Question for Mike

Mike, I was having a problem with system restore and you gave me some advice
conerning repairing the registry. You said "If this isn't the reason for your
problem then try running
SCANREG /FIX
from a command prompt such as Start | Run".
My question is when I type in scanreg/fix, a black box comes up saying
Windows Registry Checker. What do I do then? If I hit any key on the
keyboard, I get "MSDOS program has terminated, click the close button" ect
ect. I can't seem to do anything else with it.

Peter wrote:
Mike, I was having a problem with system restore and you gave me some advice
conerning repairing the registry. You said "If this isn't the reason for your
problem then try running
SCANREG /FIX
from a command prompt such as Start | Run".
My question is when I type in scanreg/fix, a black box comes up saying
Windows Registry Checker. What do I do then? If I hit any key on the
keyboard, I get "MSDOS program has terminated, click the close button" ect
ect. I can't seem to do anything else with it.

give it another shot by opening a DOS window and typing it there at the
prompt.

Rick

First there should be a space between SCANREG and /FIX. Scanreg is
indeed the registry checker and /fix is the command to fix and repair
certain errors. The black command window opens and scanreg runs. You
should then see two further boxes probably overlaid one on the other. One
is titled "Windows Registry Checker" with a pile of blue bricks in the top
left corner and has no other text, just a blank progress bar. The second
box, also titled "Windows Registry Checker" has a blue question mark in a
white ellipse together with the text "Rebuilding the registry requires
restarting Windows. You should close all open programs before continuing.
Would you like to continue?" and two buttons, one labelled Yes and the
other No.

What do I do then?

Close whatever applications you have running and press the Yes button.

The first box will now say "Rebuilding Registry" and a blue progress bar
move rapidly from left to right after which the system will reboot.
--
Mike Maltby MS-MVP



Peter wrote:

Mike, I was having a problem with system restore and you gave me some
advice conerning repairing the registry. You said "If this isn't the
reason for your problem then try running
SCANREG /FIX
from a command prompt such as Start | Run".
My question is when I type in scanreg/fix, a black box comes up saying
Windows Registry Checker. What do I do then? If I hit any key on the
keyboard, I get "MSDOS program has terminated, click the close
button" ect ect. I can't seem to do anything else with it.

And the MS documentation for Mike's clear advice is

Changes to the Registry Checker Tool (Scanreg.exe) in Windows Me
http://support.microsoft.com/default...b;en-us;273889

and the numerous included links to other KB articles for scanreg.
--
Jack E. Martinelli 2002-05 MS MVP for Shell/User / DTS
Help us help you: http://www.dts-L.org/goodpost.htm
In Memorium: Alex Nichol
http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/e...ts/nichol.mspx
Your cooperation is very appreciated.
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"Mike M" wrote in message
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First there should be a space between SCANREG and /FIX. Scanreg is
indeed the registry checker and /fix is the command to fix and repair
certain errors. The black command window opens and scanreg runs. You
should then see two further boxes probably overlaid one on the other. One
is titled "Windows Registry Checker" with a pile of blue bricks in the top
left corner and has no other text, just a blank progress bar. The second
box, also titled "Windows Registry Checker" has a blue question mark in a
white ellipse together with the text "Rebuilding the registry requires
restarting Windows. You should close all open programs before continuing.
Would you like to continue?" and two buttons, one labelled Yes and the
other No.

What do I do then?

Close whatever applications you have running and press the Yes button.

The first box will now say "Rebuilding Registry" and a blue progress bar
move rapidly from left to right after which the system will reboot.
--
Mike Maltby MS-MVP



Peter wrote:

Mike, I was having a problem with system restore and you gave me some
advice conerning repairing the registry. You said "If this isn't the
reason for your problem then try running
SCANREG /FIX
from a command prompt such as Start | Run".
My question is when I type in scanreg/fix, a black box comes up saying
Windows Registry Checker. What do I do then? If I hit any key on the
keyboard, I get "MSDOS program has terminated, click the close
button" ect ect. I can't seem to do anything else with it.

Thanks for the advice everyone. Got it to work.

"Jack E Martinelli" wrote:

And the MS documentation for Mike's clear advice is

Changes to the Registry Checker Tool (Scanreg.exe) in Windows Me
http://support.microsoft.com/default...b;en-us;273889

and the numerous included links to other KB articles for scanreg.
--
Jack E. Martinelli 2002-05 MS MVP for Shell/User / DTS
Help us help you: http://www.dts-L.org/goodpost.htm
In Memorium: Alex Nichol
http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/e...ts/nichol.mspx
Your cooperation is very appreciated.
------
"Mike M" wrote in message
...
First there should be a space between SCANREG and /FIX. Scanreg is
indeed the registry checker and /fix is the command to fix and repair
certain errors. The black command window opens and scanreg runs. You
should then see two further boxes probably overlaid one on the other. One
is titled "Windows Registry Checker" with a pile of blue bricks in the top
left corner and has no other text, just a blank progress bar. The second
box, also titled "Windows Registry Checker" has a blue question mark in a
white ellipse together with the text "Rebuilding the registry requires
restarting Windows. You should close all open programs before continuing.
Would you like to continue?" and two buttons, one labelled Yes and the
other No.

What do I do then?

Close whatever applications you have running and press the Yes button.

The first box will now say "Rebuilding Registry" and a blue progress bar
move rapidly from left to right after which the system will reboot.
--
Mike Maltby MS-MVP



Peter wrote:

Mike, I was having a problem with system restore and you gave me some
advice conerning repairing the registry. You said "If this isn't the
reason for your problem then try running
SCANREG /FIX
from a command prompt such as Start | Run".
My question is when I type in scanreg/fix, a black box comes up saying
Windows Registry Checker. What do I do then? If I hit any key on the
keyboard, I get "MSDOS program has terminated, click the close
button" ect ect. I can't seem to do anything else with it.