Larry Bratton
02-03-2008, 3:56 PM
All:
Don't know if any of this will be of benefit, but I'll share it anyway.
On Friday, I started having a problem with Corel X3. It would not load and reported a couple of messages (don't recall the exacts) but anyhow I decided to just uninstall/reinstall. OK..do that and then I get an Error 1606 upon attempting to install. I troubleshoot this via the Corel website and it has some registry fixes. The first one looks pretty simple, so I go and do what it says. See nothing amiss on drive errors as suggested. Didn't fix it.
I then decided that what I needed to do, was restore Windows back to an earlier date, as I am thinking now their's something weird in the registry. Sooo, did the restore and Windows would not complete it and the whole thing froze. Shut it down, reboot, screen comes up but NO WINDOWS!
After getting an error message that the Config Sys file is either missing or corrupt, I know I got a pretty big problem. So, I begin to search for solutions. I tried several things from Microsoft etc. I finally read where some guy had the same problem and out of desparation, he goes and buys an upgrade to Windows XP Professional from Home and runs that. Well, guess what, if the Config Sys file is not there the upgrade won't work. (I know, cuz I went and bought one, as I wanted to upgrade anyway). OK, so I use the Recovery Console on the disk. I found another solution online that is a pretty involved procedure with a lot's of DOS commands. Actually what that does, is to give you access to the Windows set points (assuming you have restore turned on) and allows you to copy the file back to Windows. I did it..it worked! About 10:00pm last night, I got this machine back up. (I was getting online with a working pc in case someone is wordering) I was very happy to get it back up.
Today, I installed my new XP upgrade. Next thing that happens is that Internet Explorer loads 52 times when you start it! OK, so I go and downlaod a new copy from Microsoft and install it on this machine. Fixed that, it worked!
OK, now time to try Corel. Everything is going OK then up jumps ERROR 1606 again. Moan! So, back to Corel, print off the details for all the suggested fixes. The first one, I had already done, the second one didn't fit, and the 3rd one was pretty involved with making registry changes etc etc. But, to make a long story short, the 3rd fix worked, and Corel X3 is now functioning again.
So, the point is, that if you start having problems like these, either seek professional help or be prepared to spend time looking for the solutions. If you happen to get that 1606 error, PM me and I'll point you to the fix.
I'm exhausted but I am happy that I got it repaired on my own and didn't lose any data in the process.:)
Don't know if any of this will be of benefit, but I'll share it anyway.
On Friday, I started having a problem with Corel X3. It would not load and reported a couple of messages (don't recall the exacts) but anyhow I decided to just uninstall/reinstall. OK..do that and then I get an Error 1606 upon attempting to install. I troubleshoot this via the Corel website and it has some registry fixes. The first one looks pretty simple, so I go and do what it says. See nothing amiss on drive errors as suggested. Didn't fix it.
I then decided that what I needed to do, was restore Windows back to an earlier date, as I am thinking now their's something weird in the registry. Sooo, did the restore and Windows would not complete it and the whole thing froze. Shut it down, reboot, screen comes up but NO WINDOWS!
After getting an error message that the Config Sys file is either missing or corrupt, I know I got a pretty big problem. So, I begin to search for solutions. I tried several things from Microsoft etc. I finally read where some guy had the same problem and out of desparation, he goes and buys an upgrade to Windows XP Professional from Home and runs that. Well, guess what, if the Config Sys file is not there the upgrade won't work. (I know, cuz I went and bought one, as I wanted to upgrade anyway). OK, so I use the Recovery Console on the disk. I found another solution online that is a pretty involved procedure with a lot's of DOS commands. Actually what that does, is to give you access to the Windows set points (assuming you have restore turned on) and allows you to copy the file back to Windows. I did it..it worked! About 10:00pm last night, I got this machine back up. (I was getting online with a working pc in case someone is wordering) I was very happy to get it back up.
Today, I installed my new XP upgrade. Next thing that happens is that Internet Explorer loads 52 times when you start it! OK, so I go and downlaod a new copy from Microsoft and install it on this machine. Fixed that, it worked!
OK, now time to try Corel. Everything is going OK then up jumps ERROR 1606 again. Moan! So, back to Corel, print off the details for all the suggested fixes. The first one, I had already done, the second one didn't fit, and the 3rd one was pretty involved with making registry changes etc etc. But, to make a long story short, the 3rd fix worked, and Corel X3 is now functioning again.
So, the point is, that if you start having problems like these, either seek professional help or be prepared to spend time looking for the solutions. If you happen to get that 1606 error, PM me and I'll point you to the fix.
I'm exhausted but I am happy that I got it repaired on my own and didn't lose any data in the process.:)