The problem that I'm having with my PC, whenever I boot it up, it goes straight to the MS Windows 98 Startup Menu and it's saying that a registry/configuration error has been detected. Choose, Command prompt only, and run SCANREG. How can I solve this problem on my own.

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|[...]it's saying that a registry/configuration error has been detected.
|Choose, Command prompt only, and run SCANREG.
|How can I solve this problem on my own.
| Karl Williams

What happened when you followed the directions you were given?
You **did** write down what it said and **did** follow that EXACTLY.  Right?


If you haven't waited too long to seek out help,
you may be able to use one of the 5 (by default) Registry backups. 
cache of http://www.annoyances.org/exec/forum/win98/1047869242
++as.soon.as.possible+SCANREG/RESTORE

cache of http://www.annoyances.org/exec/forum/win98/1132271323
++F8+Command.Prompt.Only+SCANREG/RESTORE++before+Started

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At the C: prompt, try the following solution.

Type this (on a single line), then press the ENTER key -

SCANREG /FIX /OPT

Note the space before each of the forward slashes.

Ed




On Monday, November 26, 2007 at 11:32 am, Karl Williams wrote:
>The problem that I'm having with my PC, whenever I boot it up, it goes straight to
>the MS Windows 98 Startup Menu and it's saying that a registry/configuration error
>has been detected. Choose, Command prompt only, and run SCANREG. How can I solve
>this problem on my own.

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Ed wrote:
|SCANREG /FIX /OPT
|
|Note the space before each of the forward slashes.

I've mentioned before that a forward slash is a valid delimiter in DOS.
There is no need for additional whitespace.

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