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40333	2002-03-24 13:21:00	my desktop encounter follow problems 1 upon opening computer... saw message.'window registry error.' back up correcting error..this appears several days. 2 now cannot open pc. also more message..' this program has performed an illegal operation and will be shut down..' is this a software or hardware problem . what can i do?	Guest (0)
40334	2002-03-24 22:29:00	Bernard You will probably have to supply more information before anyone can help you. What operating system are you using Win98/ME/2000/XP etc. Do you have a current emergency disk (you are supposed to make one when you get your computer andkeep it up to date). It sounds like a corrupt registry and if you are using Win98 there is a procedure you can follow to restore an older registry file using DOS. Search Press F1 for the word <sysbckup> and you should find an answer I posted some time back that tells you how to restore the registry using DOS commands when Windows won't boot and you don't have an emergency disk. Cheers Billy 8-{)	Guest (0)
40335	2002-03-24 22:38:00	Bernard I had a look and found the old post for you. Just as well too as I had misspelled the command sysbckup in my original post! W98 has a command line registry restore facility. You can restore very easily using scanreg and it doesn't matter if you have rebooted as Windows stores copies of the registry from your last 5 boots. To restore the registry: 1) Click Start>shutdown>restart in MS-Dos mode. (If you have to do a hard reboot, hold down F8 and you will get to the boot menu - choose MS Dos) 2) You will end up at the dos prompt and should be at C:\windows. Add: \sysbckup and press enter. (If you are at the root [C:\] type CD\Windows\sysbckup and press enter. 3) Next type scanreg /restore and press enter (there is a space between scanreg and the forward slash) 4) You will find yourself at a menu of five registry backups named rbxxx.cab. Choose one with a date prior to your problem starting and click restore. Cheers Billy 8-{)	Guest (0)
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