[pchelpers] Re: Restoring your registry
- From: John Durham <john.modec@xxxxxxxxxx>
- To: pchelpers@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Sun, 11 Nov 2001 15:40:11 +1300
I find the desktop can be a handy place for putting these. They are
always available, and double clicking on the backup icon restores it. At
the same time, you can keep more than one and label them appropiately
for later use.
John Ford wrote:
>
> Eric,
> Cyril's procedure is a good method of backing up your registry. It is
> good
> to then save the backed up registry in another directory where windows
> cannot find it. Also another word of caution is to remember that any
> time
> you successfully remove a program from your machine your registry will
> have
> dramatically changed from your backup copy. Once you have determined
> that
> your system is running just fine, I would recommend that you make
> another
> fresh backup and delete all other backup copies. It would not hurt to
> make a
> backup of the backup as well. This will assure that in the event of a
> failure of your first copy then you will have a backup to restore
> from.
>
> John F
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: pchelpers-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> [mailto:pchelpers-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx]On Behalf Of Eric & Daphne
> Furman
> Sent: Saturday, November 10, 2001 5:29 PM
> To: PC Helpers
> Subject: [pchelpers] Restoring your registry
>
> Hi Guys
>
> A lot has been written about backing up your registry before fiddling
> with
> it. I find the Microsoft Help file confusing as per copy hereunder. Am
> I
> missing something as it doesn't tell you how to go about restoring it?
> I can
> understand that a restart will restore a problematic registry, but
> what if I
> want to restore (or revert back to) a previous registry setup even if
> my
> present registry is OK?
>
> Any ideas?
>
> TIA
>
> Eric
>
> >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>
> Replacing your registry with the backup copy
>
> Your system always keeps a backup copy of your registry configuration
> (including user account information, protocol bindings, software
> program
> settings, and user preferences). You can use the backup copy if your
> current
> registry encounters a problem. Each time you restart your computer,
> Registry
> Checker automatically scans your registry. If Registry Checker notices
> a
> problem, it automatically replaces the registry with the backup copy.
>
> to start Registry Checker.
>
> Notes
>
> a.. You can also start Registry Checker by clicking Start, pointing
> to
> Programs, pointing to Accessories, pointing to System Tools, clicking
> System
> Information, and on the Tools menu, clicking Registry Checker.
> b.. If your registry contains an entry referencing a file that no
> longer
> exists (such as a .vxd file), it will not be fixed by Registry
> Checker.
>
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