" box, and
click OK.
4. Restart the computer.
5. Click the Start menu -> Run. Type "sysdm.cpl" (Without quotation
marks) in the Open field. Click OK.
6. On the "System Restore" tab, remove the check mark from the "Turn
off System Restore on all drives" box, and click OK.
7. Restart the computer again.
8. Check whether you can use the System Restore function.

Part II. If this issue persists, please perform the following steps to
repair the System Restore feature:
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1. In My Computer, click the Tools menu -> Folder Options.
2. On the View tab, make sure to check the option "Hide extensions for
known file types".
3. Click OK.
4. Click the Start menu -> Run. Type "%windir%\inf" (Without quotation
marks) in the Open field. Click OK.
5. Locate and select the file "sr.inf". Right-click it and then click
Install.

 

[Alex Nichol]

I ran my XP disk to do a update, somthing happened a well
as loosing my internet conection ( i have since fixed
this) i have lost the ability to use the System
restore..this is the message i get.
rstrui.exe. Entry point not found.
The procedure entry point Remote Assistance Prepare
System Restore could not be located in the dynamic link
library.WINSTA.dll

Something seems to cause damage to winsta.dll - it should be in
windows\system32. Look for it, and r-click, rename to say winsta.dl
only. You should find that in a few seconds the file protection system
gets out a clean fresh copy from the cache of dll files.

If that does not do it, then with System Restore, If it has got into
trouble, it is probably sensible to clear it out and let it start clean
too. One aspect is that I think it gets to choke if it is allowed too
much space - the 12% of a drive becomes very large on modern big disks.
System Restore.

Check 'Disable System Restore, and OK, reboot. Now have Folder Options
- View set to show Hidden files, and *not* Hide Protected mode ones and
delete everything in the System Volume Information folder on each drive

Start SR up again, and I suggest reviewing the settings for each drive.
There is not much point having it enabled on data drives, and on ones
with System or Programs I would reduce the space allotted if more than
say 1GB - I use 500MB, the minimum is 200 which will only handle maybe a
week of points.