My son's HP Compaq V6700 laptop running Windows XP Pro has lost the system restore. When i try to open it, I only get a blank box. This happened with the Search box to, having only the little dog in the corner without any options but I got the fixed by registering regsvr32 jscript.dll.
I followed instructions in this article Several dialog boxes are blank for the system restore but the registry was already the way it was supposed to be. I tried part of restoring the file with msconfig but am not sure I had the right paths because I have no disc since XP came preinstalled.
I also made sure the System restore service was running, enabled on the selected drives and that there's enough space. Checked for errors in event viewer and found none.
Tried to open it in safe mode with same results. Also ran safe mode with command prompt with the command "%systemroot%\system32\restore\rstrui.exe" which also brought up the blank box.
Ran scans and didn't find anything serious.
What else can I do to get the system restore dialogue box back???
Oh, also ran sfc /scannow.
I followed instructions in this article Several dialog boxes are blank for the system restore but the registry was already the way it was supposed to be. I tried part of restoring the file with msconfig but am not sure I had the right paths because I have no disc since XP came preinstalled.
I also made sure the System restore service was running, enabled on the selected drives and that there's enough space. Checked for errors in event viewer and found none.
Tried to open it in safe mode with same results. Also ran safe mode with command prompt with the command "%systemroot%\system32\restore\rstrui.exe" which also brought up the blank box.
Ran scans and didn't find anything serious.
What else can I do to get the system restore dialogue box back???
Oh, also ran sfc /scannow.