Re: Registry Nightmare! HELP!!!
- From: "Dave Patrick" <DSPatrick@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Tue, 18 Jul 2006 21:00:29 -0600
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"Larry S." <LarryS@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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| It started with finding my CD-ROM drives were not working. I looked up
info
| on the Windows knowledgebase, and downloaded a referral to "error 31" that
| told me to remove the references to "upperfilters" and "lowerfilters" in a
| particular numbered key of
| HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\CurrentControlSet\Control\Class. I found at least a
dozen
| instances of the same numbered key, so removed that from all of them. BIG
| MISTAKE! When I tried to reboot, I got a blue error screen. I finally used
| the Repair Control Console to copy all the files in WINNT\Repair\Regback,
| which allowed me to get into Windows, but it has so many problems I don't
| know where to begin. I had exported the registry before making the
changes,
| but when I tried to import it back into the registry, I kept getting
messages
| "access denied". I also tried to restore the system state from a backup in
| Novastor from a few days earlier, but that didn't help. As of now, I get
| some very strange error messages on bootup, and when I try to bring up
| Windows add/remove programs, all it has is a line on top that says "Change
or
| Remove ProgramsAdd ne ProgramsAdd/Remove Windows....etc". Nothing else. I
| can get to websites, but many links won't work, including those with
| javascript commands. (I'm writing this from my laptop, but it's my primary
| computer that is having the problems). Windows update page just says
"done",
| but remains blank. I can't print from explorer, although I can copy into
| Word using a control C, and then print from Word. And so on! Any ideas on
| how I can fix this mess, without having to totally wipe and reinstall the
| system and everything on it, will be GREATLY appreciated. Thank you.
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| Larry S
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