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Win 98 opens Differently
My win 98 computer has opened with this message. Warning: Win has detected a registry/configuration error. Choose command prompt only and run SCANREG. I get a C prompt but do not know how to run SCANREG. What di I do??????????? |
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Win 98 opens Differently
If this problem is less than five days old, restore a copy of the registry
that predates the onset of the problem and see if that helps. The five-day limit assumes that the computer is booted every day. If it is not booted every day, you may have an old enough registry backup that you can use even though more than five days have elapsed. Note that any registry changes made after the date of the restored registry will be lost. Ways of restoring the W98 registry include: On the Start Menu, select Shut Down and Restart in MSDOS Mode. At the Windows prompt, type: scanreg /restore and hit enter. Boot to the boot menu by holding down either the ctrl or F8 key after the ram count occurs on the boot screen. Select Command Prompt Only and at the C: prompt, type: scanreg /restore and hit enter. Boot with the W98 start up floppy disk--CDRom support doesn't matter. At the A: prompt, type: C: and hit enter. At the C: prompt, type: CD Windows\Command and hit enter. At the Command prompt, type: scanreg /restore and hit enter. Once the registry restore screen appears, select the date of the registry that you wish to restore by highlighting it and then click enter. If you see a registry named: Rbbad.cab, that is a copy of the registry that has already been replaced. -- Regards Ron Badour, MS MVP for W98 Tips: http://home.satx.rr.com/badour Knowledge Base Info: http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?pr=kbinfo "miamcbr0" wrote in message ... My win 98 computer has opened with this message. Warning: Win has detected a registry/configuration error. Choose command prompt only and run SCANREG. I get a C prompt but do not know how to run SCANREG. What di I do??????????? |
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Win 98 opens Differently
miamcbr0 wrote:
My win 98 computer has opened with this message. Warning: Win has detected a registry/configuration error. Choose command prompt only and run SCANREG. I get a C prompt but do not know how to run SCANREG. What di I do??????????? You get only a C: prompt, you don't get into Windows? Type "scanreg" (without the quotes) at the prompt, then hit the "Enter" key. -- Tim Slattery MS MVP(DTS) |
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