Thanks, Troth. I will try things as you suggest, and let you know how it goes.. Rick H ~OoO~ wrote: >First off, be careful with System Restore. To answer your question, yes it >could hurt. System Restore should usually be left for lost-hope cases. But, >your computer is functioning right now, and you can still get it up and >running. I would reserve S/R for those more severe instances, due to the >config changes it does. > >To see if it's a specific app, you should go into START | RUN | MSCONFIG | >STARTUP tab and uncheck anything in there you're either not familiar with or >familiar with but don't want to start automatically. Restart the computer >and see if that fixes it. If so, then its one of those apps. > >If that doesn't get rid of the error, you can try disabling everything in >the STARTUP tab we were just at, and see if again the problem goes away. > >Stay away from System Restore for now. Yes, entirely possible that it'll fix >the problem with no other consequences, but there's also a chance that it'll >mess up something else you weren't anticipating. > >---Troth > > >No, Troth, I have not done either.To ther best of my knowledge I have >done nothing to cause this. > I have been flat out moving house and all that goes with it. Not the >best thng when over 80! >The whole thing has been very stressful one way and another, but at last >the pressure is off. I reckon by tomorrow I'll have by speakers >connected! LOL. >I don't think a SysRestore would hurt, would it? > >Thanks, ST. > >Rick H >~OoO~ wrote: > > > >>That error is most likely coming from a program independent of Windows. Did >>you uninstall something lately? Or, did you run any registry cleaners that >>may have removed something used by another program? >> >>---Troth >> >> >> >>Hi all. A subject change....When I start my computer, for the last two >>or three days I have been getting a message that says: >> >>"Error! >>Registry data not found." >> >> >> >> >> > > > > > -- No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Anti-Virus. Version: 7.0.308 / Virus Database: 266.6.2 - Release Date: 4/03/2005 -- <Please delete this line and everything below.> To unsub or change your email settings: //www.freelists.org/webpage/pctechtalk To access our Archives: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/PCTechTalk/messages/ //www.freelists.org/archives/pctechtalk/ For more info: //www.freelists.org/cgi-bin/list?list_id=pctechtalk