Andrew E.
April 5th 03, 03:17 AM
Try shut-down,on starting tap the F8 key,choose,start in
last good known configuration,mode.I believe there's a
download at microsoft.com dwnlds,updates that wont
install.
>-----Original Message-----
>I did a system restore (to about a month ago) on my win
>XP machine, which went fine. It did not solve the
>problem I was having so I want to go back (by undo-ing
>the restore). Every time I try to do this, it goes
>through the motions, then says "System Restore Failed"
>and doesn't provide me with any other options. Is there
>any way to get back to my old system or am I stuck here?
>
>I say "stuck" because now when I try to perform the
>windows updates to my system to get it updated to the
>original current date system (from the microsoft windows
>update website) it downloads the updates, then says they
>failed to install. So I can't update my system. Do I
>need to just re-install XP?
>.
>
last good known configuration,mode.I believe there's a
download at microsoft.com dwnlds,updates that wont
install.
>-----Original Message-----
>I did a system restore (to about a month ago) on my win
>XP machine, which went fine. It did not solve the
>problem I was having so I want to go back (by undo-ing
>the restore). Every time I try to do this, it goes
>through the motions, then says "System Restore Failed"
>and doesn't provide me with any other options. Is there
>any way to get back to my old system or am I stuck here?
>
>I say "stuck" because now when I try to perform the
>windows updates to my system to get it updated to the
>original current date system (from the microsoft windows
>update website) it downloads the updates, then says they
>failed to install. So I can't update my system. Do I
>need to just re-install XP?
>.
>