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Old November 2nd 06, 06:16 PM posted to microsoft.public.win98.gen_discussion
miamcbr0
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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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Old November 2nd 06, 06:21 PM posted to microsoft.public.win98.gen_discussion
Ron Badour
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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.


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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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Old November 2nd 06, 06:26 PM posted to microsoft.public.win98.gen_discussion
Tim Slattery
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Default 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.

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Tim Slattery
MS MVP(DTS)

 




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