Re: [PCWorks] Should I re-install Windows XP?
- From: "Clint Hamilton-PCWorks Admin" <PCWorks@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <pcworks@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Thu, 14 Aug 2008 06:40:52 -0500
There's thousands of keys that can't be deleted, so I don't
even see how it would be possible to delete the entire
registry. If you tried it would probably say something like
"in use" and could not be deleted. It might be possible from
DOS, but doing so would render a PC basically useless.
-Clint
God Bless
Clint Hamilton, Owner
http://www.OrpheusComputing.com
http://www.ComputersCustomBuilt.com
----- Original Message -----
From: "Harold B."
I'm sure you'll get help from our group on the HP question but
I never heard
of deleting a Registry and anything good coming from that. I
once
accidentally removed much of the Registry by improperly
configuring
RegCleaner and the next step for me was a new installation of
Windows 98. Is
it possible that XP now allows for such mistakes? I'd certainly
like to know
that. --- Harold
> <snip> What would happen if I would delete the Registry?
> Would it
> re-create itself in a vanilla version the next time I start
> up the
> computer? Could it cause even more damage? Are there any
> other things I
> could try before re-installing Windows? --- David Grossman
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