Re: compatibility

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Hi,

Better to load the registry hives into the other installation and clean them that way. Many bugs have checks built in to see if their files have been removed and can recreate them if they have. As well, a system can hang for a considerable length of time if it tries to load a missing file, so better to concentrate on removing the load entries and not just the infecting files.

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"plugginaway" <anon> wrote in message news:euI3D0QIKHA.4432@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Good.

But if the Reg entries stiil exist, they won't run anything because the files will have been cleaned??

so then I put it back in the Vista set, and scan it to clean the Reg?

thanx

Tim Slattery wrote:

plugginaway <anon> wrote:


Can I attach my infected Vista HDD into an XP set and do a Virus/Malware scan? Will it find and clean Registry items as well as files?


Yes, you can probably have your XP computer scan that disk for
viruses. But it won't know there are registry files there (it will
look for them in the proper place on your system disk), so they will
be scanned like other files.


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