Registry Error

[skinzz]

I had to re-install Nortons Internet Protection on my XP
PC. Now every time I log on to my PC I get this
message "ONE OF THE FILES CONTAINING THE SYSTEMS REGISTRY
DATA HAD TO BE RECOVERED BY USE OF A LOG OR ALTERNATE
COPY. THE RECOCERY WAS SUCCESSFUL. How do I stop this
from appearing every time,OR is it actually recovering a
file every time it boots up. Thanks in advance to anyone
who might suggest a solution.

 

[bcastner]

If it is just a stubborn error flag, the procedure below from a MS KB article will clear the error:

You can solve this problem by recreating the pagefile. To recreate the pagefile, follow these steps:
Click Start.
Right-click My Computer.
Click Properties.
On the Advanced tab, in the Performance section, click Settings.
In the Virtual Memory section, click Change.
For Paging file size for selected drive, click No Paging File and then click Set.
Click Yes after the following warning appears:
If the paging file on volume X: has an initial size of less than xx megabytes, then the system may not be able to create a debugging information file if a STOP error occurs. Continue anyway?

(X is the drive letter and xx is the amount of RAM installed on your computer minus 1 megabyte.)

Click System Managed Size.
Click OK four times, and then restart the computer when you are prompted.

 

[skinzz]

This is becoming a rather annoying problem. I have tried the above, still receiving same message. Anything else, please.

 

[bcastner]

Suggestions:

Right click My Computer, Properties, Hardware, Device Manager. Locate the entries for your hard disks and double click each entry. On the Policies tab, uncheck Enable write caching.

You will see a performance decrease because of this, but if the corrupt registry/user profiles problems cease, then you'll be certain of the cause.

Logon to another account with admin privilege and run System Restore.
Choose the most recent restore point and SR should restore the user hives.

Or...

Boot into safe mode and log in as Administrator. Copy ntuser.dat from %windir%\repair to "Documents and Settings\[your user id]". Now do a system restore to a point in time prior to when the corruption message began to
appear.

Or...

Relocate NTUserdat

Look in HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows
NT\CurrentVersion\ProfileList and find the profile you want to change and then change ProfileImagePath to the ntuser.dat folder that you want to use. You must manually copy or move the ntuser.dat file there.

Corrupt Hive

http://www.kellys-korner-xp.com/xp_sys32.htm

How to Recover from a Corrupted Registry

http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;Q307545

Recovery Console Fix for XP SP1 (Line 58)

http://www.kellys-korner-xp.com/xp_tweaks.htm

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All the Best,
Kelly



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My own notes on this issue:

1. Double-click to open My Computer. right-click your Hard Disk Drive, Properties, Tools, Error checking, and check both boxes. Reboot. This will sometimes clear the problem.

2. If your BIOS supports "Performance Enhancement" disable this feature.

3. If you end up having to do a Recovery Console repair of the registry, the Charlie White article is a much clearer explanation of how it is done than the MS KB articles:

http://www.digitalwebcast.com/2002/03_mar/tutorials/cw_boot_toot.htm

 

[skinzz]

Just to confirm: I would have do the above to each user,correct. Because I get the same message no matter which account I log into. I just want to make sure before I try any of the above.
Thanks.

 

[bcastner]

You would do the steps once as the Administrator.

 

[skinzz]

I appreciate the advice. I'll give it a shot.
Thanks Again

 

[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

http://groups.google.com/groups?sou...by+use+of+a+log+or+alternate+copy"+windows+xp