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19 July 2002, 06:08 PM

PeteT

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Almost every time I start up my PC I get an error message saying "windows has encountered an error accessing the system registry" it then repairs it and re-boots and is ok until I start it up again (usually the next day)when I get the same message again. Anyone have any idea what I can do to fix it? Thanks.

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19 July 2002, 06:17 PM

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what OS is it? might be some "left over" software that wasn't cleanly un-install.

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19 July 2002, 08:10 PM

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Hi Suba, it's Windows 98.

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19 July 2002, 08:22 PM

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ive had that
ctrl+alt+delete close the error all i did

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19 July 2002, 08:43 PM

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or better still, disable the registry checker that runs when windows starts up... that way, the error never appears.....

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19 July 2002, 10:54 PM

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do a scandisk of your HDD. maybe the system registry is writing into a bad sector of the HDD.

other normal stuff to do is virus scan it. goto START/RUN and type msconfig. have a snoop if anything is not normal.

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