Re: Internet Backgammon problem

Hi Dave54,

I think you should try a restore (see my previous post) before a repair..

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Dave54 Wrote:
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||| Dave54 wrote:
||| I used to enjoy playing a little internet backgammon, but something has gone
||| wrong. I think that after I installed Spy Sweeper and scanned, it showed
||| something necessary to the internet backgammon game as a potential threat,
||| and in my haste I erased it. Now when I try and open the game I get a message
||| saying "Zone Datafile has encountered a problem and needs to close." And, I
||| can no longer use the Windows Live Safety Centre Full Service Scan either, if
||| that might be related. I'm using XP Pro SP2. Any help would be appreciated.
|||
||| Thanks,
||| ==============
||| Eww. Shouldn't delete things like that. Sometimes utilities find sections of
||| harmless files that correspond to the segments of malware that are used for
||| the search routine. Either rename the file, move to another folder or isolate
||| onto removable media. Doesn't Spy sweeper have some sort of "Vault" or
||| quarantine it can put suspect files into?
|||
||| I hope you didn't run the setup for installing the whole OS. When it sees
||| the newer SP2 files it will refuse to continue IN THE SAME FOLDER to avoid a
||| potentially dangerous mix of different file versions. You may need to get
||| hold of a SP2 CD and get someone to make a slipstreamed CD with your OS
||| installation disk and the SP2 disk.
||| =============
||| Hi Robert - thanks for your reply.
|||
||| I did't try to run OS setup, just uninstall & reinstall all items in the
||| 'Accessories and Utilities' section of 'Windows Components' in 'Add or Remove
||| Programs'. Right now I cannot install anything there. How can I make one of
||| these "slipstremed" discs?
|||
||| FWIW, I think one of the files I erased was called "domains" or something.
|||
||| Thanks
|||
||
|| Even if you don't need it right away, a slipstreamed CD might be a
|| lifesaver at some point in the future. Make sure your slipstreamed CD is
|| made from the CD that goes with your Windows XP Certificate Of
|| Authenticity (COA). If you have installed SP2 it would probably be
|| better to use the slipstreamed CD for any system file recoveries.
||
|| You WILL need a Windows XP installation CD that includes an I386 folder
|| AND the full SP2 download (or CD). Make sure you have a hard copy
|| (printed, COA or written) of your Windows XP product key. The computer
|| making the slipstreamed CD will need to have software that can burn an
|| ISO image to a CD, like Nero or Easy CD Creator. You may need to
|| reactivate your OS after a full or repair installation of your OS.
||
|| How to slipstream Windows XP and Windows XP SP2 with AutoStreamer
|| http://www.hal-pc.org/journal/2004/04_oct/slipstream.html
||
|| Microsoft Software Forum Network
|| Slipstreaming windows XP using NLite
|| http://www.msfn.org/articles.php?action=show&showarticle=49
||
| Thanks Robert - I made a slipstremed winxpsp2 disc, but I still cannot
| install any games except Spider Solitare. When I try, I get multiple messages
| saying certain files can't be copied (many, many files), even though I have
| copies on the slipstremaed disc in the drive, and I also copied the I386 file
| from the new disc into c:\ . Should I try a reinstall now with the new disc?
| A repair? Any other suggestions...?


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