hi. well i would recommend AGAINST a repair. i attempted this once to fix a problem that was cause by an old game that would not work on xp. my system still ran but i just wanted to fix a minor problem. anyway the repair shat itself halfway through and woud not complete. so i had to ring a microsoft tech to help me fix it which costed $50AU.
he told me of a way of reinstalling windows that left your my documents, windows and program files folders intact. so you would get a clean registry, but would have to reinstall your apps again. you had to go into the repair console from the windows xp cdrom and rename your my docs and other folders, so windows could copy new ones a-fresh. this way saves from doing a complete format. i am sorry that i dont have detailed instructions on the procedure, however i am sure that some of the tech-gurus here will know what i am talking about...mabey...
he told me of a way of reinstalling windows that left your my documents, windows and program files folders intact. so you would get a clean registry, but would have to reinstall your apps again. you had to go into the repair console from the windows xp cdrom and rename your my docs and other folders, so windows could copy new ones a-fresh. this way saves from doing a complete format. i am sorry that i dont have detailed instructions on the procedure, however i am sure that some of the tech-gurus here will know what i am talking about...mabey...
