registry

[Guest]

when I went to do a registry fix
in local_machine, I noticed in
local_machine\system\currentcontrolset\control\virtualdrivers...
there is three of the same listed. they are controlset, controlset01, and
controlset03. Are these copys that i can delete or are they needed.
they all look the same and am wondering if they are needed.

 

[Dave Patrick]

Looking in;
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\Select
you'll find the D-Word values for
"Current"=dword:00000001
"Default"=dword:00000001
"Failed"=dword:00000000
"LastKnownGood"=dword:00000002

CurrentControlSet is volatile and will always be an image (at boot) of
what's defined in ControlSetx where x = the value of "Current"

Choosing last known good boots the system with the control set that last
successfully booted your system. Control sets contain system configuration
information such as device drivers and services. So no don't delete them
unless you're ready to reinstall the OS

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:
| when I went to do a registry fix
| in local_machine, I noticed in
| local_machine\system\currentcontrolset\control\virtualdrivers...
| there is three of the same listed. they are controlset, controlset01, and
| controlset03. Are these copys that i can delete or are they needed.
| they all look the same and am wondering if they are needed.

 

[Will Denny]

Hi

Please leave those entries where they are. They point to various other
entries in the Registry and are reference 'Last Known Good Configuration'
values. If you are not sure what any entry in the Registry refers to,
please don't delete, rename or move it. You may render your PC unbootable.

 

[Torgeir Bakken \(MVP\)]

when I went to do a registry fix
in local_machine, I noticed in
local_machine\system\currentcontrolset\control\virtualdrivers...
there is three of the same listed. they are controlset, controlset01, and
controlset03. Are these copys that i can delete or are they needed.
they all look the same and am wondering if they are needed.

Hi

Do not delete any of those registry branches!

The CurrentControlSet branch is actually only a alias for the one of
the ControlSet00x branches that are currently active, and one of the
others ControlSet00x branches is for "Last known good configuration"
in case you have some startup problems.

 

[Kelly]

What are Control Sets? What is CurrentControlSet?
http://support.microsoft.com/?scid=kb;EN-US;Q100010


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