Bert,

Your suggestion was not my problem. There are other Snap-ins which DO
initialize.

I feel strongly that my problem is one of permissions... when I go to Device
Manager from My Computer->Properties, it also says that I don't have the
proper permission to install Device Drivers.

Thanks,
Greg Mirek

"Bert Kinney" wrote:

> Hi,
>
> Here's one possibility.
> "Snap-in Failed to Initialize" Error Message When You Open Microsoft
> Management Console
> http://support.microsoft.com/default...&Product=winxp
>
> --
> Regards,
> Bert Kinney MS-MVP Shell/User
> http://bertk.mvps.org
>
>
> gmirek wrote:
> > I am running Windows XP Home with SP2.
> >
> > When I try to run System Restore, a dialogue box pops up which says
> > that I do not have the "proper security permissions to restore the
> > system".
> >
> > I tried to run the Event Viewer based on Bert Kinney's suggestion in a
> > "system restore" posting on 11/26/2005. When I tried to run the Event
> > Viewer, I get an error which says that the "Snap-in Creation failed"
> > and that it may not be installed properly.
> >
> > This is just one problem I have been having. Many of my MMC Snap-ins
> > have similar errors when I try to invoke them.
> >
> > I think that there must be some general problem with Administrator
> > privilege on my machine. Are there any Registry keys/values I can
> > look at/change which will setup my Administrator privileges
> > correctly? This is a stand-alone machine and every User Account is
> > setup as Administrator.
> >
> > I would really hate to have to re-install Windows XP again.
> >
> > Thanks,
> > Greg Mirek
>
>
>