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More info?)
cquirke (MVP Windows shell/user) wrote:
> On Sat, 13 Aug 2005 14:09:35 GMT, Linda S
>
>>Galen wrote:
>>
>>>Linda S <lindasacredheart57santoro@worldnet.att.net> had this to say:
>
>
>>>>Several weeks ago a window popped up on the screen when I booted the
>>>>computer. It informed me that information for the registry had been
>>>>recovered using a log or a file.
>
>
>>>You should be all set. If it keeps happening then post back with more
>>>questions and a bit more detail but that's just Windows doing it's job.
>
>
>> Thanks for the reassurance.
>> Is there anyway to get rid of the little information window that
>>appears every time we turn on the computer?
>
>
> That's the trouble with reassurance.
>
> The registry is your PC installation's nads, and the message you are
> seeing is telling you that it got kicked really hard there. Wouldn't
> you want to know if that was happening to you?
>
> It's not normal for the registry to get corrupted. Even though it's
> in constant use (and thus very exposed to "things going wrong"), it's
> well protected by the system. For example, no process is allowed to
> open the registry files as raw files, and do anything to them.
>
> So if your registry is getting damaged "every time we turn on the
> computer", that's a message you need to hear, not ignore.
>
> As Galen says: "If it keeps happening then post back with more
> questions and a bit more detail" - seconded!
>
> On "that's just Windows doing it's job"; there are many jobs Windows
> does automatically on your behalf, that maybe it shouldn't.
>
> The equivalent of...
>
> "Hey! Who's that dude walking off with my jacket!!"
>
> ' Oh, that guy? He often climbs through the window and takes your
> stuff, I just thought that was normal - so when he asked for the keys
> to the wardrobe, I helped him with that, as well as your credit card
> details that he said he'd forgotten. Did I do something wrong? '
>
> Some jobs should be done by a responsible adult
>
>
>
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> "If I'd known it was harmless, I'd have
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Thanks for the heads up.]
I do not have any more details. I am not computer literate enough to
know what to look for or to run to fix a problem.
This computer, an e-machine T3065, came with Windows XP Home
installed. Large hard drive, etc. The tech that helped set it up at home
for us, took my old hard drive and installed it, too, rather than
transfer all the information or whatever is done at that stage. I had
not backed up my info to disks so he did it this way.
What else would you need to know or can you point me to some info that
I can read and, perhaps, learn how to fix this problem.
Thanks again,
Linda S
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