Re: System failed - unable to repair - what does install do?

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Dave Patrick ....Please no email replies - reply in newsgroup.
Microsoft Certified Professional
Microsoft MVP [Windows]
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"Peter Pepper" wrote:
| Thanks for responding Dave.
| (1) I successfully performed a parallel install following the
instructions.
| (2) I did as you suggested, using regedt32 to navigate to the
local_machine
| on local_machine, and loading the hive from the old install, and giving it
a
| temp name, so now I see
| Hkeylocal_machine...>tempname>controloo1>control>crash control>
| There are seven values visible in the format,
| AutoReboot: Reg_Dword: 0 or
| CrashDumpEnabled: Reg_Dword: 0x3
| I am unable to edit values from here. Message is, Access Denied.
Registry
| Editor could not save the value entry. The Key currently selected does
not
| give you access to a value entry.
|
| Can you guide me through this, or can you refer me to a reference page to
| read to understand the regedt32 process better? In a past life I was a
| Win'98/Me poweruser, so these win2k problems and commands are foreign to
me.
|
| I appreciate your time and effort.
| Peter Pepper


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