Windows xp blue screen memory dump

[eileithyia]

Error Message reads:

Stop: C0000218 {Registry File Failure}
The registry cannot load the hice (file)/SystemRoot?System32/Config/Software
or its alternate
It is corrupt, absent, or not writeable.

Begining to dump Physical Memory
Physical memory dumped complete.
Contact your System administrator or technical support group for futher assistance.

 

[treefrog07]

-- MS Article here.
-- Another possible solution here, but warns that it will not work on OEM installations (DELL, HP, ACER, etc.)
-- An MS-MVP article here.