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Old 05-25-2008   #11 (permalink)
philo


 
 

Re: I broke my registry, I think...


"Carey Frisch [MVP]" <cnfrisch@xxxxxx> wrote in message
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> Classic example of what may happen if one uses a
> so-called registry cleaner. All you can do now is
> reformat the hard drive and reinstall Windows Vista.
>

That's an absurd answer!
Chances are a system restore will un-do the damage.
It's certainly the first thing to try
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> Carey Frisch
> Microsoft MVP
> Windows Desktop Experience -
> Windows Vista Enthusiast
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> "Cluelessnoob" <guest@xxxxxx-email.com> wrote in message
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>
> I installed a new registry cleaner, RegCure I think, ran it, cleaned
> like 12k errors, more than I thought I should have, turned off my
> computer and went to bed. I come back and its acting like windows 2000!
> None of the services are working, I can't access the backups I made, and
> I can't use the system restore because the... host program wont respond,
> or something... I ran safe mode and got SOME of the drivers working
> again, as I thought I would, so it sort of seems my computer has
> amnesia... Does anyone know how I can get more services to work without
> reformatting my computer? I wouldnt mind that if i could even get the
> disk drives to work... Help would be greatly appreciated.
>
>
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> Cluelessnoob

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