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Hi Bernadette,

True about the system restore! My mind has been on vacation with
me in Florida all this week. :-) Let's try a repair instead then...

Your best solution would be to repair Windows using these instructions:

How to repair Windows XP:
Unplug from your Internet connection, and then repair Windows:
using this method: http://michaelstevenstech.com/XPrepairinstall.htm

Afterwards, boot up your system, turn on your XP Internet Firewall,
plug back into your Internet connection and install all Critical and
Recommended updates from: http://windowsupdate.microsoft.com

--
Cheers, Windows XP MVP Shell / User
Jimmy S. http://mvp.support.microsoft.com

Game FAQs: http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=FH;[LN];gms
Visit my Zone.com / Gaming Helpsite: http://nibblesnbits.tk or Call / Contact
MS Support at: http://support.microsoft.com/defau [...] ;en-us;top
My advice is donated "AS IS" without warranty; nor do I confer any rights.
_________________________________________________________



"bernadette" <bernadette@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message news:7E92B374-8A2C-4737-A997-69CC6469ADFD@microsoft.com...
> thx jimmy but ive already done a system restore prior to my post and still
> isnt working right, oddly enough it seems that the saved games on the other
> screens
> are still functioning since my daughter was able to play her game so it
> appears the
> problem is only on one of the game screens
> --
> bernadette

Archived from groups: microsoft.public.windowsxp.games (More info?)

Hi Bernadette,

The repair will replace files updated via Windows Updates and
replace them with the originals, which is why I suggest you visit
the Windows Update site afterwards. Likewise, if AOL uses
modified versions of Windows system files, it might be affected.

--
Cheers, Windows XP MVP Shell / User
Jimmy S. http://mvp.support.microsoft.com

Game FAQs: http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=FH;[LN];gms
Visit my MSN Zone.com and Gaming Help Site: http://mvps.org/nibblesnbits
MS Assisted Support: http://support.microsoft.com/select/?target=assistance
My advice is donated "AS IS" without warranty; nor do I confer any rights.
_________________________________________________________

"bernadette" <bernadette@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message news:50BF52F5-C607-4AD4-883D-9E207FAEB589@microsoft.com...
> florida huh? well wherever in florida you were hope you saw good signs of our
> cleanup effort after ivan thx will try the repair if it doesnt work this
> time, ive
> completely unistalled it and am going to reinstall to see if it helps,
> yikes, so a repair
> wipes out all updates? does it do anything to any other apps already
> installed like
> my aol? curious, thx for advice
>
> "Jimmy S." wrote:
>
>> Hi Bernadette,
>>
>> True about the system restore! My mind has been on vacation with
>> me in Florida all this week. :-) Let's try a repair instead then...
>>
>> Your best solution would be to repair Windows using these instructions:
>>
>> How to repair Windows XP:
>> Unplug from your Internet connection, and then repair Windows:
>> using this method: http://michaelstevenstech.com/XPrepairinstall.htm
>>
>> Afterwards, boot up your system, turn on your XP Internet Firewall,
>> plug back into your Internet connection and install all Critical and
>> Recommended updates from: http://windowsupdate.microsoft.com
>>
>> --
>> Cheers, Windows XP MVP Shell / User
>> Jimmy S. http://mvp.support.microsoft.com
>>
>> Game FAQs: http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=FH;[LN];gms
>> Visit my Zone.com / Gaming Helpsite: http://nibblesnbits.tk or Call / Contact
>> MS Support at: http://support.microsoft.com/defau [...] ;en-us;top
>> My advice is donated "AS IS" without warranty; nor do I confer any rights.
>> _________________________________________________________
>>
>>
>>
>> "bernadette" <bernadette@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message news:7E92B374-8A2C-4737-A997-69CC6469ADFD@microsoft.com...
>> > thx jimmy but ive already done a system restore prior to my post and still
>> > isnt working right, oddly enough it seems that the saved games on the other
>> > screens
>> > are still functioning since my daughter was able to play her game so it
>> > appears the
>> > problem is only on one of the game screens
>> > --
>> > bernadette
>>
>>
>>

Archived from groups: microsoft.public.windowsxp.games (More info?)

That's great news! All's well that ends well. :-)

Cheers,
Jimmy.

"bernadette" <bernadette@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message news:A9581A05-D31A-4F2F-8C9C-5F867C9AD085@microsoft.com...
> hi jimmy,
> thx so much for the advice, thank goodness it actually didn't come to that,
> I had what
> my loving mother terms a 'brainfart' lol, some how the file for that
> particular saved game was corrupted or something and wasn't uninstalling
> properly so I just manually removed it
> and started over, I'm so glad that worked it took me days to download all my
> updates from
> when I had to totally reinstall xp last year, again you were great and
> thanks so much.
>
>
> "Jimmy S." wrote:
>
>> Hi Bernadette,
>>
>> The repair will replace files updated via Windows Updates and
>> replace them with the originals, which is why I suggest you visit
>> the Windows Update site afterwards. Likewise, if AOL uses
>> modified versions of Windows system files, it might be affected.
>>
>> --
>> Cheers, Windows XP MVP Shell / User
>> Jimmy S. http://mvp.support.microsoft.com
>>
>> Game FAQs: http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=FH;[LN];gms
>> Visit my MSN Zone.com and Gaming Help Site: http://mvps.org/nibblesnbits
>> MS Assisted Support: http://support.microsoft.com/select/?target=assistance
>> My advice is donated "AS IS" without warranty; nor do I confer any rights.
>> _________________________________________________________
>>
>> "bernadette" <bernadette@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message news:50BF52F5-C607-4AD4-883D-9E207FAEB589@microsoft.com...
>> > florida huh? well wherever in florida you were hope you saw good signs of our
>> > cleanup effort after ivan thx will try the repair if it doesnt work this
>> > time, ive
>> > completely unistalled it and am going to reinstall to see if it helps,
>> > yikes, so a repair
>> > wipes out all updates? does it do anything to any other apps already
>> > installed like
>> > my aol? curious, thx for advice
>> >
>> > "Jimmy S." wrote:
>> >
>> >> Hi Bernadette,
>> >>
>> >> True about the system restore! My mind has been on vacation with
>> >> me in Florida all this week. :-) Let's try a repair instead then...
>> >>
>> >> Your best solution would be to repair Windows using these instructions:
>> >>
>> >> How to repair Windows XP:
>> >> Unplug from your Internet connection, and then repair Windows:
>> >> using this method: http://michaelstevenstech.com/XPrepairinstall.htm
>> >>
>> >> Afterwards, boot up your system, turn on your XP Internet Firewall,
>> >> plug back into your Internet connection and install all Critical and
>> >> Recommended updates from: http://windowsupdate.microsoft.com
>> >>
>> >> --
>> >> Cheers, Windows XP MVP Shell / User
>> >> Jimmy S. http://mvp.support.microsoft.com
>> >>
>> >> Game FAQs: http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=FH;[LN];gms
>> >> Visit my Zone.com / Gaming Helpsite: http://nibblesnbits.tk or Call / Contact
>> >> MS Support at: http://support.microsoft.com/defau [...] ;en-us;top
>> >> My advice is donated "AS IS" without warranty; nor do I confer any rights.
>> >> _________________________________________________________
>> >>
>> >>
>> >>
>> >> "bernadette" <bernadette@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
>> >> news:7E92B374-8A2C-4737-A997-69CC6469ADFD@microsoft.com...
>> >> > thx jimmy but ive already done a system restore prior to my post and still
>> >> > isnt working right, oddly enough it seems that the saved games on the other
>> >> > screens
>> >> > are still functioning since my daughter was able to play her game so it
>> >> > appears the
>> >> > problem is only on one of the game screens
>> >> > --
>> >> > bernadette
>> >>
>> >>
>> >>
>>
>>
>>