How To Delete Registry Backups

A friends PC keeps restoring an old registry, but that old
registry is bad. I have let it go ahead and do this, then
cleaned out the registry, but in a few restarts it load the
old copy again. How do I eliminate all the old copies, such
that only the good one is available, and in doing so keep it
from loading an old copy?

Thanks,
gm

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A friends PC keeps restoring an old registry, but that old
registry is bad. I have let it go ahead and do this, then
cleaned out the registry, but in a few restarts it load the
old copy again. How do I eliminate all the old copies, such
that only the good one is available, and in doing so keep it

1, No boot process ought to reload a particular
saved registry (good or bad) without instructions from
the keyboard.
2. Search the hard drive for files named RB00?.CAB
probably in c:\Windows\Sysbckup. RB stands for
Registry Backup. Locate the RB file you know is
defective and rename it e.g. RB002.XYZ (so in case
of need you can restore its correct filename.)

--
Don Phillipson
Carlsbad Springs
(Ottawa, Canada)

Why is the system replacing the registry with a backup? The first action
should be to fix this problem. Bad RAM is a common reason for detecting
that the registry is corrupted, and it can also explain why that backup
appears to be corrupted when reloaded.

The system should be updating the backups at each startup. You should check
why scanreg is not creating a new backup at each startup. Or, if it is
creating a new backup, and that new backup appears to be corrupted when it
gets restored, that is further confirmation that the problem is bad RAM and
not a corrupted backup.
--
Jeff Richards
MS MVP (Windows - Shell/User)
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A friends PC keeps restoring an old registry, but that old
registry is bad. I have let it go ahead and do this, then
cleaned out the registry, but in a few restarts it load the
old copy again. How do I eliminate all the old copies, such
that only the good one is available, and in doing so keep it
from loading an old copy?

Thanks,
gm

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A friends PC keeps restoring an old registry, but that old
registry is bad. I have let it go ahead and do this, then
cleaned out the registry, but in a few restarts it load the
old copy again. How do I eliminate all the old copies, such
that only the good one is available, and in doing so keep it
from loading an old copy?

Thanks,
gm

I found the old copies and they have been removed, and the
registry has been cleaned as best I can tell. So if it happens
again I'll try running some memory diagnostics and see if I can
catch a failure.

Thanks for the info.
gm