registry editor

[Guest]

registry editor comes up at start up instead of windows. It says REG_SZ value
not set. What now?

 

[jg]

I'm afraid I am quite clueless also when we don't know which key.


Can you elaborate on the message and what is meant by start-up? when you
login as regardless of user ID?. before login, on power up?


What is in you c:\documents and settings\all users\start
menu\programs\startup? are there any batch file or .reg files there that
does not belong there?


Can you go back to last known good configuration on startup (press f8 soon
after you see the bios info of the PC flash startup screen. Must be before
the windows start-up message.

 

[Ron Martell]

registry editor comes up at start up instead of windows. It says REG_SZ value
not set. What now?

Something in your Startup configuration is causing regedit to be
launched. This is probably not a good sign, as it may be caused by
some virus or spyware related item.

Make certain your antivirus software is fully up to date, with the
virus definitions not more than a week old, and do a complete virus
scan of your hard drive.

Also do the same with your antispyware software. If you do not have
any antispyware software installed then try the free beta version of
Microsoft Antispyware from http://download.microsoft.com

Then get a "second opinion" by doing a free online scan of your
computer with one of the following free scanners:

Trend Micro http://housecall.trendmicro.com
Kaspersky Online Scanner http://www.kaspersky.com/virusscanner
Panda ActiveScan http://www.pandasoftware.com/activescan
WindowSecurity.com TrojanScan http://windowssecurity.com/trojanscan
Webroot http://www.webroot.com/

Good luck

Ron Martell Duncan B.C. Canada
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Microsoft MVP (1997 - 2006)
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