Re: Computer problem, need help

On Tue, 7 Oct 2008 11:17:21 -0700 (PDT), mg <mgkelson@xxxxxxxxx>
wrote:

On Oct 6, 4:55 pm, aezael wrote:
On Wed, 01 Oct 2008 23:29:41 -0400, emi...@xxxxxxxxxx wrote:
After being away from the computer all evening, I found an ugly little
red square with a yellow X in the task tray.  This led to Zone Alarm
and the news that there had been a system error, please reboot.  I
did, and the red and yellow icon showed up again, along with a window
that said the computer was unable to load "My Vault".  I rebooted a
second time and the same ugly icon came back.  A brief foray to the
Zone Alarm page did not immediately turn up an answer, so rather than
spend half the night going through stuff that had no relation to the
problem, I thought I'd try and see if one of the computer brains here
could help.  Does anyone have any helpful suggestions?

Thanks,

Emily

 I world suggest that you restore your original version, you do backup
your drives don't  you ?

That's an excellent question, but it's an issue people avoid like the
plague. Having a backup is often the only solution. I prefer using
Ghost as a backup utility, but using the original discs that came with
your computer will work also.

The strategy, which of course often goes astray, is to use [intel raid
1] mirroring for disk failure, system restore for software failures
and restore manager when all else fails (start with the help text for
restore manager to see what you may be in for). Vista is busily
creating a large number of system restore files, but just your luck,
it will have just overwritten the one you want; so when you have a
system that seems to be running well, create a system restore file on
your own. If you have to use restore manager because you are locked
out of your files (remember dos is available from diskette) then you
will need a disc copy of whichever files you think are important. I
have verified, unfortunately, that this strategy works.
Glenn
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