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Windows registry is damaged. Windows will restart and try to fix the problem.
Posted this over on Velocity but got no response!
Have been chasing this problem for some time. Found an old Win note that indicates it might be a memory problem. Have reduced the amount of useable memory from 312 meg to 64 meg to try. Any one have any more info on this problem? Would appreciate any suggestions as to what to try. Thanks |
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Windows registry is damaged. Windows will restart and try to fix the problem.
"Gary" wrote in message
... Have been chasing this problem for some time. Found an old Win note that indicates it might be a memory problem. Have reduced the amount of useable memory from 312 meg to 64 meg to try. Any one have any more info on this problem? Would appreciate any suggestions as to what to try. There is too little information to define the problem. If this PC ever booted Windows OK in the last week you should try (DOS reboot and) SCANREG /RESTORE and choose the date of a good boot. -- Don Phillipson Carlsbad Springs (Ottawa, Canada) |
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Windows registry is damaged. Windows will restart and try to fix the problem.
"Gary" wrote in message ... Posted this over on Velocity but got no response! Have been chasing this problem for some time. Found an old Win note that indicates it might be a memory problem. Have reduced the amount of useable memory from 312 meg to 64 meg to try. Any one have any more info on this problem? Would appreciate any suggestions as to what to try. Thanks try different memory sticks or run a memory diagnostic the 64megs you have in the machine might be flakey |
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Windows registry is damaged. Windows will restart and try to fix the problem.
"philo" wrote in message ... "Gary" wrote in message ... Posted this over on Velocity but got no response! Have been chasing this problem for some time. Found an old Win note that indicates it might be a memory problem. Have reduced the amount of useable memory from 312 meg to 64 meg to try. Any one have any more info on this problem? Would appreciate any suggestions as to what to try. Thanks try different memory sticks or run a memory diagnostic the 64megs you have in the machine might be flakey Have two sticks, one 256 meg (added approx 2 yrs ago) and one 64meg (original i.e. 1995?). Think it is using the 256 stick at the beginning so am probably running in the bottom 64 megs of the 256 stick. Have only restarted approx 3 time since I changed the available memory but no errors yet! As time progresses I will use one or the other of the sticks if the problem returns. Got any links to a memory diagnostic? Thanks for the quick response. Gary |
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Windows registry is damaged. Windows will restart and try to fix the problem.
"Don Phillipson" wrote in message ... "Gary" wrote in message ... Have been chasing this problem for some time. Found an old Win note that indicates it might be a memory problem. Have reduced the amount of useable memory from 312 meg to 64 meg to try. Any one have any more info on this problem? Would appreciate any suggestions as to what to try. There is too little information to define the problem. If this PC ever booted Windows OK in the last week you should try (DOS reboot and) SCANREG /RESTORE and choose the date of a good boot. -- Don Phillipson Carlsbad Springs (Ottawa, Canada) Have done a restore to no avail Sorry for the lack of thought on my part (after all I know what's going on why wouldn't you ha ha!) The computer has been restarted many times with no problem! Only rarely does the problem show up! I have another problem that may or may not be related. On boot the display resolution some times (rarely) comes up at 480x640 instead of 1024x768! The problem is that I can't reset it in control panel, display,settings. Settings bar is "stuck". Only after rebooting (sometimes several times) can I reset the display resolution. Thanks for getting in the discussion. Gary |
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Windows registry is damaged. Windows will restart and try to fix the problem.
try different memory sticks or run a memory diagnostic the 64megs you have in the machine might be flakey Have two sticks, one 256 meg (added approx 2 yrs ago) and one 64meg (original i.e. 1995?). Think it is using the 256 stick at the beginning so am probably running in the bottom 64 megs of the 256 stick. Have only restarted approx 3 time since I changed the available memory but no errors yet! As time progresses I will use one or the other of the sticks if the problem returns. Got any links to a memory diagnostic? check here http://oca.microsoft.com/en/windiag.asp |
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Windows registry is damaged. Windows will restart and try to fix the problem.
"philo" wrote in message ... try different memory sticks or run a memory diagnostic the 64megs you have in the machine might be flakey Have two sticks, one 256 meg (added approx 2 yrs ago) and one 64meg (original i.e. 1995?). Think it is using the 256 stick at the beginning so am probably running in the bottom 64 megs of the 256 stick. Have only restarted approx 3 time since I changed the available memory but no errors yet! As time progresses I will use one or the other of the sticks if the problem returns. Got any links to a memory diagnostic? check here http://oca.microsoft.com/en/windiag.asp Ran the memory extended test several time with no errors. Nuts that would have been too simple! No new registry errors though since I ran the scanreg /fix routine. Maybe its fixed! Will reply if any more problems unless some one has any other ideas. Thanks much for the help. Gary |
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Windows registry is damaged. Windows will restart and try to fix the problem.
"Gary" wrote in message ... "philo" wrote in message ... try different memory sticks or run a memory diagnostic the 64megs you have in the machine might be flakey Have two sticks, one 256 meg (added approx 2 yrs ago) and one 64meg (original i.e. 1995?). Think it is using the 256 stick at the beginning so am probably running in the bottom 64 megs of the 256 stick. Have only restarted approx 3 time since I changed the available memory but no errors yet! As time progresses I will use one or the other of the sticks if the problem returns. Got any links to a memory diagnostic? check here http://oca.microsoft.com/en/windiag.asp Ran the memory extended test several time with no errors. Nuts that would have been too simple! No new registry errors though since I ran the scanreg /fix routine. Maybe its fixed! Will reply if any more problems unless some one has any other ideas. Thanks much for the help. Gary Sometimes simply removing memory sticks and re-inserting them corrects a pin connecton problem due to oxidation, etc. If the problem resurfaces, remove and re-insert the sticks several times and do the same for the video card. |
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Windows registry is damaged. Windows will restart and try to fix the problem.
"Buffalo" wrote in message . .. "Gary" wrote in message ... "philo" wrote in message ... try different memory sticks or run a memory diagnostic the 64megs you have in the machine might be flakey Have two sticks, one 256 meg (added approx 2 yrs ago) and one 64meg (original i.e. 1995?). Think it is using the 256 stick at the beginning so am probably running in the bottom 64 megs of the 256 stick. Have only restarted approx 3 time since I changed the available memory but no errors yet! As time progresses I will use one or the other of the sticks if the problem returns. Got any links to a memory diagnostic? check here http://oca.microsoft.com/en/windiag.asp Ran the memory extended test several time with no errors. Nuts that would have been too simple! No new registry errors though since I ran the scanreg /fix routine. Maybe its fixed! Will reply if any more problems unless some one has any other ideas. Thanks much for the help. Gary Sometimes simply removing memory sticks and re-inserting them corrects a pin connecton problem due to oxidation, etc. If the problem resurfaces, remove and re-insert the sticks several times and do the same for the video card. Did have the cards out so will see? No video card as it is built into the mother board . Thanks for the thoughts. Gary |
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Windows registry is damaged. Windows will restart and try to fix the problem.
On Sun, 25 Nov 2007 10:32:26 -0700, "Buffalo"
put finger to keyboard and composed: Sometimes simply removing memory sticks and re-inserting them corrects a pin connecton problem due to oxidation, etc. If the problem resurfaces, remove and re-insert the sticks several times and do the same for the video card. I just had this same problem with my own PC. I changed a HD and then lost about 48MB of RAM. :-( The solution was to remove the DIMMs, *gently* clean the pins with a soft eraser, and then spray both the pins and the sockets with contact cleaning solvent. - Franc Zabkar -- Please remove one 'i' from my address when replying by email. |
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