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09-May-2007, 11:27 PM #106
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It's too bad that one of us couldn't speak with the person trying to fix it.........
I would have gladly handed the reins over to someone who knew what they were doing..and not just for the guy who was trying to fix it too! I felt pretty useless as a go-between (being a computer novice myself, that is). It was frustrating.
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09-May-2007, 11:30 PM #107
I'm sure.....and probably even more frustrating for Marlene.
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10-May-2007, 12:27 AM #108
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It's too bad that one of us couldn't speak with the person trying to fix it.........
As my grandpa used to say " That's the way the pickle squirts. "
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10-May-2007, 12:32 AM #109
Hmmm, interesting you should say that...I've been looking for a pickling recipe
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10-May-2007, 02:35 PM #110
If Marlene had System Restore working...
Hello val,

I wonder if this might not be the remedy.

The credit for this goes to Zee in his post to me here.
and the source of the information is another man whom I hold in high regard - Mike Maltby. MVP, whose work and contributions in the help-field of computing reflect an enormous depth of knowledge and great generosity.

Perhaps Marlene might do this. It worked for me. I copy the exact wording of the quoted method for acccessing System Restore when one cannot boot into either Safe Mode or Windows:

"Try restoring your system to a date PRIOR to the problem (you MUST have a WinME Startup floppy disk!). (If you don't have one, download the OEM version from www.bootdisk.com as explained above.)

To start the System Restore tool when you cannot start your Windows Me based computer normally or in Safe mode, you can temporarily change the Windows shell from Explorer.exe to rstrui.exe:

1. Start your computer by using the Windows Me Startup disk.

2. At the Startup menu, choose Minimum(Minimal) Boot.

3. At the command prompt (A:\>), type edit c:\windows\system.ini, and then press ENTER.

(This will take you to a blue screen whereon may be seen the contents of the system.ini file - Ben's add-on)

4. Edit the shell= line so that it looks like this:

shell=C:\windows\system\restore\rstrui.exe

5. Press ALT+F, and then press S to save the changes to the System.ini file.

6. Press ALT+F, and then press X.

7. Remove your Windows Me Startup disk, and then restart your computer. When your computer restarts, it should take you directly to System Restore."

Don't you think, val, that this is surely worth a try?

Ben.
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10-May-2007, 07:01 PM #111
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Don't you think, val, that this is surely worth a try?

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I surely do Ben! I will give her a call and ask her to try. Thats all I can do! But i'm fairly certain that she is not willing to try anything else at this point.

The last time I spoke with her, she was making arrangements to get a refurbished computer within the next week or two. Between the shutdown issues & the pictures problems and now not being able to get online, she decided it would be better to just upgrade to a newer system.

I will still ask her if she is willing to keep going. It sure would be nice to see it working again after all of the hard work everyone has been putting into this thread! Tell Zee that his efforts are much appreciated!

And I will let you know what she said!
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18-May-2007, 07:16 AM #112
I wish I still had my old computer then I could give it to her. tell her if she wants I can ask my uncle if he has anyspares laying around. he offered me one but I had no use for it.
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18-May-2007, 08:24 AM #113
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I wish I still had my old computer then I could give it to her. tell her if she wants I can ask my uncle if he has anyspares laying around. he offered me one but I had no use for it.
thats very sweet of you but she is all set now! She is going to be gettting an emachine any day now. Her brother is going to do the shopping for her. Its just a matter of waiting for him and he's been very busy so he hasnt been able to get to it yet. Not only will he have to go get it but he'll have to switch everything over for her to and get it all set up so its going to take the good part of a whole day, I would imagine.

I dont know what she has done with her crashed computer. She'll probably throw it in the dump. She mentioned saving the hard drive in hopes of some day retrieving her pictures from it. LOL..I dont think she'll be a bit sorry to see the rest of it get hauled away though.

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18-May-2007, 12:02 PM #114
Thanks for the update Val......sorry I didn't reply to your pm....I read it, thought about it, and then forgot about it

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18-May-2007, 12:03 PM #115
Marlene i am missing my partner in crime
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18-May-2007, 03:37 PM #116
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Thanks for the update Val......sorry I didn't reply to your pm....I read it, thought about it, and then forgot about it

no problem. I know you are a busy lady.

Hey...check in random tonight or tomorrow. I got a new kitten and need help naming it. Havent posted any pics yet. I've only had it home for a few hours. What a little honey.
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18-May-2007, 04:19 PM #117
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no problem. I know you are a busy lady.

Hey...check in random tonight or tomorrow. I got a new kitten and need help naming it. Havent posted any pics yet. I've only had it home for a few hours. What a little honey.
Nimrod! A name for the cat I mean.
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18-May-2007, 05:46 PM #118
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Marlene i am missing my partner in crime
candy is missing her angelize live at 5 cause without marlene she can't get her seoce of information via links
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18-May-2007, 05:50 PM #119
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no problem. I know you are a busy lady.

Hey...check in random tonight or tomorrow. I got a new kitten and need help naming it. Havent posted any pics yet. I've only had it home for a few hours. What a little honey.

Will do................love kittens ........... wish Chava would "allow" me to have one......... but, I know better
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18-May-2007, 05:51 PM #120
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candy is missing her angelize live at 5 cause without marlene she can't get her seoce of information via links

Yeah, seriously, I mean, I HAD TO ACTUALLY GOOGLE to find a story earlier What's up with that? I'm waaaaay too busy to have to find my own news

At least the Cindy Sheehan thread has been quiet Well, until DiSaidSo posted there
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