Re: XP registry problem

From: Malke (malke_at_nospoonnotreally.com)
Date: 05/31/04 

Date: Sun, 30 May 2004 20:23:45 -0700

msnews wrote:

> System: XP Home edition
> I worked on a PC for a friend who had IE hijacked. Unfortunately I
> must have screwed up something in the registry big-time trying to get
> rid of the hijack.
>
> Problem: System boots fine and most programs seem to work OK.
> However cannot load Internet Explorer, Contrl Panel, My computer or My
> documents and
> cannot RightClick Start to Explore files. Whenever I do this a popup
> appears telling me a resource library is missing and suggests I to try
> to
> reload FREEDOM. I never heard of FREEDOM - and I cannot find a
> reference on the internet.
>
> If I go to START - RUN and BROWSE I can see all of the files on the
> system OK.
> I can load AOL and browse the internet, but I cannot open IE-6.
>
> I tried to do a SYSTEM RESTORE and after rebooting and trying to
> restore I
> get a message indicating thr restore could not be completed. This is
> after trying three different restore points going back a month.
>
> HELP - I know I should have backed up the registry but I didn't :(

Frankly, it sounds like you've got your friend's system in rather a
snarl. You can try 1) a repair install; 2) a clean install, which will
delete all data and programs; 3) take the computer to a professional.
Here are links to information to help with items 1 and 2:

 http://www.michaelstevenstech.com/XPrepairinstall.htm - Repair Install
 http://michaelstevenstech.com/cleanxpinstall.html - Clean Install
 
Malke 

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