Re: Error Message

Tech-Archive recommends: Repair Windows Errors & Optimize Windows Performance

From: Michael Solomon \(MS-MVP Windows Shell/User\) (user_at_#notme.com)
Date: 04/09/04 

Date: Fri, 9 Apr 2004 12:03:41 -0700

Check the following from MVP Kelly Theriot:

Suggestions:

Right click My Computer, Properties, Hardware, Device Manager. Locate the
entries for your hard disks and double click each entry. On the Policies
tab, uncheck Enable write caching.

You will see a performance decrease because of this, but if the corrupt
registry/user profiles problems cease, then you'll be certain of the cause.

Logon to another account with admin privilege and run System Restore.
Choose the most recent restore point and SR should restore the user hives.

Or...

Boot into safe mode and log in as Administrator. Copy ntuser.dat from
%windir%\repair to "Documents and Settings\[your user id]". Now do a system
restore to a point in time prior to when the corruption message began to
appear.

Or...

Relocate NTUserdat

Look in HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows
NT\CurrentVersion\ProfileList and find the profile you want to change and
then change ProfileImagePath to the ntuser.dat folder that you want to use.
You must manually copy or move the ntuser.dat file there.

Corrupt Hive
http://www.kellys-korner-xp.com/xp_sys32.htm

How to Recover from a Corrupted Registry
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;Q307545

Recovery Console Fix for XP SP1 (Line 58)
http://www.kellys-korner-xp.com/xp_tweaks.htm 

-- 
Michael Solomon MS-MVP
Windows Shell/User
Backup is a PC User's Best Friend
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"John O'Boyle" <john.l.oboyle@comcast.net> wrote in message 
news:uryGeLmHEHA.3216@TK2MSFTNGP10.phx.gbl...
> I'm new at WinXP and need some advice.  I'm running Win XP Home.  I've 
> shut off "System Restore" in favor of "Goback".  Something I did in the 
> last few hours caused the message below to appear.  My problem is NOT the 
> recovery.  That seemed to go alright.  The problem is that the message 
> itself won't go away!  It shows up each and every time I re-start (or 
> re-boot) the system.  I went back in time, using "Goback", but apparently 
> didn't revert far enough.  Can anyone tell me how to eliminate this 
> message?
>
> Thanks.
>
> JLOB
>
>
> "One of the files containing the System's registry Data had to be 
> recovered by use of a log or alternate copy.  The recovery was 
> successful."

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