ERROR: please go to control panel to install and configure system..etc...

This message popped up constantly as I tried to run a game, that
happened to be on my computer after I completed a system recovery..

I tried looking on other things, and they said to find a "autorun.inf"
or somethinglike that, I can't seem to find it, unless there are other
places to look, or other files to look at.. I have really no idea what
I'm supposed to do. please help!