-=PCTechTalk=- Re: Registry error

  • From: "DH (Rick) Holmes" <hayvan@xxxxxxxxxx>
  • To: pctechtalk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
  • Date: Sat, 05 Mar 2005 11:09:58 +1300

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:
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>>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
>>
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>>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."
>>
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