- widows update
- Posted by G.Kos on November 14th, 2003
when i do a critical update i get an error:widows could
not upgrade the file %1 from%2 %1: %2,it did this a few
weeks ago and i changed the wininit.ini file to
wininit.xxx and this worked, but now i did another update
and i'm getting the error again,How do i fix this problem?
- Posted by B.J.Honeycut on November 24th, 2003
On Fri, 14 Nov 2003 20:40:05 GMT,"G.Kos" <harley118@adelphia.net> penned
this whopper in news:448401c3aaef$7c547000$a601280a@phx.gbl:
Get rid of norton. That's the short answer, for the long-winded one, search
Noel Paton's posts here.
--
"Time will bring to light whatever is hidden;
it will cover up and conceal what is now shining in splendor."
Horace (65 - 8 BC); Roman poet.
Mike
- Posted by Mike M on November 24th, 2003
It's not only Norton that can cause this problem. If the state manager stops
"cabbing" files for any reason then the _RESTORE\TEMP folder will eventually
fill up and cause the %1 %2 error message on booting. Dumping Norton won't
solve the problem either until the _RESTORE\TEMP folder has been cleared.
--
Mike Maltby MS-MVP
mcmaltby@hotmail.com
B.J.Honeycut <Friday@drag.net.invalid> wrote:
- Posted by Mike M on November 24th, 2003
First boot to DOS using a floppy and check whether you have a WININIT.INI
file in your C:\WINDOWS folder. If present rename it to something like
wininit.old and try booting again. It is also probable that you will have to
repeat the last software install or update that you made. See MS KB283069 -
"Error Message: (http://support.microsoft.com?kbid=283069).
If you can't find a wininit.ini file then I suspect your problem is due to the
C:\_RESTORE\TEMP folder having around 64K files in it which is the limit
(2**16) for the number of files that can be located in a folder using the
FAT32 filing system. This can also lead to the "Cannot upgrade file %1 from
%2.." message when booting. I suggest you try deleting the _RESTORE folder
with the loss of any system restore checkpoints you might have (not that I
think they are now usable) and see if that solves the problem. [BTW do you
have any Symantec applications installed? I ask because LiveUpdate is
implicated in this problem.] Delete the folder as follows:
a) Boot to DOS using a floppy. Do NOT choose "Minimal Boot" from the menu
when booting from a floppy but rather choose "Start computer with (or without)
CD-ROM support" otherwise the ATTRIB command will not be available.
b) At the DOS A:\> prompt, type:
ATTRIB -H -S -R C:\_RESTORE
REN C:\_RESTORE OLDREST
c) Remove the floppy
d) Reboot your PC
Another problem though is that the update you were doing was probably never
completed so your system may still be unusable. If however it does manage to
boot then
e) Delete the folder C:\OLDREST
f) Check that an automatic system restore checkpoint was created.
g) Finally adjust the space allocated to the restore folder:
System | Performance | File System | Hard Disk and adjust the restore slider
to your preferred setting. A figure of 200MB is normally more than adequate
for day to day use allowing perhaps a week of checkpoints to be available
although increasing this to perhaps 400MB for a few days during periods of
large installs such Microsoft Office is advisable.
--
Mike Maltby MS-MVP
mcmaltby@hotmail.com
G.Kos <harley118@adelphia.net> wrote:
- Posted by B.J.Honeycut on November 26th, 2003
On Mon, 24 Nov 2003 01:54:00 GMT,"Mike M" <No_Spam@Corned_Beef.Only>
penned this whopper in news:eMRIp3isDHA.2304@tk2msftngp13.phx.gbl:
Good point, happened to me a while ago. Don't know why I forgot. Resetting
sys restore does the job though.
--
"Time will bring to light whatever is hidden;
it will cover up and conceal what is now shining in splendor."
Horace (65 - 8 BC); Roman poet.
Mike
