On Thursday, January 13, 2000 4:23 PM, "Walter R. Worth" <[log in to unmask]> erroneously wrote: > <snip>Second, do you have a "backup" copy of the registry on another source > of > > storage media? If so, try importing/exporting it to your hard drive and > > reboot the machine to see if it works. The problem you are describing is > > IMHO, a corrupt registry. Third, if your computer is "functional", (tell > us > > exactly what do you mean by you can't "run" any programs in Windows?) try > > d/l the latest version of RegClean 4.1 and install it to see if it will > fix > > the problem for you without resorting to other third-party apps to fix the > > problem. Failing any of the above recommendations, you "may" be better > > served by reinstalling (if you can), just the OS. Please post your answers > > to the list so others can offer their suggestions as well. HTH. :-) > <snip> (2) if you do have OSR2.x and are able to boot to MS-DOS mode (you did say > you could get to DOS), the following commands will rebuild your registry. > One caveat, you must type everything perfectly. > > From the Windows directory, type the following DOS commands one after the > other, pressing enter after each one. When you have finished, restart your > computer. > > attrib -h-r-s system.* (Enter) > copy system.dat system.bak > copy system.da0 system.dat > attrib -h -r -s user.* > copy user.dat user.bak *> copy user.da0 user.bak > attrib +h +r +s system.* > attrib +h +r +s user.* Should read "copy user.da0 user.dat vice "copy user.da0. user.bak" after the previous line, which is correct. The phone rang and I took my eyes off what I was typing. Sorry. :-( Walter R. Worth [log in to unmask] The PCBUILD web site always needs good submissions. If you would like to contribute to the website, send any hardware tech tips or hardware reviews to: [log in to unmask]