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More info?)
I will follow your advice. Thanks again!...
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"Doug Knox MS-MVP" <dknox@mvps.org> escribió en el mensaje
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Restoring to the original Registry backup may get you into the system, and
at least let you back up anything you need to. If there are things you
simply can't afford to lose, it definitely can't hurt.
And you're correct, if HKLM is corrupt, then it applies to all users. If
its just the user portion of the Registry, then using a different account
would/might allow you the ability to salvage what you need.
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"Juan" <soyquiensoy@terra.com> wrote in message
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> Thaks for your response Dough, I will surely give some serious
> consideration to your advice.
>
> Thank again.
>
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> "Doug Knox MS-MVP" <dknox@mvps.org> escribió en el mensaje
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> No, as Shenan said, you'd likely lose settings for recently installed
> applications, and other changes that were made to the system since you
made
> the backup. A full image will, of course, do the same thing. However,
> programs like Image for Windows and its companion Image for DOS will work
> with re-writable DVD media, so its quite possible that you could image a
> system partition onto a couple of DVD's (depending on how much stuff you
> had) and not have to go through so many discs.
>
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> "Juan" <soyquiensoy@terra.com> wrote in message
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>> Doug: How about Registry backups...
>> would executing a full registry backup to a certain
>> date not restore the system to the condition it was
>> at that date?
>>
>> just wondering....
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>> "Doug Knox MS-MVP" <dknox@mvps.org> escribió en el mensaje
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>> You may also want to see Help and Support for Automated System Restore
>> (ASR). However, the built-in backup utility cannot span a backup across
>> multiple CD's.
>>
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>> Display\Security
>> Win 95/98/Me/XP Tweaks and Fixes
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>> "DQ" <DQ@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
>> news:A7CF5B39-2E1C-4C94-935B-9CE0FF21D96E@microsoft.com...
>>>
>>> Hi All,
>>>
>>> I recently bought a Dell Laptop with Windows XP Professional and
software
>>> bundle pre-installed. When I boot up my laptop, I can press the F12
>> function
>>> key and have the system (with some kind of Dell pre-installed utility)
>> wipes
>>> out every thing I had installed after purchasing the laptop and restore
> my
>>> laptop back to its original state when the machine was shipped to me.
> And
>>> this happens without having inserting any CD or diskette.
>>>
>>> I really like this capability and just wonder if I can do the same
thing:
>>> Having the machine back to a given point where I want it to be. For
>> example,
>>> after receiving this laptop, I make a connection to the Internet and
>> upgrade
>>> Windows with the latest patch. Now, I don't want to press F12 to have
> the
>>> system restore my machine back to its original. Rather, I want it to
>> restore
>>> itself back to the point where I had update its Windows XP with all of
> the
>>> latest patch, as of today.
>>>
>>> How can I do that?
>>>
>>> Thanks in advance.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>
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