Scan reg

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No scanreg in XP. No System Restore = no restore points.

Ted Zieglar

"mark" <anonymous@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
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> If i have switched of system restore which means i have
> no restore points.
> how can i go to a previos reg point as i now have
> problems after installing some software.
> i win98 in you would run cmd in run and then type
> scanreg. this would then give you different save points
> in the reg, does not work for xp any suggestions.

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Registry backups are contained in the restore points. The last DOS-based
version of Windows was ME.

Ted Zieglar

<anonymous@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
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> does the system not back up the reg and if so can you not
> access this through the dos prompt.
>
>>-----Original Message-----
>>No scanreg in XP. No System Restore = no restore points.
>>
>>Ted Zieglar
>>
>>"mark" <anonymous@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in
> message
>>news:09f001c4fbd9$0dd897f0$a501280a@phx.gbl...
>>> If i have switched of system restore which means i have
>>> no restore points.
>>> how can i go to a previos reg point as i now have
>>> problems after installing some software.
>>> i win98 in you would run cmd in run and then type
>>> scanreg. this would then give you different save points
>>> in the reg, does not work for xp any suggestions.
>>
>>.
>>

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"mark" <anonymous@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote:

>If i have switched of system restore which means i have
>no restore points.
>how can i go to a previos reg point as i now have
>problems after installing some software.
>i win98 in you would run cmd in run and then type
>scanreg. this would then give you different save points
>in the reg, does not work for xp any suggestions.

If you have turned off system restore then you have basically "jumped
out of an airplane without a parachute".

Why would you make changes to your system without first understanding
exactly what the consequences of those changes would be?


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