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Sorry for the delay in getting back. Urgent family matter. Trying to run
scanreg /fix from start run dialog box. Bout a yr ago had to un and
reinstall my PC Health System. One of your peer group, Noel Paton, advised
me that the 1st step in the process was to ensure I had a good register and
to run scanreg /fix as described above in order to determine this. I seem to
recall from this experience that a DOS window came up on my screen. I took
this to mean I had a good registry with which to work and with Mr. Paton's
help restored my Health System. The fact that I'm not getting the DOS window
this go around led me to believe my registry was corrupted. I gather from
what your telling me this ain't necessarily so. As far as running it from
DOS , I'm totally clueless when it comes to working in DOS. Your dealing
with a real novice here i'm sorry to say.
As for backing up the registry, Article ID: 256419 recommends backing up the
registry before editing it. If i understand you correctly this is an
unnecessary step.
Last but not least, i have removed the Adware file that was causing the
lefeats problem. As a secondary step, Symantec recommends removing the
values from the registry and have provided a list of these values, how to
navigate to them and how to delete them once located.
After all is said and done, can i assume all is well with my puter if i'm
not getting any anomalies or unwanted pop ups
Sorry to be such a nuisance Mike but I hate the thought of my puter's
performance being compromised in anyway..
"Mike M" <No_Spam@Corned_Beef.Only> wrote in message
news:uaMHM1PSFHA.2356@TK2MSFTNGP14.phx.gbl...
> Sandy <sandalwoodbythebay@rogers.com> wrote:
>
> > All I get is an unintelligible blur as the object disappears from my
> > screen as quickly as it comes up. This causes me to think that the
> > register is corrupted.
>
> That doesn't follow from what you are seeing. How exactly are you trying
> to run scanreg /fix? What happens if you boot to DOS using a Win Me boot
> floppy and run scanreg /fix from the DOS prompt?
>
> > The problem I'm trying to resolve is a
> > recommendation from Symantec that I delete some leftover remnants
> > from an Adware.lefeats attack.
>
> As I mentioned earlier scanreg /fix is not a registry cleaner. What
> exactly are Symantec telling you to do?
>
> > Before proceeding, I'd like to know
> > that my backup of the register is in good working order should I find
> > it necessary to use it
>
> The registry is automatically backed up the first time you boot your PC
> each day unless you have removed or unchecked the scanregw (ScanRegistry)
> entry in MSConfig | Startup. You can make further copies using the
> scanreg /backup command, either from within Win Me or from a DOS prompt.
> System Restore also backs up the registry each time it creates a system
> checkpoint.
> --
> Mike Maltby MS-MVP
> mike.maltby@gmail.com
>
>
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