system restore displays a blank screen (not a blank calandar)

I'm trouble shooting a computer and having trouble in several areas so I
decided to restore the system. When I start System Restore a window appears
with a System Restore Title bar, but thats it, its a blank white window. Same
thing happens when trying to create a new user profile. I can not install
NIS, installation fails 1/4 of the way thru. I shared the drive and scanned
with Norton Corp Ed. from another computer and Norton reported no viruses.
Ran Spybot S&D and cleanout a minor amount of Spyware but nothing major.
AdAware SE will not retrieve the updates. Event. I've tried safe mode and
normal mode, last known good config. I've tried starting System Restore from
a cmd prompt as well, same thing. I noticed a blank screen when looking at
the Extended system services, local services appear normal. Any suggestions
on how to perform a system restore or fix this situation.

"buttons" <buttons@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
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> I'm trouble shooting a computer and having trouble in several areas so I
> decided to restore the system. When I start System Restore a window
> appears
> with a System Restore Title bar, but thats it, its a blank white window.
> Same
> thing happens when trying to create a new user profile. I can not install
> NIS, installation fails 1/4 of the way thru. I shared the drive and
> scanned
> with Norton Corp Ed. from another computer and Norton reported no viruses.
> Ran Spybot S&D and cleanout a minor amount of Spyware but nothing major.
> AdAware SE will not retrieve the updates. Event. I've tried safe mode and
> normal mode, last known good config. I've tried starting System Restore
> from
> a cmd prompt as well, same thing. I noticed a blank screen when looking at
> the Extended system services, local services appear normal. Any
> suggestions
> on how to perform a system restore or fix this situation.

Hi
Repair Install

http://www.michaelstevenstech.com/XPrepairinstall.htm

Chas

Hi,

System Restore opens to a blank window!
http://bertk.mvps.org/html/tips.html#BlankWindow

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Regards,
Bert Kinney MS-MVP Shell/User
http://bertk.mvps.org


buttons wrote:
> I'm trouble shooting a computer and having trouble in several areas
> so I decided to restore the system. When I start System Restore a
> window appears with a System Restore Title bar, but thats it, its a
> blank white window. Same thing happens when trying to create a new
> user profile. I can not install NIS, installation fails 1/4 of the
> way thru. I shared the drive and scanned with Norton Corp Ed. from
> another computer and Norton reported no viruses. Ran Spybot S&D and
> cleanout a minor amount of Spyware but nothing major. AdAware SE will
> not retrieve the updates. Event. I've tried safe mode and normal
> mode, last known good config. I've tried starting System Restore from
> a cmd prompt as well, same thing. I noticed a blank screen when
> looking at the Extended system services, local services appear
> normal. Any suggestions on how to perform a system restore or fix
> this situation.

Hi,

Tips Fixes and FAQ
http://bertk.mvps.org/html/tips.html#BlankWindow

buttons wrote:
> I'm trouble shooting a computer and having trouble in several areas
> so I decided to restore the system. When I start System Restore a
> window appears with a System Restore Title bar, but thats it, its a
> blank white window. Same thing happens when trying to create a new
> user profile. I can not install NIS, installation fails 1/4 of the
> way thru. I shared the drive and scanned with Norton Corp Ed. from
> another computer and Norton reported no viruses. Ran Spybot S&D and
> cleanout a minor amount of Spyware but nothing major. AdAware SE will
> not retrieve the updates. Event. I've tried safe mode and normal
> mode, last known good config. I've tried starting System Restore from
> a cmd prompt as well, same thing. I noticed a blank screen when
> looking at the Extended system services, local services appear
> normal. Any suggestions on how to perform a system restore or fix
> this situation.

"buttons" wrote:

> I'm trouble shooting a computer and having trouble in several areas so I
> decided to restore the system. When I start System Restore a window appears
> with a System Restore Title bar, but thats it, its a blank white window. Same
> thing happens when trying to create a new user profile. I can not install
> NIS, installation fails 1/4 of the way thru. I shared the drive and scanned
> with Norton Corp Ed. from another computer and Norton reported no viruses.
> Ran Spybot S&D and cleanout a minor amount of Spyware but nothing major.
> AdAware SE will not retrieve the updates. Event. I've tried safe mode and
> normal mode, last known good config. I've tried starting System Restore from
> a cmd prompt as well, same thing. I noticed a blank screen when looking at
> the Extended system services, local services appear normal. Any suggestions
> on how to perform a system restore or fix this situation.

I installed NAV2003, manually downloaded the latest defs to a CD on another
computer and NAV found the Trojan.lodav.c virus. Issues resolved with System
Restore and all others noted above. Lesson: DONT TRUST NAV CORP ED. scan from
another computer.

"buttons" wrote:

> I'm trouble shooting a computer and having trouble in several areas so I
> decided to restore the system. When I start System Restore a window appears
> with a System Restore Title bar, but thats it, its a blank white window. Same
> thing happens when trying to create a new user profile. I can not install
> NIS, installation fails 1/4 of the way thru. I shared the drive and scanned
> with Norton Corp Ed. from another computer and Norton reported no viruses.
> Ran Spybot S&D and cleanout a minor amount of Spyware but nothing major.
> AdAware SE will not retrieve the updates. Event. I've tried safe mode and
> normal mode, last known good config. I've tried starting System Restore from
> a cmd prompt as well, same thing. I noticed a blank screen when looking at
> the Extended system services, local services appear normal. Any suggestions
> on how to perform a system restore or fix this situation.

Type these commands from Start, Run:

regsvr32 jscript
regsvr32 vbscript
regsvr32 /i mshtml

Logoff, and log back in. If that does not help, apply the .VBS fix available
in this page:

ActiveX controls may not load as expected in Internet Explorer due to
defense in depth changes introduced in cumulative security update 896688:
http://windowsxp.mvps.org/olereg.htm

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Regards,

Ramesh Srinivasan, Microsoft MVP [Windows XP Shell/User]
Windows® XP Troubleshooting http://www.winhelponline.com


"buttons" <buttons@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news9ED0C01-6DAB-4F5C-9E57-46C429F1F633@microsoft.com...
I'm trouble shooting a computer and having trouble in several areas so I
decided to restore the system. When I start System Restore a window appears
with a System Restore Title bar, but thats it, its a blank white window.
Same
thing happens when trying to create a new user profile. I can not install
NIS, installation fails 1/4 of the way thru. I shared the drive and scanned
with Norton Corp Ed. from another computer and Norton reported no viruses.
Ran Spybot S&D and cleanout a minor amount of Spyware but nothing major.
AdAware SE will not retrieve the updates. Event. I've tried safe mode and
normal mode, last known good config. I've tried starting System Restore from
a cmd prompt as well, same thing. I noticed a blank screen when looking at
the Extended system services, local services appear normal. Any suggestions
on how to perform a system restore or fix this situation.