First off don't be so hard on yourself, we all make mistakes and that's how
we learn. If you cannot undo what these snake oil programs did and you
cannot do a System Restore then it appears you need to try and backup all
your user files, music, pictures, etc and reformat and install again. BTW,
what two cleaners did you use?
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All the best,
SG
"dczarniak" <dczarniak@xxxxxx> wrote in message
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>I used two different registry cleaners /optimizers / whatever on my entire
> registry.
>
> Now my control panel is empty, I have no printers, and I am getting
> messages
> to validate my copy of windows. When I try to do that, it fails every
> time.
>
> All of the usual helpful suspects seem to be inoperable - system restore
> won't fly, nor will the shadow copy fire up and on and on and on and on.
>
> Oddly, I seem to be able to do most things, which I hope bodes well for
> backing up everything prior to whatever needs to be done next.
>
> What sort of music do I have to face here ?
>
> I did it to myself - I am prepared to pay the piper.
>
> Whatever wisdom you could impart to me would be greatly appreciated.
>
> (I know what I did was profoundly stupid. I willingly accept that fact,
> also)
>
> How do I atone for my transgressions ?