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File Protection & Restore Problem

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by mak15

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All of suddent, my PC pop up a box, said, "Files that are required for windows to run properly have been replaced by unrecognized version, To maintain system stability, windoew must restore the original version of these files.", "Winkdj.exe has generated errors and will be closed by windows. You will need to restart the program", same thing with the OSD.exe file. I had tried to restore WIN2000Pro, but it will erase all the data. Is there other way to restore the OS without losing all my data? Can anybody tell me what's going on with my PC, and solution to my problem or recommend me some sites that can help my problem? I'll appreciate any suggestions & advices. Thank you!

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by volkerk

You can boot from the install floppies or the Win2K CD-Rom and choose to restore your system in place, where it will allow you to only overwrite the system files you choose.

A better idea is to re-apply the last service pack, which you need to doanyway after installing any piece of software that overwrites any system files (and that's most programs!). Make a habit of doing so after any software installation or change to hardware configuration on any NT-based system. The convenient way to dothis is to download and expand the service pack to your hard drive (with the /x switch), so you have it available in the future, then always just run the updater from the service pack without keeping uninstall info (but you may want to keep it the first time you apply a service pack!).

by azraelissime

Just in case it's a laptop: If you have a special driver for your keyboard, delete it in safe mode and reinstall it.

by eleojo

The problem with your system could be replacement of old versions of some of the files in your system files during installation of a new application. I had that experience when I updated Win2k Prof. Service pack 1 on an exiting winprof. All you needto do is to restore those files back from the original version of win2kprof. Then scan your system for virus. That is what solved the similar problem I had.

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