HELP!

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Yesterday I followed downloaded instructions on how
to "Tweak" my Win XP Pro SP1 settings to make it run much
faster and smoother. The instuctions included editing two
values in the registry...I know, I know...I should have
backed up my registry first...but alas...

Anyway, when I rebooted...it gave me all kinds of errors
and locked up...several times. So I tried to repair my
installation...no luck. So I installed a parallel Win XP
installation called Windows1. This one boots perfectly but
has none of the 600 installed applications in my primary
Windows installation. Now, my question is...can I
remotely edit the registry in my primary Windows
installation from my secondary Windows installation
(windows1)? Tried to do this in regedit but cannot get
this worked out yet...any advice would be greatly
appreciated.
 
In a word, no. There's too much in too many places. You need to reinstall
your applications in the new setup.
 
Hi,

This is the procedure you need to use to recover the damaged registry:

How to Recover from a Corrupted Registry That Prevents Windows XP from
Starting
http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=307545

Of course now you will also need to repair your boot files.

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Best of Luck,

Rick Rogers aka "Nutcase" MS-MVP - Win9x
Windows isn't rocket science! That's my other hobby!

Associate Expert - WinXP - Expert Zone
 
Yes. Which registry values did you change, Morgan?

Follow the steps here to make the changes. You need to load the hive:

From an account with Administrator level access

1) Click Start, Run and enter REGEDIT
2) In Regedit, highlight the HKEY_USERS key and go to File, Load Hive.
3) Use the File Open dialog to go to the Documents and Settings\<username>
folder, where <username> is the account you wish to modify.
4) Highlight the NTUSER.DAT file in this folder (usually a hidden file) and
select Open.
5) You'll be prompted to enter a "Key name". You can use whatever you wish,
but I use the User's logon name.
6) You can now expand the Hive you just loaded and make any needed changes.
7) When finished, highlight this Hive again and go to File, Unload Hive.

NOTE: You MUST unload the Hive prior to logging on to the users account.
Otherwise XP may have trouble loading the user's profile.
 
I apologize. I was under the impression, you wanted to edit the registry in
the secondary setup to you wouldn't have to reinstall your applications in
the secondary setup. I misread your post, please see Rick and Kelly's
responses in this thread.
 
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