Registry - Temporary replace

[Geoff Lane]

WindowsXP Home Acer Aspire laptop Athlone XP1500

I've got a DialUp Networking problem that is baffling me, I suspect
there may be a registry problem but am a bit unsure how to temporarily
use an alternative registry.

I have two system partitions, both have XP on them and I hide one
whilst the other boots. I have two other partitions for data and both
are always visible to either boot option.

I would like to test the know good registry in the 'suspect' partition
but understand that if one just loads a registry it merely adds itself
to the existing one.

What I would like to do is disable or temporarily delet one and use
the other.

Anyone point me in the right direction here - I've got back up.

Geoff Lane

 

[Larry(LJL269)]

On Mon, 02 Aug 2004 19:21:03 +0100, Geoff Lane

|WindowsXP Home Acer Aspire laptop Athlone XP1500
|
|I've got a DialUp Networking problem that is baffling me, I suspect
|there may be a registry problem but am a bit unsure how to temporarily
|use an alternative registry.
|
|I have two system partitions, both have XP on them and I hide one
|whilst the other boots. I have two other partitions for data and both
|are always visible to either boot option.

I have same thing but XP2 is XP1 frozen as of 12/15/03.
If u didnt clone 1 from other, it's not clear that
switching Registries is even feasable. I think I could
use XP1's in XP2 but lots apps wouldnt work, not sure
of the reverse.
|
|I would like to test the know good registry in the 'suspect' partition
|but understand that if one just loads a registry it merely adds itself
|to the existing one.
|
Kinda. It replaces the common entries but adds new
entris found in the Reg being merged:
a b c + b* e = a b* c e (b is replaced)

|What I would like to do is disable or temporarily delet one and use
|the other.
|
Deleting all highest level keys then a merge *might*
work.
|Anyone point me in the right direction here - I've got back up.

I might try this but ONLY because I have latest 14
copies of dreaded Registry & OTHER files (ntuser?..)
needed for XP to boot AND I can restore these from DOS
& I've restored it b4 & I have both XP's imaged. Pucker
factor would be HIGH tho.

I would wait 4 input from MVP like Doug tho. Lots of
red flags. HTH-Larry

|

Any advise is my attempt to contribute more than I have received but I can only assure you that it works on my PC. GOOD LUCK.

 

[Kelly]

Editing the Registry for "other" Users
http://www.dougknox.com/xp/tips/xp_adv_reg_editing.htm