One or two registry backups, not restore points, are available to you :
The current registry files are located in \Windows\System32\config. There
are six files which are named COMPONENTS, DEFAULT, SAM, SECURITY, SOFTWARE
AND SYSTEM. During the boot process they are created from a ’fallback’
registry taken at the previous boot, located at
\Windows\System32\config\RegBack (Last Known Good Configuration). This set of
files form the registry that is loaded when the computer is booted.
Also in the \RegBack folder is the previous set of files, which are
recognised by having an extension of OLD.
"Carl Farrington" wrote:
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> It looks like Vista packages each of its restore points up into large single
> files. Does anybody know how to get into this file and poke around?
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> With XP, I could take registry hives from a restore point folder to replace
> bad/corrupt copies. It's looking like this won't be possible with Vista.
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