Hello Dale,

Sunday, May 05, 2002, 2:56:11 AM, you wrote:

.......
DAB> SURegCreateKey failed!"

DAB> at which point the only thing the computer will respond to is ctrl-alt-delete.  It goes to a choice of start mode (safe, normal...) but no matter what I do I end up in the same place with the
DAB> same error message.

DAB> At the bottom of the first screen (with the choice of startup mode) is this message:

DAB> "Windows has detected a registration/configuration error.  Use SCANREG to correct this error."

DAB> How can I get to DOS to do this????  What else can I do?

DAB> Thank you!!!!  Dale Allen Boland   [log in to unmask]

Try the boot disk from Win9x and run scandisk from the DOS mode.
Another case, try F2/F8 key to boot in the DOS mode and run scandisk
from there.
In any case you should to have saved beforehand registry files
User.dat and system.dat to restore Win in the similar cases.




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Best regards,
 Yakymakha

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