System Restore and the host file

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• I did a system restore and the files are still there, but I can't find the location.

  I did a restore on my Windows XP system because I was not able to access my desktop because the password entry bar giving access to the Office not show up no matter how many times I rebooted the computer.

  When I made the recovery of the system, he said that my files were not going to be deleted, all programs were still there, but the photos, videos and music were gone from My Documents.

  So I tried to find on the C drive, I thought that maybe they had just moved somewhere else. I even went in the folder options to show hidden folders, but the files are not in one of these folders.

  However I know that the files are still there, because when I look at the properties of the drive C with the right click of the mouse, it says drive C is always full, as it was before the system recovery. So this means that the files are still there but I don't know where.

  I have lots of family photos and videos that I want back. These are the only things I want to get back and maybe my music files.

  Any ideas how I can find these files or the folder that contains the? Perhaps through MS-DOS or something like that? I have external hard drives to copy if I find them.

  Maybe this will help you:

   

  http://support.HP.com/us-en/document/nph00268

• My fonts & page size is SUPER HUGE and I wouldn't change a thing. I tried a system restore, but the pages are still MR. MAGOO size how to fix this?

  I was surfing around on eBay, when all of a sudden my screen has turned the size, he has always been to SUPER huge. And I change all the settings. I tried a system restore, and the pages on eBay are still Mr. Magoo size.
  I have no idea how or why this happened, and I just want back the sizing settings I had before.
  Help, please!

  See this:
  
  https://support.Mozilla.com/en-us/KB/page+zoom

• How can I find the file that is missing that prevents me from doing a full system restore and stop my security seal glue

  I recently discovered that I have a missing file that prevents me to do a complete system restore and also I

  think it prevents my security seal doesn't stick to connect to Yahoo! How can I restore it?

  Hi Christine,

  Welcome to the Microsoft Community and forums thanks for posting questions.

  Looks like you are unable to run the system restore and unable to connect to Yahoo. Please answer a few questions to refine the question.

  1. What is the file that you are talking about?
  2. What is the full error message?
  3. what happens when you try to connect to Yahoo.com?
  4. Once you get this file missing error message?

  Please visit the following link to ask a question on help forums http://support.microsoft.com/kb/555375

  I would be able to guide you in the right direction, once I get the above information.

• whenever I get the error message and I can not get the system restore or the automatic updates touch

  whenever I try to use the system restore I get the message that it was impossible to restore to dat what I ever try to restore any file were change

  more my automatic updates keep coming up it downloads according to the full upgrade, then the icon disappears, then comes back and he wants

  upgrading again any suggestions

  Hi chuckdutton,

  1. did you of recent changes on the computer?

  2 when was the last time it was working fine?

  3. What is the reason for the execution of the system restore on the computer?

  4. do you have security software installed on the computer?

  5. you receive similar message appears when you try with different restore points?

  There are various reasons for the system restore fail on the computer.

  It is possible that some third-party programs installed on the computer is causing the problem.

  I suggest that you put the computer in a clean boot state and check if it helps.

  To help resolve the error and other messages, you can start Windows XP by using a minimal set of drivers and startup programs. This type of boot is known as a "clean boot". A clean boot helps eliminate software conflicts.

  See section to learn more about how to clean boot.

  How to configure Windows XP to start in a "clean boot" State

  http://support.Microsoft.com/kb/310353

  Reset the computer to start as usual

  When you are finished troubleshooting, follow these steps to reset the computer to start as usual:

  (a) click Start, type msconfig in the search box and press ENTER.

  (b) If you are prompted for an administrator password or for confirmation, type your password or click on continue.

  (c) under the general tab, click the Normal startup option, and then click OK.

  (d) when you are prompted to restart the computer, click on restart.

  Also see the article below and check if it helps.

  Steps of troubleshooting for problems when you try to use the System Restore tool in Windows XP

  http://support.Microsoft.com/kb/302796

  Refer to the article below and try the steps mentioned, check if that fixes windows update icons that appear on the system tray.

  Troubleshooting Windows Update or Microsoft Update when you are repeatedly offered an update

  http://support.Microsoft.com/kb/910339

• I don't know what is happening, I did a system restore and it did not work, and all my icons and files I had on my monitor have gone

  I don't know what is happening, I did a system restore and it did not work, and all my icons and files I had on my monitor have gone

  Try this to rebuild icons: -.

  Open the command prompt as administrator and copy and paste each command and press ENTER after each command:-

  • Taskkill /IM explorer.exe/f
  • CD /d %userprofile%\AppData\Local
  • DEL /a IconCache.db
  • Shutdown /r

• Restore failed image because of the message error "system cannot find the specified file (0 x 80070002). Is my file of the backup OK folder structure?

  I had to reinstall clean Windows 7 64-bit because of the failure of the RAID 1. I have a picture of my original installation system, but I can't restore it; everything I try, I get the message "system cannot find the specified file (0 x 80070002).  I work through a number of possible solutions, without success so far.

  According to the kb/951002 (that is for Vista but I can't find an alternative for Win 7) I made sure that the SYSTEM account has read permission for the backup folders and subfolders.  However, the file structure of the specified in the above article backup folder is different from my image file structure.  Specifically, article specified a structure of 'N.zip' file for the backup files but mine are a mixture of XML documents and VHD - i.e. no "zip" files Also, my GlobalCatalog file does not what kind of file, for example, it wouldn't ".wbcat" required file type specified in the article.

  The differences above could explain the inability to restore the image and if so, any ideas on what to do about it?

  Kind regards

  Ian

  Thanks Mick, will redirect the request.

  Kind regards

  Ian

• My creative cloud cannot happen on the adobe servers and when I tried to repair the host file using the creative cloud cleaning tool, it displays Error occurred while setting entries HF: 5

  My creative cloud cannot happen on the adobe servers and when I tried to repair the host file using the creative cloud cleaning tool, it displays Error occurred while setting entries HF: 5

  Please let us know your operating system.

  Concerning

  Megha Rawat

• VMware Workstation is unable to open one of the virtual disks required by this virtual machine because it is larger than the maximum file size supported by the host file system.

  I'm transitioning from Windows XP (64-bit) on a new computer with Windows 7 installed.  I undertook to VMWare Workstation 6 7.0.1 in the process.  The problem is with a very large RAID 5 volume on the new system.  It's a score of 5.45 TB (TPG and NTFS).

  When I try to start a virtual machine on this volume, I get the message "VMware Workstation cannot open one of the virtual disks required by this virtual machine because it is larger than the maximum size of the files supported by the host file system.".  This is obviously not true.  If I copy the virtual machine to another drive on the system, it starts without a problem.

  Anyone have any ideas on how to work around this problem?

  try to add this line in the vmx file:

  diskLib.sparseMaxFileSizeCheck = "false".

  Maybe it helps.

  VMDK-type do you use?

  monolithicSparse? -C' is the only part type more?

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• Whenever I start the system complains that the following files are missing, c:\\Windows\System32\igfxpers.exe, igftray.exe and hkcmd.exe.

  Original title: files missing error

  Whenever I start the system complains that the following files are missing, c:\\Windows\System32\igfxpers.exe, igftray.exe and hkcmd.exe. Everything started after I ran scan and scan deleted some files infected. However, I can use the system. Where and how to download the missing files? Or how the system does not deliver messages?

  Simon

  Two of the three files are probably part of the malware infection and not the files infected. The third is probably the same details in this link:
  http://www.Runscanner.NET/file/Hkcmd.exe.html

  To identify what loads when you start using Autoruns (freeware from Microsoft).
  http://www.Microsoft.com/technet/sysinternals/ProcessesAndThreads/Autoruns.mspx

  With Autoruns, you can deselect an item which disables startup, or you can click with the right button on an item, then remove it. If you clear the check box that you can check back for re - activate the element. It is an approach much safer than editing the registry and better than using msconfig. You will find the three points and they will have a description 'file is missing' against everyone. Your antivirus software has removed the files, but not the startup entries in the registry. All you need to do is delete the entry using Autoruns to eliminate the error messages.

  Another useful feature of the program is that you can click with the right button on an item and select search online to get information about the selected item.

• After windows auto updates can't open Internet Explorer, but can open firefox. Vista Home Premium, CA Security Suite. Can do system restore and get on, but it will update the next day and problem reports.

  I get a popup to firewall this tells me Internet Explorer tent to access internet I click on allow but get no results. Then I get this page can not be displayed, and you are not logged as an administrator

  Hi Snoopy65,

  Welcome to the Microsoft Answers site!

  Perform a system restore and then try to install each updates manually one by one. Each time that you install the update, restart the computer. Take note of the update that is causing the problem and let us know. We will be in a better place to help you if we know the exact update which is causing the problem.

  To run the system restore

  1. Click Start, type system restore in the search box, and then click System Restore in the list programs.

  If you are prompted for an administrator password or a confirmation, type your password or click on continue.

  2. in the System Restore dialog box, click on choose a different restore point and then click Next

  3. in the list of restore points, click a restore point created before you started having the problem, and then click Next

  4. click on finish

  Note: When you perform the system restore to restore the computer to a previous state, programs and updates that you have installed are removed.

  For more information, please follow the below given link:

  How to repair the operating system and how to restore the configuration of the operating system to an earlier point in time in Windows Vista

  http://support.Microsoft.com/kb/936212/

  Hope this information is useful.

  Amrita M

  Microsoft Answers Support Engineer
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• I can't do the system restore and I have nothing on my "All programs" button, which means that I have not accessories, System Tools, etc. How can I get that back?

  I can't do the system restore and I have nothing on my "All programs" button, which means that I have not accessories, System Tools, etc. How can I get that back?

  Hello CalebCox,

  I suggest that you try the methods below to resolve this issue.

  Method 1:

  This problem can be caused due to infection by the Virus. I suggest that you run a virus scan on your computer using Microsoft Safety scanner and check if you have the same problem.

  http://www.Microsoft.com/security/scanner/en-us/default.aspx

  Check if you have the same problem in the new user account.

  You can refer to the link below, which will give you information on how to create and configure user accounts in Windows XP

  http://support.Microsoft.com/kb/279783

  If works, you can copy data to the new user account:

  http://support.Microsoft.com/kb/811151

• Virus will not let run me the system restore, and I can't understand how to run a system recovery because there is no return upwards for this computer. It's a basic vista.

  When the computer starts, it must choose to leave a program unknown to the system access everything else it shows is a black screen. When you click on allow, he pulls up a virus scanner that says he has all sorts of viruses, but the program is the virus itself, because this virus program is not really on the computer. When you try to run the system restore, it says that this option has been disabled by the administrator. Also, I can't find how to run a recovery of the system and start the computer to its original settings. Help, please. It's not my laptop which is having this problem, but my roommates computer. Thank you for your time, I've ran out of ideas and was seriously in need of a little help. I tried to repair the system running through prerssing F8 in the boot menu and has not worked. also try the system restore via the SafeMode command prompt does not work either.

  Download Malwarebytes' Anti-malware using another machine. Install it in the
  your roommate infected computer in safe mode and run. Accept all default settings.
  Don't forget to do a backup when offered. I hope you find and
  eliminate the infection.
   
  "crashbbandicoot" wrote in message
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  > When the computer starts, it must choose to leave a program unknown
  > access the system all that it shows is a black screen. When
  > you click on allow, he pulls up a virus scanner that says that there are all kinds of
  > but the virus program is the virus itself, because this virus program is
  > not really on the computer. When you try to run the system restore it says this
  > option has been disabled by the administrator. Also, I can't find how to
  > system recovery and boot the computer back to its original settings.
  > Please help. It's not my laptop that is having this problem, but my
  > computer of roommates. Thank you for your time, I'm out of ideas and
  > seriously needed a little help. I tried already running
  > repair system through prerssing F8 in the boot menu and has no
  > work. also try the system restore via the SafeMode command prompt has no
  > not work.
  >
   
   

• You try to run the system restore and get this error__unexpected error filename directory or volume label syntax incorrect (0x8007007B) __What can do?

  Try to run system restore and get this error
  error unexpected filename directory or volume label syntax incorrect (0x8007007B)
  What can I do?

  Hi Larry Bogie.

  1. you receive error message when creating point system or performing system restore?

  2. did you of recent changes on the computer?

  Usually, this would happen if there is any place in doubles in the system restore properties.

  To set the path of the appropriate Windows Vista restore point as follows:

  (a) click on the Start Menu.

  (b) type sysdm.cpl in the start search box and press .
  The user account control window will prompt you for permission to run the program.

  (c) click continue.
  The System Properties window appears.

  (d) click the System Protection tab.

  (e) to the automatic restore points, uncheck the any location invalid or duplicate

  (f) click to check drive C: with the Windows Logo.

  (g) click on apply, and then click Ok.

  (h) restart the computer and check if it works.

  System Restore: frequently asked questions

  http://Windows.Microsoft.com/en-us/Windows-Vista/system-restore-frequently-asked-questions

  I hope this helps!

  Halima S - Microsoft technical support.

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• Windows7 won't let me edit the hosts file and save it

  Windows7 won't let me edit the hosts file and save it. What should I do to save the edited host file?

  This is a built-in security feature.  There is an easy solution.  Click onStart-> all programs-> Accessories.  Right click onNotepadand then click run as administrator.  If you are prompted for an administrator password or a confirmation, type the password, or clickallow or Yes.

  Open the Hosts file (from the notebook, that you opened), make your changes, and then click file ->Save.

  Barbara