Greetings Ian and list--
For my Win98 installations I routinely edit c:\windows\scanreg.ini
and change the MaxBackupCopies line to = a higher number than 5.
The down side of this is that scanreg /restore will only display
five (5) registry backups, so if the one you need is not displayed,
you'll need to do some file renaming to get it "into the list".
HTH,
Paul A. Shippert
> Kevin, 'svcinit.exe' is apparently propagated by the Sinit trojan. Have a look
> here for info:
> http://securityresponse.symantec.com/avcenter/venc/data/backdoor.sinit.html
>
> So you don't want that one back.
>
> Win.ini is a bit more serious, as it's the Windows initialisation file.
> However, you should have up to 5 recent copies of that file tucked away in your
> sysbckup folder.
>
> You should be able to restore an earlier copy by starting in DOS and typing
> 'scanreg /restore' (no quotes) and selecting the cabfile with the most recent
> date.
>
> The cabfile contains all of your registry data and ini files. If that fails,
> try an earlier one - there should be 5 to choose from.
>
> For anyone who wants to keep more than 5 backups, start Windows and find a file
> called scanreg.ini. Open it in Notepad and change the '=5' to 10 or 20 or
> whatever (keeping in mind that each cabfile might be 3-4mb in size)
>
> Sorry if I haven't quoted the exact wording in the ini as I'm working from
> memory.
>
> Ian Porter
> Computer Guys Inc.
> Arrowtown
> New Zealand
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>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Kevin Lauzon
> Subject: [PCSOFT] Need to find two missing Win98 system files
>
>
> I have a computer with windows 98 which is now missing the following files
> (svcinit.exe & win.ini) as they were infected with a virus, quarantined,
> unable to be repaired & then deleted by Norton. Is there a site similar to the
> .dll site where you can download
> these files? Someone borrowed my win 98 install CD & I no longer have it.
>
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