re: When I try to boot normally, I get an error message "Windows protection error. Restart computer. System halted."
Friday, October 16, 2009 at 1:17 pm
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Posted by Ed
(659 messages posted)
The first time Windows loads successfully each day, it makes a backup copy of the
Windows registry (which is the database holding all the computer's start-up settings).
This preserves the (working) registry settings, in case of a later problem.
The backup copies are saved in the hidden folder C:\Windows\SysBckUp
By default, Windows stores five backup copies of the registry. Therefore you have
five backups to choose from, so you can in effect go back up to five days, if something
corrupts the registry and Windows can't start.
The command Scanreg /restore (which must only be run at the DOS prompt) restores
one of these previous copies of the registry. And it allows you to choose which one
(of the five) to restore.
This solution can only overcome a Blue Screen error (a "STOP" error), if the incompatible
device driver file has been accidentally entered in the Registry, e.g. by a software
installation which has installed a Windows XP file by mistake.
There are some circumstances where that solution won't work, i.e. because the incompatible
file is not being loaded by the Windows registry. Files stored in some locations
in the C:\WINDOWS folder (i.e. stored in certain subfolders) are automatically loaded,
without reference to the registry, and in that situation you will need to consult
the page I suggested in this post for possible
solutions instead.
Ed
On Wednesday, October 14, 2009 at 4:19 am, Don wrote:
>Hi Chris,
>I had same problem as you about 2 months ago. I did what Keith is suggesting here
>and it worked just fine.
>Don
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