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keeping system registry files on separate partition...?
My i386 folder is on my hard drive as, C:\i386 and the registry entry is configured thus: hkey_local_machine\software\microsoft\windows\currentversion\setup and the value of the sourcepath there is C:\ Other registry values that I thought might be complicating this are as follows:

Registry - if it is broke, fix it
Al Balmer albal...@att.net alt usenet offline-reader forte-agent On Thu, 05 Oct 2006 22:10:55 -0500, Mark Lloyd <mll...@notmail.comnot.invalid> wrote: One of Agent's plus points is that it doesn't use the registry much. That is one of the main reasons I went back to using Agent for email (had been using Thunderbird

Registry Booster for Registry Cleanup?
Recently, the CD-Rom drive broke (it was a 4X, too old and dirty, could not read CD's anymore). Buying a new one (52X was the slowest I could find), Yet, the computer refuses to detect it, and Win95 gives me a registry error when booting up (it wants me to use a backup of the registry, but as soon as I unplug

Which Registry Utility to trust?
In a nutshell, uninstall your Norton product, all features do not reboot regedit.exe -> search search your Windows registry for Symantec, delete all keys search your Windows registry for Norton, delete all keys search your Windows registry for Live Update, delete all keys msconfig.exe -> start up menu disable any

Deleting 'invalid' font registry keys has messed up fonts
Where do i get the older registry from? Windows routinely backs up your system registry. The registry contains software settings, user preferences, etc. If you fiddle with your system and screw it up, you can sometimes correct it by replacing the current registry with an older copy that contains all the correct

PLF broke my fonts again...
Lets do this the easy way via a Registry fix file from Bill James another MVP. Go to Bills site located here. http://billsway.com/notes_public/ Download the file As always back up your Registry before fooling with it. Doug Knox also an MVP has a good primer on how to do that here and his site is just as neat as

SP2 broke my SFC
Normally this message occurs if the registry has the wrong idea of which Outlook 98 is installed, Corporate/workgroup or Internet Mail only. I wonder if the installation of Outlook 2007 somehow makes the system think that Outlook 98 is installed with the corporate/workgroup edition when it's not!

Clean, Compact and Optimize the Registry with Freeware
Remember - "If it ain't broke don't fix it". But it _is_ broke. It's forcing you to rely on undocumented registry keys to get the information you need, and that information isn't guaranteed to be there -- because it was never documented to be there in the first place. Better to use a tool that doesn't force you to

Clinton notifies Massachusetts sex offender registry of ...
Whereas storing config files on that old SCSI drive I got for free because the seals were broken _isn't_ going to risk configuration corruption? Um, yes you did change the topic drastically... look up where you posted about that old SCSI drive... you broke the seals and then you say that file corruption is

SUN jre broke registry
A full reinstall of Word rarely achieves much - if repairing Word doesn't work, try renaming normal.dot (note that it is a hidden file in Word 2002) and failing that reset the data key in the registry - http://www.gmayor.com/my_toolbars_are_missing. htm -- <>>< ><<> ><<> <>>< ><<> <>>< <>>< ><<> Graham Mayor - Word

Registry - if it is broke, fix it
You do any of that Oliver and you will find yourself in court and I will leave you a broke old man. Don't test me Oliver because you and your other anti-spammer friends will find Sue me, and we'll see who goes broke first. And you have been in so deep that you have not been able to see the sun for a long time.

Windows Registry - Flawed Design
Presumably this will cause havoc in the registry? OK. I see now where I misinterpreted what you were saying: you have IE 5.5 SP1 _plus_ some security patches. won't have to use the URL because you'll have to paste it back together again by deleting all the trailing spaces where OE's plain text format broke it.

Registry Key Access?
A lot of the stuff they write that Registry cleaners flag as useless really isn't. So, no, the rule of thumb you delineate above is not foolproof. When it comes to Registry cleaning, my rule over the last few years is, "If it ain't broke, don't fix it." The one exception is when I'm doing major

Registry - if it is broke, fix it
BK" [2004-03-13 11:07:01 AM] Workers = 0 [2004-03-13 11:07:01 AM] Port = 0 [2004-03-13 11:07:01 AM] Error encountered = 0 [2004-03-13 11:07:01 AM] Checking if parameters are to be retrieved from Registry [2004-03-13 11:07:01 AM] Got Tree Name from registry, "<null>" [2004-03-13 11:07:01 AM] Got Login Name from

registry cleaner
In that short time i picked up 12 new tracking cookies and 5 malicious registry entries. That'll teach me I guess. An hour in Win98SE to get 5 'malicious registry entries'? Huh... try 12 trojans from being online 7 minutes. ... over 2 hits/infections per minute! -- Linux: because a PC is a terrible thing to waste

czyszczenie rejestru - czym?
Upon bootup I get a message saying there is a problem with the registry, and it will be corrected upon restart if I press OK. But it just reboots up to the same I reinstalled Windows and it's still broke! Scandisk is occasionally finding errors to fix also! I did a fdisk /mbr to rewrite the mbr. Still broke.

Cannot save new files - YUP. MS broke Everything
If you're not experiencing any detectable problems, leave the registry alone. As one "old duffer" to another: "If it ain't broke, don't fix it." -- Bruce Chambers Help us help you: http://dts-l.org/goodpost.htm http://www.catb.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.html They that can give up essential liberty to obtain a

low on registry, can't log in, net frameworks fault?
/usr /usr/bin /usr/bin/pear /usr/lib /usr/lib/php4 /usr/share /usr/share/php /usr/share/php/.registry /usr/share/php/.registry/archive_tar.reg /usr/share/php/. registry/console_getopt.reg /usr/share/php/.registry/pear.reg /usr/share/php/. registry/db.reg /usr/share/php/.registry/http.reg

Updated perl - broke stuff
My pc is broke big time, i'm typing in safe mode right now, (the only way I could get my pc working). I was wondering if anyone knew how to fix my pc. Its my last hope before I re-format and start XP again from scratch, and lose everything, 4 years of pics, music, bookmarks etc. (Which I DON'T want to do in a hurry

SUN jre broke registry
to make a complete backup of the registry. Neither does it export the whole registry (for example, no information from the "SECURITY" hive is saved), nor can the exported file be used later Erasmus *NOT* a "MS-MVP", but sure love to snoop around in the system. "If it ain't broke - fix it anyways!" - Hacker motto.