system restore

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I receive the message "System Restore cannot run until you restart the
computer. Please restart the computer, and then run System Restore again" I
have searched for the file wininit.ini and tgcmd.exe and "ACCESSED DENIED"
and have not found them. Is there something else I should look for in order
to be able to create a system restore point? thank you

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I have read the entire paragraph and have done all that it stated but I still
cannot create a system restore point. thank you for your response. Els

"Mike M" wrote:

> You could try reading the entire message <g> where you found the reference
> to
>
> > I have searched for the file wininit.ini and tgcmd.exe and
> > "ACCESSED DENIED"
>
> especially the second paragraph.
>
> For your convenience I have pasted a copy below:
>
> Check that you don't have a wininit.ini file in your Windows folder. If
> you do, rename this to wininit.old and retry System Restore. If this works
> then you possibly have a program that creates a wininit.ini file each time
> you boot your system. One known example is tgcmd.exe, another is a
> program called "ACCESS DENIED". If you have tgcmd.exe I understand that
> disabling it in MSConfig | Startup will have no adverse effect on your
> system but enable you to use System Restore. Likewise ACCESS DENIED
> needs to be "switched off" whilst using SR to either create or restore to
> a previous checkpoint. McAfee's Spam Killer also seems to create a new
> wininit.ini file each time the system is booted. See also MS KB 274092 -
> "Error Message: System Restore Cannot Run Until You Restart the Computer"
> (http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=274092).
>
> If this isn't the reason for your problem then try running
> SCANREG /FIX
> from a command prompt such as Start | Run. Note that the system will
> re-boot so don't have any applications open when doing this. I suggest
> this because the same message is also displayed when the registry has been
> corrupted in some way. scanreg /fix attempts to repair that damage.
>
> Hopefully one or the other will solve your problem and allow you to create
> a manual check point. If so then please continue with the rest of the
> test.
>
> If however you find that you keep getting a wininit.ini file created each
> time you boot your system another known cause is due to having unwanted
> malware but hopefully we won't have to go down that path.
> --
> Mike Maltby MS-MVP
> mike.maltby@gmail.com
>
>
> Els <Els@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote:
>
> > I receive the message "System Restore cannot run until you restart the
> > computer. Please restart the computer, and then run System Restore
> > again" have not found them. Is there something else I
> > should look for in order to be able to create a system restore point?
> > thank you
>
>