BSOD during registry search

profdlpprofdlp The Holy City Of Westlake, Ohio
edited June 2003 in Science & Tech
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?


Prof
(It's always something...)

Comments

  • BlackHawkBlackHawk Bible music connoisseur There's no place like 127.0.0.1 Icrontian
    edited June 2003
    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.
  • mmonninmmonnin Centreville, VA
    edited June 2003
    I was going to suggest a Registry Cleaner also.
  • profdlpprofdlp The Holy City Of Westlake, Ohio
    edited June 2003
    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;)


    Prof
  • SpinnerSpinner Birmingham, UK
    edited June 2003
    Try this : http://download.com.com/3000-2094-10115517.html?tag=lst-0-1 also.
  • BlackHawkBlackHawk Bible music connoisseur There's no place like 127.0.0.1 Icrontian
    edited June 2003
    System restore should work since it creates a restore point every 2 days. That's if you have it enabled.
  • profdlpprofdlp The Holy City Of Westlake, Ohio
    edited June 2003
    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.:)


    Prof
  • profdlpprofdlp The Holy City Of Westlake, Ohio
    edited June 2003
    Spinner said
    Try this : http://download.com.com/3000-2094-10115517.html?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.


    Prof
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