Messed up registry
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This is not a question but an answer to people who edit registry and mess up their boot up etc. For Windows 98, the one way to restore the registry is to boot the system in MS-DOS mode and do a 'scanreg /restore' at the C:> prompt. Scanreg comes up with a screen from which you can select from previous backup of the registry provided your system backs up the registry at boot up every time. May be this is not possible for Windows 2000 server or XP, but it is worth a try if your registry is messed up. For Window 98, holding the CTRL key takes you to the MS-DOS prompt but for Windows 2000 you might need your boot disk. I have done this anumber of times for Windows 98 -and it always worked- and never for Windows 2000 or XP. :)
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This is not a question but an answer to people who edit registry and mess up their boot up etc. For Windows 98, the one way to restore the registry is to boot the system in MS-DOS mode and do a 'scanreg /restore' at the C:> prompt. Scanreg comes up with a screen from which you can select from previous backup of the registry provided your system backs up the registry at boot up every time. May be this is not possible for Windows 2000 server or XP, but it is worth a try if your registry is messed up. For Window 98, holding the CTRL key takes you to the MS-DOS prompt but for Windows 2000 you might need your boot disk. I have done this anumber of times for Windows 98 -and it always worked- and never for Windows 2000 or XP. :)