registry mechanic/crap cleaner goof
 

I used Registry Mechanic and then Crap Cleaner, and
now everything on my desktop boots up O.K., except
that it looks like safe mode. But it's not in safe mode.
That is, everything is displayed much larger than usual.
And the sound doesn't work. I guess I messed up the
registry...

registry mechanic/crap cleaner goof
 

registry mechanic/crap cleaner goof
 

registry mechanic/crap cleaner goof
 

Reboot to Safe Mode
Open Device Manager
Remove ALL Display Adapters
Remove ALL Monitors
Reboot to Normal Mode - Windows will reinstall the required drivers -
hopefully curing your problem.

--
Noel Paton (MS-MVP 2002-2006, Windows)

Nil Carborundum Illegitemi
http://www.crashfixpc.com/millsrpch.htm

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I used Registry Mechanic and then Crap Cleaner, and
now everything on my desktop boots up O.K., except
that it looks like safe mode. But it's not in safe mode.
That is, everything is displayed much larger than usual.
And the sound doesn't work. I guess I messed up the
registry...

registry mechanic/crap cleaner goof
 

Alias wrote:
wrote:

I used Registry Mechanic and then Crap Cleaner, and
now everything on my desktop boots up O.K., except
that it looks like safe mode. But it's not in safe mode.
That is, everything is displayed much larger than usual.
And the sound doesn't work. I guess I messed up the
registry...



I don't know about Registry Mechanic, but CCleaner has an undo if you
saved the registry changes. Just right click on the saved items you
removed and choose "merge".

Registry Mechanic had a restore function. I tried that to no avail.
I looked but didn't see the CCleaner option. Too late, I already
uninstalled it.
..
..
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registry mechanic/crap cleaner goof
 

Noel Paton wrote:
Reboot to Safe Mode
Open Device Manager
Remove ALL Display Adapters
Remove ALL Monitors
Reboot to Normal Mode - Windows will reinstall the required drivers -
hopefully curing your problem.

I tried this and got pretty good results, except the reinstall
couldn't find 4 .dll's, a .bin, a .drv and a .vxd.


Noel Paton (MS-MVP 2002-2006, Windows)

Nil Carborundum Illegitemi
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I used Registry Mechanic and then Crap Cleaner, and
now everything on my desktop boots up O.K., except
that it looks like safe mode. But it's not in safe mode.
That is, everything is displayed much larger than usual.
And the sound doesn't work. I guess I messed up the
registry...

registry mechanic/crap cleaner goof
 

Mike M wrote:
wrote:

I used Registry Mechanic and then Crap Cleaner, and
now everything on my desktop boots up O.K., except
that it looks like safe mode. But it's not in safe mode.
That is, everything is displayed much larger than usual.
And the sound doesn't work. I guess I messed up the
registry...

In which case:
a) Run any undo files you made when running these tools,
if that fails,
b) Use system restore and roll you system back to a checkpoint created
before using those tools,
and if system restore is broken,
c) Click, Start, Run and enter in the box
SCANREG /RESTORE
choose a date immediately prior to running those tools and on completion
reboot your system.

option c) worked best of all! It's workin' like a dream! So far...
(I uninstalled Registry Mechanic, too.)
..
..
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registry mechanic/crap cleaner goof
 

registry mechanic/crap cleaner goof
 

registry mechanic/crap cleaner goof
 

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Mike M wrote:
wrote:

I used Registry Mechanic and then Crap Cleaner, and
now everything on my desktop boots up O.K., except
that it looks like safe mode. But it's not in safe mode.
That is, everything is displayed much larger than usual.
And the sound doesn't work. I guess I messed up the
registry...

In which case:
a) Run any undo files you made when running these tools,
if that fails,
b) Use system restore and roll you system back to a checkpoint created
before using those tools,
and if system restore is broken,
c) Click, Start, Run and enter in the box
SCANREG /RESTORE
choose a date immediately prior to running those tools and on completion
reboot your system.

option c) worked best of all! It's workin' like a dream! So far...
(I uninstalled Registry Mechanic, too.)
.
.


Good!

You may still find that you have problems with the drivers (judging by the
results you got doing the reinstall I proposed) - in which case you will
need to go to the manufacturer's website, and download a new set of drivers
from there, and install them

What happened when you used System Restore??
Exact details please!

--
Noel Paton (MS-MVP 2002-2006, Windows)

Nil Carborundum Illegitemi
http://www.crashfixpc.com/millsrpch.htm

http://tinyurl.com/6oztj

Please read http://dts-l.org/goodpost.htm on how to post messages to NG's