Compressing folders following "HELP"

There's no need to use system restore Mart.

It really is a trivial fix to add back the deleted values from the
HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Set up\VarLDID key. This
problem has been round since almost day one.
--
Mike


Mart wrote:

*Maybe!!*

If you only ran the registry cleaner (as Mike M suspected) quite
recently AND the problem has occured subsequently, then you should be
in with a chance.

Run System Restore and roll-back to the latest time BEFORE running the
reg.cleaner.

Hopefully that will restore your settings

Cheers Mike, I was about to reply with a note to QV to suggest that he
follow your lead, but I was a bit busy elsewhere, sending you an email
regarding another topic g

Mart


"Mike M" wrote in message
...
There's no need to use system restore Mart.

It really is a trivial fix to add back the deleted values from the
HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Set up\VarLDID key. This
problem has been round since almost day one.
--
Mike


Mart wrote:

*Maybe!!*

If you only ran the registry cleaner (as Mike M suspected) quite
recently AND the problem has occured subsequently, then you should be
in with a chance.

Run System Restore and roll-back to the latest time BEFORE running the
reg.cleaner.

Hopefully that will restore your settings

Ok, I tried the system restore...did not work, tried the
reg fix...did not work. Now I'm lost as to what this one
means, please help. My system restore only went back to
the beginning of Aug 2004. I couldn't get previous months.
Thanks guys.

-----Original Message-----
There's no need to use system restore Mart.

It really is a trivial fix to add back the deleted values
from the
HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Se tup\VarLD
ID key. This
problem has been round since almost day one.
--
Mike


Mart wrote:

*Maybe!!*

If you only ran the registry cleaner (as Mike M
suspected) quite
recently AND the problem has occured subsequently, then
you should be
in with a chance.

Run System Restore and roll-back to the latest time
BEFORE running the
reg.cleaner.

Hopefully that will restore your settings

.

Mart wrote:

Cheers Mike, I was about to reply with a note to QV to suggest that he
follow your lead, but I was a bit busy elsewhere,

As am I. I've just put together a new box with an AMD 64 and am busy
transferring approaching 150GB of files across the LAN from this box to
the new one. Then I'll be pulling this box to pieces and trying to work
out why one of the hard disks is so slow and causing massive cpu usage and
the occasional lock up. It's not an OS problem (clean XP SP2 install) and
almost certainly involves either the hard disk (one of two is very slow,
unfortunately that containing the OS) or its controller (HighPoint
embedded on the motherboard).

sending you an email regarding another topic g

LOL

Catch you later when we've both got a bit more time.
--
Mike

Do you mean that System Restore didn't do a restore, or that it did do a
restore but didn't fix the problem? (The same question applies to Mikes reg
fix!)

..... My system restore only went back to
the beginning of Aug 2004.

Just when did you 'clean' the registry? And what else have you cleaned
out?? To go back more than a couple of days or so with SR is more likely to
give more problems than it resolves.

If you did this some time ago and more worryingly, wiped potentially more
important stuff from your registry, then all bets are off. For the time
being, you had better restore your restore point, although I wonder whether
you are now beyond recovery. I doubt whether an 'over-install' will fix this
and wonder whether a clean install is your only real option. Others may have
different ideas here.

Mart


"qvltaurus" wrote in message
...

Ok, I tried the system restore...did not work, tried the
reg fix...did not work. Now I'm lost as to what this one
means, please help. My system restore only went back to
the beginning of Aug 2004. Icouldn'tgetpreviousmonths.
Thanks guys.

-----Original Message-----
There's no need to use system restore Mart.

It really is a trivial fix to add back the deleted values
from the
HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\S etup\VarLD
ID key. This
problem has been round since almost day one.
--
Mike


Mart wrote:

*Maybe!!*

If you only ran the registry cleaner (as Mike M
suspected) quite
recently AND the problem has occured subsequently, then
you should be
in with a chance.

Run System Restore and roll-back to the latest time
BEFORE running the
reg.cleaner.

Hopefully that will restore your settings

.