Complete registry restore?

[Guest]

How would I go about doing a complete manual registry restore? I loaded an
old registry from a previous install of Windows onto a fresh install and
messed things up. I did create a registry backup, however. I can partially
import the old registry, but it won't complete due to the processes running
in the background. How can I completely import my previous registry and
replace the messy one?

 

[Brian A.]

How would I go about doing a complete manual registry restore? I loaded an
old registry from a previous install of Windows onto a fresh install and
messed things up. I did create a registry backup, however. I can partially
import the old registry, but it won't complete due to the processes running
in the background. How can I completely import my previous registry and
replace the messy one?

How to back up, edit, and restore the registry in Windows XP and Windows Server 2003
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/322756/en-us

Description of the Microsoft Windows registry
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/256986/en-us

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[Bert Kinney]

At this point I would suggest performing a System Restore from Safe Mode.
System Restore is the built-in tool for restoring the registry, and more.

All About System Restore in WinXP
http://bertk.mvps.org/index.html

Here is a description of System Restore:
http://bertk.mvps.org/html/description.html

If you want to just backup and restore the registry, I would suggest using
Erunt.

ERUNT: The Emergency Recovery Utility NT - Registry Backup and Restore for
Windows NT/2000/2003/XP
http://www.larshederer.homepage.t-online.de/erunt

Regards,
Bert Kinney MS-MVP Shell/User
http://bertk.mvps.org
Member: http://dts-l.org