A slow PC with tons of error messages popping up for no particular reasons.... I'm sure you can relate to this.
At the end of this article, you can guarantee yourself a PC performance boost... if you follow the step by step tutorial...
Here are our 3 simple steps to repairing your windows registry:
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Step 1: Confirming that it's your Windows Registry that's corrupted
Firstly, you have to determine that it's your windows registry that has problem. But how do we do that?
A general rule of thumb would be to eliminate all possibilities...
What we suggest is to do the following scans first:
- Anti Virus Scans
- Spyware Scans
- Adware Scans
After the above scans, check to see if the problem still exist. If your PC performance is still slow, those annoying popup messages still occur and frequent PC crashes, high chances are you have a problem with your windows registry.
Fix it, don't delay like most procrastinators!
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What's Next? ...
Step 2: Backup your current Windows Registry
This step is EXTREMELY important. Why? Just in case when you manually modify your registry wrongly, this backup is gonna save your a**.
We manually edited our registry once and it screwed up. We then realize we DID NOT backup our registry. The amount of backtracking and debugging we did was insane! - So much time wasted...
That's why we emphasize a lot on this.
Note: If you are using a reliable registry cleaner like RegCure, backing up of your registry is already done for you once you hit the repair button. - ensures you backed up your registry and saves you ALL the trouble on this step...
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Different operating system has different style of backing up its registry.
We will layout step-by-step on how to backup your windows registry based on your operating system. - Click on your operating system below and we will show you the "light"...
Before you start: For users who are NOT professionally skilled in computer, we suggest you grab a cup of "relax tea" first as this could be stressful to your mind with all these technical commands.
Rest assure we will make it as newbie as possible. - Otherwise, we HIGHLY recommend you let a reputable reigstry cleaner (i.e. RegCure) do this job, automatically. |
*Please consider printing it out for your convenience...*
Windows 95 | Windows 98 | Windows ME | Windows 2000, 2003 & XP | Windows Vista
Windows 95 - Instructions to Backup your Windows Registry:
How to Backup Your Windows Registry in Windows 95 Tutorial:
1. Boot up your computer
2. When you see the "Starting Windows" screen or the icon, Hit F8 to enter "Safe Mode".
3. Select "Safe Mode - Command Prompt Only" options
4. Hit "Enter" to continue...
5. Here comes the technical part - please follow exactly...
Enter the following commands in order, line by line:
cd \windows
attrib -r -h -s system.dat
attrib -r -h -s user.dat
copy system.dat *.bak
copy user.dat *.bak
If you are not sure what you are doing, please hire a professional computer specialist or use a registry cleaner like RegCure.
6. Restart your computer.
7. Done - you've backed up your registry.
How to Restore Your Windows Registry in Windows 95 Tutorial:
1. Boot up your PC
2. When you see the "Starting Windows" screen or the icon, Hit F8 to enter "Safe Mode".
3. Select "Safe Mode - Command Prompt Only" options
4. Hit Enter to continue...
5. Enter the following commands in order, line-by-line.
cd windows (press "Enter")
attrib -r -h -s system.dat
attrib -r -h -s system.da0
attrib -r -h -s user.dat
attrib -r -h -s user.da0
ren system.dat system.daa
ren system.da0 system.da1
ren user.dat user.daa
ren user.da0 user.da1
copy system.bak system.dat
copy user.bak user.dat
6. Restart your Computer
7. Done! - Your system should be restored with your Windows Registry. - Make sure you follow step-by-step as the backup tutorial above to ensure you have used the same filenames and extensions.
Windows 98 - Instructions to Backup your Windows Registry:
How to Backup Your Windows Registry in Windows 98 Tutorial:
1. Boot up your system.
2. Enter windows normally.
3. Go to "Start" > Click on "Run"
4. Enter "scanregw" - without the quotes.
5. Press OK.
6. System will now scan your registry for errors...
7. Once completed, it will prompt you if you want to backup your registry. Click "Yes"
8. Done! - Your registry is now backed up.
How to Restore Your Windows Registry in Windows 98 Tutorial:
1. Restart your computer and HOLD the "CTRL" key on your keyboard
2. Select "Safe Mode - Command Prompt Only".
3. Press "Enter".
4. Type "c:\windows\command\scanreg /restore" - without the quotes
5. Hit "Enter".
6. Select the most recent backup you did.
7. Hit Restore!
Windows ME - Instructions to Backup your Windows Registry:
How to Backup Your Windows Registry in Windows ME Tutorial:
1. Boot up your system.
2. Enter windows normally.
3. Go to "Start" > Click on "Run"
4. Enter "scanregw" - without the quotes.
5. Press OK.
6. System will now scan your registry for errors...
7. Once completed, it will prompt you if you want to backup your registry. Click "Yes"
8. Done - Your registry is now backed up.
How to Restore Your Windows Registry in Windows ME Tutorial:
1. Insert your Startup Disk.
2. Restart your computer.
3. Select option: "Start Computer without CD-ROM Support"
4. Hit "Enter"
5. Type the command "c:\windows\command\scanreg /restore" - without the quotes.
6. Select the most recent backup you did.
7. Hit Restore!
8. Done - You've successfully restored your registry.
Windows 2000, Windows 2003, Windows XP - Instructions to Backup your Windows Registry:
How to Backup Your Windows Registry in Windows 2000, Windows 2003, Windows XP Tutorial:
1. Log in as administrator.
2. Click on "Start" >> "All Programs" >> "Accessories" >> "System Tools" >> "System Backup"
3. Click on "System Backup"
4. Once launched, click on "Next" to proceed.
5. Click on "Only Back up the System State Data"
6. Click NEXT and "Finish" to start the backup.
7. Wait for Backup to complete.
8. Once completed, close the wizard.
9. Done - You've successfully backed up your Windows 2000, Windows 2003, Windows XP Registry.
How to Restore Your Windows Registry in Windows 2000, Windows 2003, Windows XP Tutorial:
1. Log in as administrator.
2. Click on "Start" >> "All Programs" >> "Accessories" >> "System Tools" >> "System Backup"
3. Click on "System Backup"
4. Select "Backup Wizard" mode.
5. Select the registry backup that you would like. (usually most recent)
6. Hit "Next" and "Finish" to begin the restoration...
7. Wait for it to complete
8. Done - You've successfully restored your Windows 2000, Windows 2003, Windows XP Registry.
Windows Vista - Instructions to Backup your Windows Registry:
How to Backup Your Windows Registry in Windows Vista Tutorial:
1. Log in as administrator.
2. Click on "Start" >> "Control Panel" >> "System" >> "System Protection".
3. Select the hard drive you want to create a restore-point.
4. Click on "Create" to create your restore point.
5. Click "NEXT" and follow accordingly to complete your backup.
How to Restore Your Windows Registry in Windows Vista Tutorial:
1. Log in as administrator.
2. Click on "Start" >> "All Programs" >> "Accessories" >> "System Tools" >> "System Restore".
3. Click on "NEXT".
4. Select the restore point which you did earlier on. - (or your choice)
5. Click on "NEXT" and follow accordingly to complete the restore process.
Step 3: Fixing your Window Registry Problems
OUR WARNING: Do NOT attempt to manually edit/modify your registry UNLESS you know what you are doing. If you consider yourself an IT professional, by all means proceed with care.
We have encountered cases where even a small change we did in the registry crippled our PC, causing it to complete malfunction - worse thing was we did not expect that!
That is why we URGE you to use a reputable windows registry cleaner such as RegCure to repair your Windows Registry - Don't try to be a hero and manually edit random values to "test" unless you know what you are doing, hero always die first! - in this case, losing all of your data! |
Fixing your Registry problem will depend on what sort of error you are encountering.
You will either need to delete several invalid entries or manually edit their values to the appropriate ones.
Here are 3 options:
1. Do a system restore back to your previous dates - do note that your current registry settings will be reseted to your previous ones.
2. Hire a IT Professional to repair your registry.
3. Google all of the registry errors to find the appropriate values to input - We would like to provide you with the values but there's probably a thousand registry keys and values. Google's our best friend for this.
4. Use a registry cleaner such as RegCure to scan, backup and repair your existing registry errors. - These registry cleaners are keeping up with the latest registry errors and will get you up and running in no time.
We would like to warn you again that Option #3 may be a good approach but make sure you backup your registry and KNOW WHAT YOU ARE DOING. - Research before applying.
Conclusion:
If you follow the step by step above, you will be able to find out if your windows registry is throwing you problems, how to BACKUP your existing registry and how to manually edit your registry values.
However, over at RegistryTreatments.com, we strongly recommend non IT professionals to use a reputable Windows Registry Cleaner like RegCure for obvious reasons - malfunction of your pc, losing of data or reinstallation of windows.
It's your decision - but please choose the one that you are most comfortable and convenient with.
Download RegCure below to see what errors RegCure picks up:
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