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profdlp
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profdlp
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18 Jun 2003, 8:37am

Unhappy BSOD during registry search

I uninstalled (via Add/Remove Software) a silly little trialware program whose time had run out. Nothing major - just turns jpegs into jigsaw puzzles. Definitely not a major component.

I like to browse the registry to find and delete any leftovers from the programs I uninstall. Now when I try to search through the registry using the "find" tool I get the ol' Blue Screen telling me simply "Registry Error".

Windows (XPpro) boots normally and runs fine, everything else runs fine, and I can manually browse through the registry with no problem. I did manually delete the references to the software I uninstalled (the keys were empty) but still have the problem. I don't even know if that is what triggered it since I haven't done a registry search in a while.

Any ideas?


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Black Hawk
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18 Jun 2003, 9:58am
Do you happen to have a registry backup? System restore point? Maybe if you have the time, you can do a repair installation. If not you can alwyas use Registry Cleaner and Registry Crawler.
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18 Jun 2003, 2:45pm
I was going to suggest a Registry Cleaner also.
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profdlp
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18 Jun 2003, 4:28pm

No Dice

I use a registry cleaner called NBG Clean Registry. It does the same thing - partway through the scan it BSOD's, then reboots. I also tried regclean 4.1 with the same result.

I'm going to try Blackhawk suggestion of using the system resore point. I have never used it before so I guess it's time I checked it out.

Stay Tuned


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Spinner
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18 Jun 2003, 4:28pm
Try this : http://download.com.com/3000-2094-10...ml?tag=lst-0-1 also.
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Black Hawk
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18 Jun 2003, 4:35pm
System restore should work since it creates a restore point every 2 days. That's if you have it enabled.
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profdlp
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18 Jun 2003, 5:29pm

Talking Hey Hey Hey!

Used the restore from two days ago, now all is well. It's the first time I've used that feature. One thing I noticed is that the program I uninstalled is back, and is once again on its last day of the evaluation period. I'm going to see if I can figure out if that was the problem.

Thanks for all the good advice.


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profdlp
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18 Jun 2003, 5:37pm

Cool Thanks!

Spinner said
Try this : http://download.com.com/3000-2094-10...ml?tag=lst-0-1 also.
I should have added a big thanks to Spinner - I used to use the RegCleaner program, but couldn't remember which one of my many utility programs I needed to re-install after my last maintenance wipe/reload.

I also use Jouni Vuorio's Stability Tester, which is a favorite for burn-in and OC testing.


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