Text is all gibbersih.

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Brett DaSilva

I accidentally deleted some registry keys with a Mcafee
program. Now when I boot up all of the text is in a
winding type format. This is in windows XP. I was
wondering if there was any way to restore the registry.
 
Is there a command to do this? I can get to it through
help on my pc at work but I cannot read the start menu
items at home.
 
What you can do is to navigate through the menus at work, print a
picture of the screen and 'fumble' your way around at home.

Start->Programs->Accessories->System Tools->System Restore....Leave your
mouse over System Restore, hit the print screen button. Start Paint
(it's in the Accessories folder) and paste and print the picture. Take
it home and 'fumble' your way through your menus. Use the picture as a
reference to where each folder may be located in the menus.

You may also want to walk through the System Restore at work to get a
'feel' of what to expect in those screens and you may want to print them
off also.

HTH,
Dave
 
| I am at work. My home computer is the one with the
| problem.

- Start > Run
- Enter c:\windows\system32\restore\rstrui.exe

That will open the System Restore window (use another drive instead of C: if
your Windows folder is on another drive).

If you can't read contents of System Restore well enough to use it, you could
always use your XP CD to do a Repair Install.

- Boot from the XP CD and proceed as if installing XP
- After you hit F8 to agree to the EULA, press r to start the Repair
Install

The Repair Install takes about the same time as an original install, but it's
not supposed to overwrite any of your individual files or settings.

Good luck!

Larc



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Brett said:
Is there a command to do this? I can get to it through
help on my pc at work but I cannot read the start menu
items at home.
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%SystemRoot%\System32\restore\rstrui.exe
 
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