System restore keeps failing

Restore System restore
You may be asked for the Windows XP CD. if you haven't got a retail copy of the XP CD, point your browser to the i386 folder, locate the INF folder and see if you can install System restore form there.

1/ Open Windows Explorer

2/ on the Main toolbar click Tools

3/ From the drop down menu click Folder Options

4/ The folder Options Properties window will now open

5/ Click the View tab

6/ In the advanced Settings list scroll down to the Hidden Files and Folders section

7/ Click on the radio button next to the Show Hidden Files and Folders option

8/ Click OK to close the Folder Options Properties window

9/ In the left hand pane of windows explorer click the + sign next to My Computer

10/ This now expands the drive list

11/ Click the + sign next to the C: drive to expand the folder list

12/ From the folder list navigate to the Windows folder and click the + sign next to this to expand the folder list

13/ Scroll down and click on the INF folder

14/ A list of INF files will appear in the right hand pane of Windows explorer

15/ Look for a file called SR.INF

16/ Once you have located SR.INF Right Click on the folder

17/ From the drop down menu click on Install

18/ System restore should now re-install

19/ If you are asked at any time to insert your Windows XP CD (typically to copy files sr.sys and srframe.mmf) then do so. This enables fresh files to be copied over to your hard drive. Don't try browsing to the Windows directory on your hard drive for the relevant file as all you will be doing is replacing one corrupt file with another

 

Start / run / type "sfc /scannow" without qoutes and have the xp disk handy ...

 

Supposed to ....and the inf file should have installed with a right click ....if none of this worked you may need a repair install.

 

Something is corrupt ...or else you got malware ...check by running a bitscan then if that is ok...do a repair install.

 

Then you are probably infected in more than one place (including the system restore) ....
Bitdefender agree to the license and then select Scan. DO NOT CHANGE THE OPTIONS TO SHOW ALL FILES SCANNED. That will make your logs huge and we don't need to see clean files. Once Bitdefender completes the scan:

Click-on the Detected Problems tab. Then select Click here to export the scan report

When the window comes up to save the report, change the Save as type: box to Text (Tab Delimited) (*.txt) and then in the File name box enter change to bdscan then click save. This will save a file named bdscan.txt in whatever folder you are currently in when you save the file (take notice of where you are at so you can find it later). This bdcan.txt file will actually contain HTML code that we can easily view later while reviewing your log. All we have to do is rename the file to bdscan.html.

http://www.bitdefender.com/scan8/ie.html

 

Bit scan deleted or moved the nasties, but that doesn't mean the system is clean ....do the read and run first in the malware setion , which includes shutting off system restore.

 

Motor ....you are hijacking someone else's thread. If you are having a problem, please start your own thread.

 

Hi

You have an open thread on this in the Malware forum in which the guys in their would be able to help you if you complete the guide steps that BJ has already posted http://forums.majorgeeks.com/showthread.php?t=110992

 

You seem to want to fix things while you still have malware ...it isn't going to work ..that is what malware does ...makes system inoperable ...finish the malware thread that you started.