to all concerned.
i had followed these directions to rid my win me of system restore.
i booted my computer to a dos prompt (ok maybe it is not real dos) with a boot disk.
typed smartdrv 8192 to install an 8 megabyte disk cache to speed up the file delection.
went to C: by typing C:.
Typed "C:\WINDOWS\COMMAND\DELTREE C:\_RESTORE" to remove all the System Restore files.
Created a bogus file called _RESTORE by, running EDIT and creating a blank text file.
Typed "C:\WINDOWS\COMMAND\ATTRIB +r +s +h _RESTORE" to hide this file. This will prevent Windows from re-creating its hidden directory.
then rebooted my computer.
the files that many complain about were no longer there or created again.
but when i went to windows update, certain updates would not install although i tried many times.
at first it was just one update that would not install but that list grew to 6 that would not install. the uninstallable updates were 814078, 819696, kb828026, kb825119, kb828750 and the newer directx runtime.
i received that windows could not upgrade the file 1%from2% many times too but the computer would always boot. sometimes i had to press a key to continue...
while trying to install the newer directx i also received windows could not create directory or something like that umpteen times.
i tried the solution from symantec for Error: "Windows could not upgrade the file %1 from %2" after running LiveUpdate.
i tried the solution from microsoft about deleting some wininit file nobody could find.
i tried replacing some wininit file <that did not work either.
so i finally decided to see if i could repair system restore and if that would let me install the uninstallable updates.
i ; 1)deleted the dummy restore folder, rebooted
2)turned on statemgr, pchealth,scheduling agent (mstask.exe) rebooted
3)turned on restore in system properties( file system properties), rebooted
4)threw in a couple extra reboots
5)went to windows update and installed all the uninstallable updates
6)downloaded and installed the newer directx runtime
7)now everything installed with no problems
brian
i had followed these directions to rid my win me of system restore.
i booted my computer to a dos prompt (ok maybe it is not real dos) with a boot disk.
typed smartdrv 8192 to install an 8 megabyte disk cache to speed up the file delection.
went to C: by typing C:.
Typed "C:\WINDOWS\COMMAND\DELTREE C:\_RESTORE" to remove all the System Restore files.
Created a bogus file called _RESTORE by, running EDIT and creating a blank text file.
Typed "C:\WINDOWS\COMMAND\ATTRIB +r +s +h _RESTORE" to hide this file. This will prevent Windows from re-creating its hidden directory.
then rebooted my computer.
the files that many complain about were no longer there or created again.
but when i went to windows update, certain updates would not install although i tried many times.
at first it was just one update that would not install but that list grew to 6 that would not install. the uninstallable updates were 814078, 819696, kb828026, kb825119, kb828750 and the newer directx runtime.
i received that windows could not upgrade the file 1%from2% many times too but the computer would always boot. sometimes i had to press a key to continue...
while trying to install the newer directx i also received windows could not create directory or something like that umpteen times.
i tried the solution from symantec for Error: "Windows could not upgrade the file %1 from %2" after running LiveUpdate.
i tried the solution from microsoft about deleting some wininit file nobody could find.
i tried replacing some wininit file <that did not work either.
so i finally decided to see if i could repair system restore and if that would let me install the uninstallable updates.
i ; 1)deleted the dummy restore folder, rebooted
2)turned on statemgr, pchealth,scheduling agent (mstask.exe) rebooted
3)turned on restore in system properties( file system properties), rebooted
4)threw in a couple extra reboots
5)went to windows update and installed all the uninstallable updates
6)downloaded and installed the newer directx runtime
7)now everything installed with no problems
brian