re: system restore will not work Tuesday, October 16, 2007 at 2:08 pm Windows Me Annoyances Discussion Forum Posted by Ed (659 messages posted) HOW TO REINSTALL Windows ME WITHOUT AN INSTALLATION CD If nothing else works, you can reinstall Windows ME even if you have no installation CD, by following the instructions in this post: http://www.annoyances.org/exec/forum/winme/1081893868 This is the "nuclear" option though. You will lose all your settings, and will therefore have to reinstall all of your PC's hardware and all programs. You *must* have the original setup disks and CDs to hand in order to do this. You *must* also have your "product key" (serial number) to hand. The Product Key is stored (in plain text, unencrypted) in the Windows Registry at -   HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion Ed On Monday, October 15, 2007 at 4:44 pm, jo-ann wrote: >ck > >ok, ty, looks like its a matter of me getting rid of the machine (i bought it 2nd >hand and no cd with it-the owner doesnt have it either). > >as for professional help, yep that's an option too. anyway ty. this machine is definitely >broken. > > > Written in response to: re: system restore will not work (jo-ann: Monday, October 15, 2007 at 4:44 pm) Responses to this message: re: system restore will not work (jo-ann: Wednesday, October 17, 2007 at 7:07 am) All messages in this thread [show all] system restore will not work (jo-ann: Sat, Oct 13, 2007, 12:34 am) re: system restore will not work (C K: Sat, Oct 13, 2007, 4:16 pm) re: system restore will not work (jo-ann: Sat, Oct 13, 2007, 7:39 pm) re: system restore will not work (Ed: Sun, Oct 14, 2007, 2:04 pm) re: system restore will not work (jo-ann: Sun, Oct 14, 2007, 9:33 pm) re: system restore will not work (C K: Mon, Oct 15, 2007, 10:36 am) re: system restore will not work (jo-ann: Mon, Oct 15, 2007, 4:44 pm) re: system restore will not work (Ed: Tue, Oct 16, 2007, 2:08 pm) re: system restore will not work (jo-ann: Wed, Oct 17, 2007, 7:07 am) re: system restore will not work (Ed: Tue, Oct 30, 2007, 8:32 am) re: system restore will not work (jo-ann: Tue, Oct 30, 2007, 10:01 am) re: system restore will not work (Ed: Thu, Nov 1, 2007, 11:53 am) re: system restore will not work (jo-ann: Thu, Nov 1, 2007, 2:35 pm) Freeware Undelete Utility needed - Was: system restore will not work (Ed: Thu, Nov 1, 2007, 8:12 pm) re: Freeware Undelete Utility needed - Was: system restore will not work (jo-ann: Thu, Nov 1, 2007, 9:53 pm) re: Freeware Undelete Utility needed - Was: system restore will not work (jo-ann: Thu, Nov 1, 2007, 10:24 pm) re: Freeware Undelete Utility needed - Was: system restore will not work (Ed: Fri, Nov 2, 2007, 9:10 am) re: Freeware Undelete Utility needed - Was: system restore will not work (jo-ann: Fri, Nov 2, 2007, 3:37 pm) Reply or follow-up to this message Search this forum Start a new thread on a different subject Report abuse of the forum Return to the Windows Me Discussion Forum