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I read one of these forums earlier speaking about a corrupted system.ini file causing your mouse not to work and your colors not being able to set to the highest level. And it said to delete the file, so I did, now my computer goes black when turned on and has errors, how do i get a new system.ini file?
jan,
boot to c:
type in
c;\scanreg/restorein the menu, restore to a date before you deleted the file.
never delete a system file for any reason.
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"I read one of these forums"
Don't believe everything you read, and , as mentioned, don't delete files if you are unfamiliar wth their purpose
On another note - - the new 'edit' button appears to be well kept secret, judging by how many folks can't seem to see it ; )
I'm not one of those who think Bill Gates is the devil. I simply suspect that if Microsoft ever met up with the devil, it wouldn't need an interpreter.
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Wow, I would avoid that website (or at least that poster) because deleting system.ini is a nonsense. You are lucky because most files are not so easy to restore.
Just to add to #2. You cannot run that command from the Windows DOS prompt (boot to C as suggested).
Another way is to "Shut down" and "Restart in MS-DOS". You can then type exit to restart Windows.
Hit Return or Enter key after all commands.
scanreg /restore is all you need to type whichever method you use.Come back if your original mouse/display problems need sorting out.
DerekW
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I had that problem with one old PC. System.ini kept getting corrupted where the first half of it was normal but the second half was gibberish. But it resulted in the same mouse and video problem that you have. You can have a look at your existing system.ini by running SYSEDIT.
If this has been going on for more than a few days you may not have an older version to restore. If so, check here:
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/q14...
for a default system.ini you can copy and paste that may work OK.
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derek,
ive restored a jillion win98 with that command.
that command is issued in the microsoft kb's
your not the only on that says that, however it does work.
shutting down in ms-dos mode just gets you to the same c; prompt.
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Mountain
Read my post again - I was only "adding" to yours. I was not saying that your suggestion wouldn't work, only that there was an "alternative" way of doing it. Many folk find this more convenient than using boot disks or tapping F8 to get to the startup menu.
I was also making absolutely sure that the poster did not try to do it from the Windows DOS prompt, which they sometimes do, but to boot to C as suggested (by you).
Further I added that just scanreg /restore was all that you needed to type (ie the c:\ in front of it is not "essential").
There now, I seem to have said it all again but maybe I've worded it more clearly this time.
In fact the DOS prompt when "booting" to C is not actually "the same one" as when restarting in MS-DOS (there are subtle differences) but either will do as far as this post is concerned.
I've got around a bit too LOL.
DerekW
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okay well i went home and tried it and actually it says "cannot find system.ini. boot with emertency boot disk and type scanreg/restore" and i guess my computer is Millenium edition.. and it wouldn't let me type anything!
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I know with ME you can run scanreg/restore from the run line on the windows desktop. If it'll boot to safe mode (via F8 before ME starts to load) you could try that.
If not I suppose you could boot up with an ME or 98 bootdisk and try it. I haven't got an ME system setup right now to test that. But boot up with the bootdisk. At the a:\> prompt type c:\windows\command\scanreg/restore and enter. See if that does it.
Another way would be to find the backup registry files--RB00?.cab--in c:\windows\sysbckup, copy at least one to a working PC and extract system.ini using something like winzip. Then copy the extracted file to a floppy disk and then onto the PC in which it is missing.
I guess each method is a bit more complicated than the previous. Try safe mode first and then the bootdisk.
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Before this trouble came along, each time it booted it would have said on the screen which Windows system is booting. Is it now definite that we are talking about Windows ME?
DerekW
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