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More info?)
there are a number of possiblities that jump to mind
second choice
In DOS mode
scanreg /restore the registry from the day before the problem began if the
problem began recently
First Choice
In safe mode, try IErepair, since internet explorer, explorer and everything
are so tightly entwined
in the tools menu of System Information (msinfo32.exe)
either find it somewhere in your start menu
or start
run
msinfo32
[tools]
Internet explorer repair tool
I like the IE repair tool as a starter
GoBack is a pig
DONT use SFC for that purpose, that may well be the cause of your problems
not the solution, SFC does not check for wrong files, it checks for
different fiiles (different from its internal database), but unless you have
updated the data for SFC everytime you install,
update,upgrade,change,reconfigure anything, the database of file version
numbers will be wrong. restoring prior versions of system files because sfc
says so, is generally considered a very bad idea
IF you have used SFC and changed file versions it is usually easier to
reformat and reinstall than it is to repair
try www.bootdisk.com for a bootdisk with cdrom support
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"paulatricities" <paulatricities@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
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| It comes up with "Windows protection error. You need to restart your
| computer. Press any key to continue......." then when you press a key the
| keyboard continuously beeps and it locks up. We have run AVG antivirus,
| Adware, Norton Utilities and also GOBACK and it doesn't find any viruses
or
| problems, but it still comes up with the same error. It will boot up in
safe
| mode, but it doesn't see the cdrom drives. We have tried booting on floppy
| with a Win98 startup disk, to load the cdrom drive and reload windows but
it
| won't read the cdrom. We even ran system file check and it still didn't
find
| any problems. What would be the best thing to try next??
|
| "AlmostBob" wrote:
|
| >
| > there are many windows protection errors, the fix is in the details
| > --
| > Adaware
http://www.lavasoft.de
| > spybot
http://security.kolla.de
| > AVG free antivirus
http://www.grisoft.com
| > Etrust/Vet/CA.online Antivirus scan
| >
http://www3.ca.com/securityadvisor/virusinfo/scan.aspx
| > Panda online AntiVirus scan http://www.pandasoftware.com/ActiveScan/
| > Catalog of removal tools (1)
| > http://www.pandasoftware.com/download/utilities/
| > Catalog of removal tools (2)
| >
http://www3.ca.com/securityadvisor/newsinfo/collateral.aspx?CID=40387
| > Blocking Unwanted Parasites with a Hosts file
| >
http://mvps.org/winhelp2002/hosts.htm
| > links provided as a courtesy, read all instructions on the pages before
use
| >
| > Grateful thanks to the authors and webmasters
| > _
| > "paulatricities" <paulatricities@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in
message
| > news
1CF733A-37DA-4B15-8414-23085927BB68@microsoft.com...
| > | My pc is coming up with a "windows protection error" when I try to
boot
| > up.
| > | How can I correct this?
| >
| >