Re: Help Restoring Registry

From: removeme (paton(removeme)_at_cablespeed.com)
Date: 07/10/04 

Date: Fri, 9 Jul 2004 17:51:02 -0700

T.Cruse:

Thank you very much for your help. A few questions.
I have not shut down and rebooted since I aborted the registry editing and tried to install the registry back up. Which would you suggest I do first?

1. Re-boot in normal and see what happens
2. Re-boot in safe mode and try to install the back up registry file
3. Go straight from here to system restore

"t.cruise" wrote:

> Start button/All Programs/Accessories/System Tools/System Restore
>
> When System Restore opens, select the option to: Restore my computer to an earlier time.
> System Restore automatically creates Restore Points, and names them System Checkpoint,
> approximately every 24 hours depending upon certain factors. So even if you didn't
> manually create Restore Points, System Checkpoints should be there. After selecting:
> Restore my computer to an earlier time, click the NEXT button at the bottom right of the
> window. The next window is divided into two panes, on the left is the calendar, and on
> the right the Restore Points for the date selected on the calendar. The dates in bold
> font are the ones with Restore Points. Click on the date that you edited the Registry,
> and see if there was a System Checkpoint created at an earlier time than when you did the
> Registry edit. If there is, click on it to highlight it in the right pane, and then click
> the NEXT button, and finish the System Restore wizard. (A Restore Point will restore the
> Registry as it was at that time, and not mess with any of your data files etc.) If you
> can't remember the time of day that you edited the Registry, use a Restore Point from the
> day before, or as close to that date as possible. The one negative thing about System
> Restore is that if you go back too far, and you installed programs/patches/updates between
> then and now, they will have to be reinstalled, because the old Registry that's being
> restored won't have the Keys and Strings for them.
>
> If you can't boot your system into Normal Mode because of damage to your Registry: Try
> booting into Safe Mode: Press the F8 key between powering on, but before the Windows XP
> logo. Press that key a few times. If you see the Windows XP logo, then you've gone too
> far and have to try again. When the menu comes up, press the corresponding number key
> for: Safe Mode. Safe Mode will start to load slowly, with file names on your screen. Be
> patient. Just before the Safe Mode desktop loads, you'll be asked if you want to load the
> desktop, or go directly to System Restore. Click the No button, and System Restore will
> open. Then you can restore your Registry using the same method described above. It's
> also good to know that there's an option to undo the last System Restore, in case you
> select Restore Point from a date that had problems.
>
> It's also a good idea to open System Restore and create a Restore Point before editing the
> Registry, installing new software or drivers, making system configuration changes, etc.
> That way, if there's a problem, even a bad one where you can't even boot into Normal Mode,
> you can boot into Safe Mode, and use the Restore Point you manually created to get your
> system up and running quickly.
>
> So, although it's called System Restore, the MAIN function, at least for me, is to backup
> and restore the Registry.
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> T.C.
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> "paton (removeme) @cablespeed.com" <patonremovemecablespeedcom@discussions.microsoft.com>
> wrote in message news:350CAA68-A5C9-43E0-918B-354CEEC1E809@microsoft.com...
> > Hello:
> >
> > I was editing my registry (extensive deletions of McAfee files) per instructions from
> McAfee. Before I started I exported an "All" Range back-up and saved on my desktop.
> >
> > I decided to abort the editing and tried to restore the registry from the back-up file.
> I get the error message:
> >
> > Cannot import C/.. (path to file stated). Not all data was successfully written to the
> registry. Some keys are open by the system or other processes.
> >
> > Anything I can do?
>
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