re: How do I reformat and reinstall Win 98 without losing settings
Saturday, August 28, 2004 at 1:46 pm
Windows 98 Annoyances Discussion Forum
Posted by grunt
(303 messages posted)
The best way is to know something about the Registry.
If you know where in the registry, et. cetera, all of you
best settings are, open the registry and Export all the
settings to a floppy or something (Temp folder to Floppy is faster.).
Then when you Re-Install Windows 98 you can just import the .reg file back into the
system.
Most setting are usually in Software area's
(Hkey_local_machine\Software...
(Hkey_custom_user\Software...))
however, if you pop the whole software key your problem
may still be there, BUT, your files that are causing problems will not be on your
system.
Check out Policies, that is where most setting are.
(Do a search in your registry for Policies))
On Saturday, August 28, 2004 at 12:42 pm, Ken Dye wrote:
>Hi; After trying several programs to get rid of spyware and adware problems I have
>decided that I should just reformat and reinstall windows 98se again. I have done
>this once before and things did not go as well as I had hoped. I want to back up
>preferences and settings etc. But I want to be sure that I don't reintroduce any
>of the problems I am trying to fix when I copy the old files back into the new install.
>How can I figure out what is needed, and safe to put back after the reinstall. What
>other files might I need to save? The last time I did this I lost my email files.
>I have web based email now but I don't know where or what to look for to be sure
>I back up everything I need and how to get it all put back when I am done. Does
anyone
>know of some good help articles etc. Thanks Ken
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