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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... |
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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 http://tinyurl.com/6oztj Please read http://dts-l.org/goodpost.htm on how to post messages to NG's wrote in message oups.com... 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... |
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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 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 wrote in message oups.com... 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... |
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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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wrote in message ups.com... 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 |
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