Try clearing all the points and perform system restore.
To clear existing restore points
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Click Start, click All Programs, click Accessories, click System Tools, and then click System Restore.
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Click to add a check mark beside Turn off System Restore on all Drives, and click Apply.
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When you are warned that all existing Restore Points will be deleted, click Yes to continue.
All system restore points are deleted. Now you should manually create a restore point.
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Click Start, click All Programs, click Accessories, click System Tools, and then click System Restore.
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Click Create a Restore Point, and then click Next.
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Name your restore point.
To use System Restore to restore Windows XP to a previous state, follow these steps:
If you successfully restored your computer to a previous state, and the computer is performing as it should be, you are finished.
Note A System Restore message may appear that lists configuration changes that System Restore will make. Click OK.
If the restore process completed successfully but the computer is still not performing as you want, go to the "How to undo a system restoration after you perform a System Restore" section. If you received an error message and the restore process did not finish, or if you cannot run System Restore, go to the "Next Steps" section.
How to undo a system restoration after you perform a System Restore
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You may have unintentionally restored Windows XP to a previous configuration that you do not want. To undo the restoration, follow these steps:
Note A System Restore message may appear that lists configuration changes that System Restore will make. Click OK.
For additional information about System Restore,
If you get that message every time you run system restore, that restore point is no longer any good. You need to try a different restore point on a different date. System restore is NOT meant to be a backup. You need to be running a backup of your computer if you don't want to lose your data. Hopefully you will have another restore point, possibly earlier than the one you used, which is good. If you need to reinstall windows, you will need to get a disk. You can send me a message if you need one.
There is another fix...and I say at this point if your system restore points are corrupt go ahead and delete them and start fresh. But that's not the fix...
The fix is the windows system file checker...
If you have Windows Vista or 7 you need to start the command prompt in administrative mode...go to START, ACCESSORIES folder, then right click on the COMMAND PROMPT, and and click on "run as administrator"
If you have XP, just start the commmand prompt from an Admin account (it's in the same folder)
After that, type sfc "space" /scannow (don't spell out the word space, just put a space) at the end of the prompt that comes up, and press enter..
Let the program run it's course until it's done, and don't do anything to your computer while it's running. It doesn't take too long..
This will scan your windows system files, and replace anything that should be there that's missing.
If it fixes it....create a new restore point when you are done so you have a good place to come back to. If it doesn't, please post back.
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