Chances are that the OP also mentioned that he\she also cannot access System Restore. Carey's answer was exactly what can happen when using ANY automated Registry Cleaning Tool. If you do not know the Registry then DO NOT touch it.
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"philo" <philo@xxxxxx> wrote in message news:u152lWsvIHA.5472@xxxxxx
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> "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.
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> 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
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>> Windows Desktop Experience -
>> Windows Vista Enthusiast
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>> "Cluelessnoob" <guest@xxxxxx-email.com> wrote in message
> news:180a08b01e33c61de46f556656ae9abc@xxxxxx-gateway.com... Quote:
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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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