RE: Registry Restore

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I have tried that, but no difference.

The files in my System32/config folder are dated last night when I gave up.
Is there a way I can move the data from my backup.reg file into these hives
to restore???

"petecee" wrote:

> Restart in last known good configuration and try again.
>
> petecee
>
> "BobE" wrote:
>
> > I was following Symantec's website instructions to remove Systemworks from my
> > XP Pro SP2 machine by deleting files and registry entries. Before doing this
> > I exported the registry using regedit export. Now my PC is not working
> > correctly. I tried to resore the backup, but I get a message that some keys
> > could not be written because they are in use. I tried this from safe mode
> > also with same result. With that not working, I tried to do a system restore,
> > but that applet will not run. The same thing happens in safe mode. How can I
> > get my registry restored or run system restore???
> >
.

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