registry problems

[Guest]

I have a toshiba satellite A70 with windows XP profesional at home. I also
have one at the office connected to a network. I copied the registry of that
computer (office) on a DVD, then I opened that registry at my computer at
home. Now my home computer is acting very strange. How can I recuperate my
original registry at my home computer?

 

[Will Denny]

Hi

Registries have to act as they are. You can't put one onto another system.

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[Dave B]

By opened at home do you mean importing it? Bad thing to do. Try a Windows
restore point from before the mistake.

 

[Guest]

I´ll be honest. I was getting fed up with the casino pop ups, the Win anti
Virus pop ups, and even a porn pop up(i have a cable modem connection, not a
dial up). I ran spybot search and destroy and every time it came up with a
Magic Control.Agent at a registry location. It never could clear it up. So I
did this desperate measure!

 

[Guest]

I´ll be honest. I was getting fed up with the casino pop ups, the Win anti
Virus pop ups, and even a porn pop up(i have a cable modem connection, not a
dial up). I ran spybot search and destroy and every time it came up with a
Magic Control.Agent at a registry location. It never could clear it up. So I
did this desperate measure!

 

[Dave B]

You have some type of spy/malware on the PC. Try running ad-aware as well.
There are some that spyware scanners can't remove so they need to be
manually cleaned, over writing the registry does not remove them so the
original problem is still there.

 

[Ron Martell]

I have a toshiba satellite A70 with windows XP profesional at home. I also
have one at the office connected to a network. I copied the registry of that
computer (office) on a DVD, then I opened that registry at my computer at
home. Now my home computer is acting very strange. How can I recuperate my
original registry at my home computer?

Use System Restore and choose the most recent restore point that is
prior to the registry copy.

As for your popups etc. go to http://housecall.trendmicro.com and do
their free online scan.

Good luck

Ron Martell Duncan B.C. Canada
--
Microsoft MVP (1997 - 2006)
On-Line Help Computer Service
http://onlinehelp.bc.ca

"Anyone who thinks that they are too small to make a difference
has never been in bed with a mosquito."

 

[Guest]

O.K. I will try several other anti spyware products to see if it works. I
will report to you sometime next week.

 

[Guest]

O.K. I will do this and report to you next week

Use System Restore and choose the most recent restore point that is
prior to the registry copy.

As for your popups etc. go to http://housecall.trendmicro.com and do
their free online scan.

Good luck

Ron Martell Duncan B.C. Canada
--
Microsoft MVP (1997 - 2006)
On-Line Help Computer Service
http://onlinehelp.bc.ca

"Anyone who thinks that they are too small to make a difference
has never been in bed with a mosquito."

 

[DL]

If the sys is infected, you need to turn off sys resore. Then clean your
sys, and ensure it is clean before reactivating sys restore. - restoring the
sys will likely reinfect it.
It is also likely that you will have to run scans, whilst in safe mode
see below also

1) Download the following three items...

Trend Sysclean Package
http://www.trendmicro.com/download/dcs.asp

Latest Trend signature files.
http://www.trendmicro.com/download/pattern.asp

Adaware SE (free personal version v1.05)
http://www.lavasoftusa.com/

Create a directory.
On drive "C:\"
(e.g., "c:\New Folder")
or the desktop
(e.g., "C:\Documents and Settings\lipman\Desktop\New Folder")

Download SYSCLEAN.COM and place it in that directory.
Download the Trend Pattern File by obtaining the ZIP file.
For example; lpt257.zip

Extract the contents of the ZIP file and place the contents in the
same directory as
SYSCLEAN.COM.

2) Update Adaware with the latest definitions.
3) If you are using WinME or WinXP, disable System Restore
http://vil.nai.com/vil/SystemHelpDocs/DisableSysRestore.htm
4) Reboot your PC into Safe Mode
5) Using both the Trend Sysclean utility and Adaware, perform a
Full Scan of your
platform and clean/delete any infectors/parasites found.
(a few cycles may be needed)
6) Restart your PC and perform a "final" Full Scan of your
platform using both the
Trend Sysclean utility and Adaware
7) If you are using WinME or WinXP,Re-enable System Restore and
re-apply any
System Restore preferences, (e.g. HD space to use suggested
400 ~ 600MB),
8) Reboot your PC.
9) If you are using WinME or WinXP, create a new Restore point

 

[Ron Martell]

If the sys is infected, you need to turn off sys resore. Then clean your
sys, and ensure it is clean before reactivating sys restore. - restoring the
sys will likely reinfect it.
It is also likely that you will have to run scans, whilst in safe mode
see below also

Got to disagree with you on this one. An infected, but still
functioning system is vastly preferable to one that is no longer
bootable.

The infections need to be cleaned up *first*. Once this is done, and
the system is operating normally then and only then should the system
restore archive be cleaned out.

And disabling system restore is not be best way of doing this. A safer
and therefore preferable method of cleaning out the archive is to:
1. Create a new manual restore point after the infections have been
cleaned up.
2. Use Disk Cleanup, go to the More Options tab and choose the option
to remove all but the most recent system restore points.

That will clean out any malware that may have gotten into the restore
archives without ever leaving the machine in jeopardy because of the
lack of any usable system restore points.


Disabling system restore should be reserved for those situations where
other options are not available, such as when system restore will not
work properly.

Ron Martell Duncan B.C. Canada
--
Microsoft MVP (1997 - 2006)
On-Line Help Computer Service
http://onlinehelp.bc.ca

"Anyone who thinks that they are too small to make a difference
has never been in bed with a mosquito."

 

[Guest]

Good news, bad news. The good news is that apparently the adware spyware has
been removed. No more win antivirus 2006 and casino pop ups up to now. The
bad news is the registry problem is still there. My Dvd multirecorder is not
working properly. And sometimes a window that says windows installer comes
out when I want to run certain programs. I believe all this is caused by the
registry mix up. Any suggestions?

 

[Ron Martell]

Good news, bad news. The good news is that apparently the adware spyware has
been removed. No more win antivirus 2006 and casino pop ups up to now. The
bad news is the registry problem is still there. My Dvd multirecorder is not
working properly. And sometimes a window that says windows installer comes
out when I want to run certain programs. I believe all this is caused by the
registry mix up. Any suggestions?

Go to the article on CD Burning in XP by the late Alex Nichol MVP at
http://aumha.org/win5/a/xpcd.htm and download the CDGONE.ZIP file
referenced in that article. Unzip and install the registry patch then
reboot the computer. As mentioned in the article you may have to
reinstall your CD Burning software.

Good luck

Ron Martell Duncan B.C. Canada
--
Microsoft MVP (1997 - 2006)
On-Line Help Computer Service
http://onlinehelp.bc.ca

"Anyone who thinks that they are too small to make a difference
has never been in bed with a mosquito."