I am having problems with System Restore in Windows ME!?

Question

I am having problems with System Restore in Windows ME
It won't let me restore my computer to an earlier time.
It has a frozen date of Saturday, December 30, 1899.
The arrows to proceed to another date will not move.
I have scanned for viruses with no viruses found.
Used scanregw.exe to check for registry errors and there are none.
Updated System Restore with the 290700usam.exe patch
Disabled System Restore and enabled it to see it that would reset it and that did not help!
I don't have a start up disk because my floppy disk drive does not work, but I do have the restore disks that came with the computer, but I'm not sure how to use them to restore a specific problem without restoring the entire computer - which I do not want to do.
So - I am out of my ideas and hope you can help me.

Answer 1

When you run the System Restore tool in Microsoft Windows Millennium Edition (Me), the following behaviors may occur:

•The calendar on the left side of the "Choose a Restore Point" window is absent.

•The date on the title bar for the restore point list is Saturday, December 30, 1899.



These behaviors can occur if the file association for Hypertext Markup Language (HTML) Component (.htc) files is absent from the registry.



To resolve this issue, check for the following keys, if one does not exist, create the key, and then add the values outlined below that belong to the corresponding key:

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\.htc]

String Value Name: Content Type

String Value Data: text/x-component



[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Classes\.htc]

String Value Name: Content Type

String Value Data: text/x-component



[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\MIME\Database\Content Type\text/x-component]

String Value Name=CLSID

String Value Data={3050f4f8-98b5-11cf-bb82-00aa00bdce0b}



Create a Second String Entry with the following Values:

String Value Name= Extension

String Value Data= .htc



[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\CLSID\{3050f4f8-98b5-11cf-bb82-00aa00bdce0b}]

String Value Name ="Microsoft Html Component"



[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\CLSID\{3050f4f8-98b5-11cf-bb82-00aa00bdce0b}\InProcServer32]

String Value Name = Default

String Value Data = "C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM\MSHTML.DLL"



Create a Second String Entry with the following Values:

String Value Name="ThreadingModel"

String Value Data="Apartment"



*EDIT* Note- The above registry keys do not copy correctly into this answer. Please go to the Microsoft site noted below for FULL instructions. Hope this helps.

Answer 2

Actually the date you mentioned is very Old

Even Before Personal Computers were invented

December 30 1899

Answer 3

system restore how to delete restore points



choose diskclean up choose more optons



delete all restor point but 1



first create todays





1- click start at bottom of screen

2 - then click choose all programs

3 - then click pc help tools or could be in accessorys

4 - then click on system restore

5 - then click on restore to an earlier date or factory settings

6 - choose a date when it was working - or factory settings

7 - let it run it may take a while - follow directions - if any

8 - if does not work - restart THEN CHECK STATUS

choose destructive recovery as last resort you will have to look hard to find this option

BUT thats what it took to restore mine to get settings i wanted etc

BACK UP IMPORTANT THINGS TO CD NO MATTER WHAT OPTION(S) YOU CHOOSE









create point for today

shut down computer

restart

restore to today





system restore





1- click start at bottom of screen

2 - then click choose all programs

3 - then click pc help tools or could be in accessorys

4 - then click on system restore

5 - then click on restore to an earlier date or factory settings

6 - choose a date when it was working - or factory settings

7 - let it run it may take a while - follow directions - if any

8 - if does not work - restart THEN CHECK STATUS

choose destructive recovery as last resort you will have to look hard to find this option

BUT thats what it took to restore mine to get settings i wanted etc

BACK UP IMPORTANT THINGS TO CD NO MATTER WHAT OPTION(S) YOU CHOOSE

Answer 4

had the same problem a few months back, removed anti norton completely from add/ remove programmes. system restored worked. after which i replaced anti norton immediatley. everything is fine now...... good luck.................