You could try the files and settings transfer wizard - it won't install your apps but it will keep your basic settings. You could then try installing IIS etc first - before running the wizard the second time. You need to leave the wizard running overnight to save your settings initially.
Matthew Walker Electric Sheep Web http://www.electricsheep.co.nz/ ----- Original Message ----- From: "Michael Kear" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "CF-Talk" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Tuesday, March 11, 2003 10:40 PM Subject: RE: Macromedia DONT help me now. so where do i turn now? > I'm starting to think that perhaps the problem might lie in the Windows. > Does anyone know if there is a self-repair kind of thing in WinXPPRo? > If I do a reinstall, will it safely install with all my tweaks and > setting or will it take me all the way back to the initial installation > again and I'll have to reinstall all my apps again? > > > Cheers, > Michael Kear > Windsor, NSW, Australia > AFP Webworks. > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Tuesday, 11 March 2003 4:02 PM > To: CF-Talk > Subject: Re: Macromedia DONT help me now. so where do i turn now? > > I'm just thinking along the lines that there may be something wrong > with the computer, maybe a corrupted nic driver, or a somehow broken > IIS install...I've seen both of those cause many strange problems. The > Metabase can get corrupted, but IIS will still function to a point, > and corrupted nic drivers can cause all sorts of odd things to happen. > > I've installed MX on 3 machines, some old, some new, and had problems, > but nothing like what you are seeing, and haven't seen people > mentioning this kind of problem, so the problem would seem to be with > your setup somewhere.Trying to install on another system would at > least give concrete proof that the problem is with the computer if it > succeeds. At which point I'd say it's time for a Windows reinstall, or > at least download a copy of Metaedit to make sure your IIS metabase > isn't corrupt, and reinstall the nic drivers. > > Forgive me if I'm off base, I've followed the threads but there have > been quite a few and I may have missed some relevant point. > > -- > mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Monday, March 10, 2003, 11:30:08 PM, you wrote: > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/index.cfm?forumid=4 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/index.cfm?method=subscribe&forumid=4 FAQ: http://www.thenetprofits.co.uk/coldfusion/faq Get the mailserver that powers this list at http://www.coolfusion.com Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.4
