Brian...........
Here's a link to a neat little RegFind Program called RegFind v1.0.5. You can see this program has a 100% rating.
http://download.com.com/3000-2094-37...ml?tag=lst-3-4
Download the program, run it, just put in c-dilla and it should find every registry key that has this name in it. Keeping the program open you open at the Start Run Menu "regedit"
Then using regit edit you go to every key displayed in RegFind and right mouse click on it and select delete. Do this of each entry, some entries when you delete one key, it also deletes a matching twin of it in another key. So after I delete a couple of keys, I run RegFind again to make sure I'm getting them all.
Backing up your registry........here's the way I do it, WIN 98se
Under my Documents I created a Folder called "My Registry Backups"
Next under Strart, Programs, Accessories, System Tools, you will find System Information.......open this.
Go to tools and run Registry Checker, if no errors, it will say do you want to back up, say yes. This is stored as a "Cab" file under a hidden folder in windows call "Sysbckup", to see it you have to go to My Computer, select View Tab at the top, select "Folder Options" Select "View" Tab and under Hidden Files check "Show All Files"
Note: Windows only stores 5 cab files, from the last 5 times your computer started correctly.
THIS IS ONE BACK UP........BUT NOW GO TO START-RUN AND PUT IN REGEDIT.....WHEN THIS OPENS GO UP TO "REGISTRY" AND CLICK ON AND SELECT "EXPORT" TO, YOU LEAD IT TO MY DOCUMENTS, MY REGISTRY BACKUPS AND SAY FOR A FILE NAME I USE THE DATE, SAY TODAY I WOULD PUT IN 01.12.2003, make sure you have under "Export Range" ALL CHECKED. AND NEXT CLICK ON "SAVE" YOU NOW HAVE A BACK UP IN THE SYSBCKUP FOLDER AS WELL AS "MY DOCUMENTS"
TO RESTORE YOUR REGISTRY AT ANY POINT I JUST GO TO MY REGISTRY BACKUPS, DOUBLE CLICK ON A DATE, YOU WILL GET A MESSAGE ARE YOU SURE YOU WANT TO RESTORE THE REGISTRY FOR THIS DATE, YOU SAY YES, YOU SHOULD THEN GET A MESSAGE THE REGISTRY HAS BEEN RESTORED AND YOU MUST RE-BOOT YOUR COMPUTER.
NOTE: MY METHOD STORES AS MANY BACKUPS OF YOUR REGISTRY AS YOU WANT.
IF YOU ARE LOCKED OUT OF YOUR COMPUTER, YOU USE YOUR START UP DISC, TRANSFERRING THE SYSTEM TO C: TAKE OUT THE START UP DISC, RE-BOOT THE COMPUTER IN THE SAFE MODE, GO TO MY REGISTRY BACKUPS, DOUBLE CLICK ON A REGISTRY DATE, AND RE-BOOT, YOU SHOULD THEN BE BACK IN.
NOTE: You can also restore your registry under Dos, at the command prompt type: SCANREG /RESTORE
At which time you will be give the last 5 CAB's to choose from when your computer booted properly.
I BACK UP MY REGISTRY BEFORE I INSTALL ANY NEW SOFTWARE AND YOU CAN MAKE A NOTE WHEN YOU SAVE, SUCH AS
SAVE FILE AS: 01.12.2003 REG BEFORE INSTALLING MICROSOFT WORKS, ETC.
ANY QUESTIONS.......LET ME KNOW