Re: Constant Registry Corruption

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Bad ram is another possible cause.

Kerry

"GTS" <x> wrote in message news:ejTKxN2rFHA.4076@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>I suggest running chkdsk /r as one measure. Bad sectors or a failing hard
>drive is one possible cause of these repeat events.
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> "Al" <Al@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
> news:CC201514-3BE9-464A-9B08-2A7397971E2D@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>> Hey all, I am having a problem where every 3 weeks or so my registry gets
>> corrupted...I know how to fix this generally, but once I have replaced
>> the
>> registry files I get corruptions in the system32\driver folder as
>> well...if I
>> keep replacing these files eventually I just get the 'blue screen of
>> death'
>> anyway so it's pointless. Does anyone know why the registry keeps
>> breaking?
>>
>> I dont know if it helps but, I am running McAfee Security Center, and
>> that
>> is nearly always the first program that goes..the icon turns black
>> (meaning
>> it's disabled) and then I know the wave of nonesense is coming. The pc
>> freezes, and I get files missing messages upon restarting.
>>
>> Is there anything I can do to protect against this more efficiently? For
>> example a program which can automatically fix the registry if it gets
>> threatened, or idealy stop them from being threatened in the first place.
>>
>> Thanks a lot for any help or advice.
>> Alex
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>


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