Re: Cannot install any other programs--and other issues

You might try scannow & a repair installation, before you start from ground
zero

"purple onyx" <purpleonyx@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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Mark,

Thanks for your suggestion. I did as the article suggested, but there's
one
problem. When I go to System Restore in Windows after copying the backup
files, it still gives me the same error:

"System Restore is not able to protect your computer. Please restart your
computer, and then run System Restore again"

Of course, restarting doesn't work. Augh!

"Mark L. Ferguson" wrote:

DL's idea is still good, assuming you actually do have some restore point
on
the system. (I think you will agree this is worth a little trouble, so I
am
putting up the technical fix for using an inaccessible existing restore
point)

This is not for the fainthearted :)
How to Recover from a Corrupted Registry -config-system:
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;EN-US;Q307545
You may be able to use a modified technique here, since your system
actually
starts.

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"purple onyx" <purpleonyx@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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"DL" wrote:

You have a restore point for prior to your registry tweaks?

No, I didn't. Unfortunately, after everything happened, when I checked
through System Restore, it said that the computer was not protected by
System
Restore. However, checking the setting by going to My Computer >>
Properties
System Restore, I found that System Restore *was* turned on and it
was
monitoring the main hard drive. I didn't want to disable and then
enable
it
because I feared losing whatever points may have been made beforehand.

Any other suggestions would be greatly appreciated!

-Shan



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