My speculation on this was wrong.  I checked my system and, for the past
five days, a new copy of the registry was made on every first boot up of
every day.  So a backup copy of the registry IS made every day even if
it might not be necessary.

----- Original Message -----
From: Robert Turnbull <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Monday, June 26, 2000 9:40 AM
Subject: [PCSOFT] Registry Restore


> At 12:27 AM 26/06/00 -0400, you wrote:
> >Since your scanreg.ini reads backup=1, it should be doing it as far
as I
> >understand. One other avenue you might try is to go to "Start", "Run"
and
> >type in "msconfig". The neat little utility that this calls may be
able to
> >help. Go to the "startup" tab and look at the entries that it shows
as
> >starting when your computer starts. Registry scanning should be there
and
> >you can ensure that the box is checked. If  it is not, and you now
ensure
> >that it is checked, that should solve your problem.
>
>
> Michael, thank you. Scanreg was NOT checked in msconfig.
>

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