help xp error in registry 1

[pcfd]

can any one help

i just got an message popup which says

Windows - Low on Registry Space

your system has reached the maximum size allowed for the systems part of the registry. Additional storage reguests will be ignored. end of message

this message has come out of the blue the computer was not beening used .

thanks
pcfd

 

[tsuji]

Hello pcfd,

It is the setting or the lack of it of RegistrySizeLimit:

http://www.microsoft.com/windows200...2000/techinfo/reskit/en-us/regentry/46653.asp

and the PagedPoolSize:

http://www.microsoft.com/windows200...2000/techinfo/reskit/en-us/regentry/29937.asp

Check out the document above and look into the registry.

regards - tsuji

 

[pcfd]

many thanks you are a Star

cheers
PCFD

 

[linney]

Are you running XP?

292726 - Registry Size Limit Has Been Removed From Windows XP

http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;292726&FR=1&PA=1&SD=HSCH

Or have you posted in the wrong forum?

 

[pcfd]

Yes i am running xp and the message was Windows - Low on Registry Space

thanks
pcfd

 

[bcastner]

In XP the limit to registry size is only hard disk space on the System volume.

I suspect that this is not an XP message, but an application one.

 

[pcfd]

All my problems started after i done a security update for xp and my computer has been behaving vert strange.

pcfd

 

[linney]

How long has XP been installed on your machine and was it a clean install or an upgrade from an earlier Windows system?

Perhaps you would like to give some details as to what else your computer is doing that is strange.

Which Security Update are you referring to. You may be able to use Add or Remove to uninstall it, or use System Restore to go back before it was installed.

If your "Low Registry Warning" was a genuine Windows message there ought to be a line in the Event Viewer (System) under "Application Popup". You can use the Filter via the View tab while in the Event Viewer to search.

Strange happenings is a good reason to do the following.

Removing adware & spyware
faq608-4650

Or this.

Run the System File Checker program from the Run Box by typing.....Sfc /Scannow in it and have your XP CD handy.

 

[matthew517]

You might need to get a bigger hard drive. How much free hard drive space do you have avaliable?

 

[pcfd]

many thanks linney i will try that right now, but this morning i had another problem another pop up message -> windows registry recovery - one of the files containing the system's registry data had to be recovered by use of a log or alternate copy - the recovery was successful.
i must say this is getting very frustrating.i will try Sfc /Scannow right now.

many thanks
pcfd

 

[pcfd]

thanks matthew517 i have about 37 gig left should be plenty i think ?

pcfd

 

[linney]

815011 - Cannot Disable the Registry Repair and Recovery Feature in Windows XP SP1

http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;815011&FR=1&PA=1&SD=HSCH

814545 - Registry Repair and Recovery May Inadvertently Delete a Subset of Keys

http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;814545&FR=1&PA=1&SD=HSCH

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