A virus continues to close my regedit every time I try & open it, both in
Win98 & Win2k.
Can I boot my PC in dos mode and search the registry for the culprit from
there.
Might there be a third party equivalant to regedit I can make changes to the
registry through?
Thanks.

Gary Helfert wrote on 20.07.2004 08:15:

> A virus continues to close my regedit every time I try & open it, both in
> Win98 & Win2k.
> Can I boot my PC in dos mode and search the registry for the culprit from
> there.

Yes.

> Might there be a third party equivalant to regedit I can make changes to the
> registry through?
> Thanks.
>

<http://www.pcplus.co.uk/tips/default.asp?pagetypeid=2&articleid=5535&subsectionid=390>
<http://www.geocities.com/politalk/win95/regdos.htm>

HTH

Walter

"Gary Helfert" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:

> A virus continues to close my regedit every time I try & open it, both in
> Win98 & Win2k.
> Can I boot my PC in dos mode and search the registry for the culprit from
> there.

Regedit has only limited capabilities under DOS, e.g. merge, backup, restore.
For the advanced feature you must run it under Windows.

Read in www.invircible.com/item/80 how the ToggleMode utility can resolve your
problem.

Regards, Zvi
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Bitstring <UL2Lc.114542$(E-Mail Removed)>,
from the wonderful person Gary Helfert <(E-Mail Removed)> said
>A virus continues to close my regedit every time I try & open it, both in
>Win98 & Win2k.
>Can I boot my PC in dos mode and search the registry for the culprit from
>there.
>Might there be a third party equivalant to regedit I can make changes to the
>registry through?

Google is your friend. Someone produced a complete set of utilities
(regedit, task manager, etc.) with the names changed to get around
viruses. For many viruses, simply renaming the .exe to .com will work.

--
GSV Three Minds in a Can
Outgoing Msgs are Turing Tested,and indistinguishable from human typing.

"Gary Helfert" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:UL2Lc.114542$(E-Mail Removed)...
> A virus continues to close my regedit every time I try & open it, both in
> Win98 & Win2k.
> Can I boot my PC in dos mode and search the registry for the culprit from
> there.
> Might there be a third party equivalant to regedit I can make changes to
the
> registry through?
> Thanks.
>
>

If you can find a registry editor which runs under dos yes; but finding such
a critter will most likely be next impossible even if such a critter exists.
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