System restore creates a snapshot of your system at the point of the time, at which the restore point was taken. When you choose to restore the system to a particular restore point... the system will return to the state it was, at that point of time, when the restore point was saved. Any changes made to the system since then, will be lost, even your program installations, which you had done after that restore point. So, if you have restore points earlier than the 3 days, when you know system was working okay... then choose one, and things should be okay I guess.
Its quite likely that the burner problem may be caused because the windows explorer is not working. The hanging of programs when you choose to explore, indicates that.
I am not in favor of the so called registry cleaners. I believe they should be avoided at all costs. They are nothing but trouble. Registry cleaners cause more problems than they solve. Playing with registry is not fun, and it may render a system totally non-bootable. So, it might also be a possibility that things may have actually been worsened by using the registry cleaner.
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Originally Posted by tboneman2
Is it possible to temporarily suspend Windows File Protection, long enough to re-copy or re-install Window Explorer, or the entire Accessory package if necessary? If yes to suspend, where would I find the files to reinstall Explorer and/or Accessories? The other thought I had was maybe Active X v 10 was damaged, altho I don't see the connection to Win Explorer.
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I don't know what you mean by suspend Windows File Protection. And I don't know how to re-copy or re-install the Windows Explorer.
Two sensible ways are being suggested. First, try sfc /scannow , as it was told to you earlier. Now, the CD that is being talked about is, the original CD with which you installed the fresh OS. You should know which CD it is, if you installed it yourself. Thats the CD you have to use, when it asks for a CD.
If sfc doesn't work, then you should try repair install of the OS. That will also require the OS installation CD.
If that does not work too, then I think it would be better to do a clean reinstall of the system.
If you have another spare hard disk, then you can backup your data on that hard disk. Or, if a friend of yours is willing to help you out, then you can slave your hard disk on his system, and take a backup of the data.