Do you still have a Norton product installed on this computer?
--- In [email protected], K M <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi, > I just joined the group here and I have a minour > problem. > > Background: I have win. XP Home that was preinstalled > and of course the vender didn't include the backup > utility. Also preinstalled was NAV 2001 in which I > removed and upgraded to NIS upto 2004. Then I removed > that to go with a better support one. > Now to my problem: > Some of my older CD software programmes I just > wanted to double check them all out to see what was > all on them. However when I put them into the CD Rom > in which it would start to run to install though even > before I stop that I would get an error message: > > Error Message: > 16 Bit Win Subsystem > C:Program/~1\symantic\s32evnt1.dll > An installable virtual device driver failed dll > initialization. > > Close or Ignore > > I closed it for I didn't want additional problems to > occur! However after a lot of google search it appears > that many would ignore and their program would run > find. Nevertheless I don't want to deal with such > error each and everytime. > So I found that after all I will have to delete > s32evnt1.dll from the registry. Not something I like > to do being that I am not an expert. However I did > learn how to replace a hard drive in an older computer > and that was an accomplishment for me anyway. > > Now I do understand if going into the registry it is > crucial to make a backup. But as I said I do not have > the OS CD. However I found this site and was wondering > if anybody know if this is genuine for downloading win > backup utility or will I have more problems? > > http://www.onecomputerguy.com/windowsxp_tips.htm > > Below is the description: > Installing the Backup Program on the Home Version > Added 4/1/02 By default, the NTBACKUP program is not > installed on the home version. You can find it on the > CD in the \VALUEADD\MSFT\NTBACKUP directory > Since not all vendors include the actual source code > for XP, you can download a copy here. > > If so one question for those that has this utility. Is > it an easy user friendly program? > > If it's not wise to download this what about this site > I was told by another person to download. I couldn't > find much there. For the Backup program click this > link to download it then install it: > http://tinyurl.com/b2nly > > I'm always cautious when it comes to downloading from > sites I do not know! > > OK with all of this said I also read that I could just > go into the registry and export full or part and put > it into a file (RegBU) such as on the desktop. > > Would this be OK to do or will I need a special backup > utility? > > Thanks for any and all help! > > K > > > __________________________________________________ > Do You Yahoo!? > Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around > http://mail.yahoo.com ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor --------------------~--> Get Bzzzy! (real tools to help you find a job). Welcome to the Sweet Life. http://us.click.yahoo.com/A77XvD/vlQLAA/TtwFAA/67folB/TM --------------------------------------------------------------------~-> If you have any questions or problems with any aspect of this site, please feel free to contact me directly [EMAIL PROTECTED] Please do not post personal issues directly to the group. To unsubscribe from this list, send an email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Thank you for using A-1 Computer Tech Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/A-1-Computer_Tech/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
