registry errors

brocktoon · 09-26-2002, 04:11 PM

When I start my pc, windows comes on and tells me their was an error accessing my registry files and will shut down and repair them. It does and restarts and windows 98 comes up and my desktop appears and then a small window appears telling me there was an error in my registry files and I should let windows shut down and fix them and prompts me to hit "ok." I did this several times never getting rid of the little window. Frustrated I moved the little window out of the way and used my pc. I did start up windows in DOS command and told it to use an older version of my registry files but this didn't work and I still get thrown into this loop everytime I start my PC. Can anybody help? Thanks.

mcgeeb1215 · 09-26-2002, 09:49 PM

Get to a C prompt or boot to a bootable floppy.
Type C:\Windows\Command\scanreg /fix. This should run the registry checker tool.

09-26-2002, 04:11 PM	#1 (permalink)
brocktoon Registered User Join Date: Jul 2002 Posts: 2 OS: win98	registry errors When I start my pc, windows comes on and tells me their was an error accessing my registry files and will shut down and repair them. It does and restarts and windows 98 comes up and my desktop appears and then a small window appears telling me there was an error in my registry files and I should let windows shut down and fix them and prompts me to hit "ok." I did this several times never getting rid of the little window. Frustrated I moved the little window out of the way and used my pc. I did start up windows in DOS command and told it to use an older version of my registry files but this didn't work and I still get thrown into this loop everytime I start my PC. Can anybody help? Thanks.

09-26-2002, 09:49 PM	#2 (permalink)
mcgeeb1215 Member Join Date: Sep 2002 Location: Wisconsin Posts: 60 OS: Win98,ME, and XP	Get to a C prompt or boot to a bootable floppy. Type C:\Windows\Command\scanreg /fix. This should run the registry checker tool.