Re: OT: Comp help

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beerboy <no@xxxxxxxx> typed:
| In news:j2r8i.9200$zL6.3641@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx,
| Lord Turkey Cough <spamdump@xxxxxxxxxxx> typed:
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||| In news:G0o8i.19831$RP4.4303@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx,
||| Lord Turkey Cough <spamdump@xxxxxxxxxxx> typed:
||||| "beerboy" <no@xxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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|||||| In news:kt09j4xiu7.ln2@xxxxxxxxxxxxx,
|||||| Ian Stuart <spamsucks@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> typed:
|||||||| On Jun 2 2007 7:58 PM, beerboy wrote:
||||||||
||||||||| Any computer gurus out there? I use Kerio Personal
||||||||| Firewall (changed name to Sunbelt?) and last night
it
||||||||| said that there was an update for me, so I
installed
||||||||| it before going to bed. When I woke up and logged
on
||||||||| I got some weird message about (from memory)
"Windows
||||||||| NT has been installed in a Windows 3.1 directory"
and
||||||||| something about moving files? I hit cancel (maybe
I
||||||||| shouldn't have?) and when Windows started (XP pro)
it
||||||||| was as if it was the first time using Windows
after a
||||||||| fresh install. "Do you want to take the tour",
etc...
||||||||| All my icons on my desktop are gone, save for a
few
||||||||| default ones, and most importantly all my
||||||||| email/newsgroup contacts/settings/everything is
gone.
||||||||| I had to create a 'new' mail and newsgroup
accounts to
||||||||| post this message.
|||||||||
||||||||| I tried to do a System Restore, but there were no
||||||||| restore points???? System Restore was running and
||||||||| active.
|||||||||
||||||||| Question: has anyone seen this before and more
||||||||| importantly, how do I get my contacts/email
settings
||||||||| back?
|||||||||
||||||||| all help appreciated.
|||||||||
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||||||||| Kurt M. (beerboy)
||||||||
|||||||| Sounds like the system has created a new user
profile
|||||||| for you. Have a look in C:Documents and settings
and
|||||||| you should hopefully be able to identify your old
|||||||| profile which will contain much of your user data.
As
|||||||| System Restore has become corrupted I suspect the
loss
|||||||| of your profile is a side effect of a bigger
problem,
|||||||| but if you can confirm your old profile is still
|||||||| present at least you can try and salvage your data
|||||||| before attempting a full repair of the OS, if it
comes
|||||||| to that.
||||||||
||||||||
||||||
|||||| Thank you for the reply.
||||||
|||||| My profile is still in C:Documents and settings and I
|||||| have logged in using that profile. However, none of
my
|||||| settings are present in this profile. My desktop has
|||||| reverted back to a blank blue page though I do
briefly
|||||| 'see' my old desktop picture after rebooting and
before
|||||| the login screen. Any sort of saved setting seems to
be
|||||| deleted.
|||||
|||||
||||| Might be worth contacting the people who supplied you
with
||||| that piece of sh*t.
|||
||| The more I look at it the less I think it had anything
to do
||| with the software update, but who knows. It does look
like
||| another identity had been created... sort of. The new
||| identity has the same name as the old identity, but it's
||| files are located within a new subfolder that somehow
got
||| created. The name of the subfolder turns out to be the
||| actual name of my computer as it appears in Control
Panel ->
||| System -> Computer Name.
|||
||| Not too sure what to do next other than keep googling.
||| Moving system files is a problem. Any ideas? Maybe it's
a
||| corrupt registry?
|||
||| I'll probably spend 20 hours trying to fix a 10 minute
||| problem. lol.
|||
||| --
||| Kurt M. (beerboy)
||
||
|| Maybe your stuff is still there you need to look around.
|| Looks like it has made u a different user or someting.
|| You need to go up a folder and see if there is another
|| 'desktop'
||
|| I doubt you have lost anything.,probaby a simple
solution,
|| maybe try a compuuter group?
|| alt.computer or a microsoft one
|
| Yeah. I've found my old messages and ***, just trying to
| restore them now. I'll *** with it some more before
trying
| another group. I'm optimistic ;-)
|

Ok I restored my emails and address book. I've found my
"bookmarks.html" that firefox uses, so I think I'm good. Not
sure wtf caused this in the first place so I'm gonna back
everything up and format/reinstall... it's been a while.

Thanks


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