XP Home Registry

[Agent99]

Hi all,
In my Registry are all sorts of unwanted and unused keys that I want to
clean out with a Registry Cleaner. (I don't use Netscape for example but
there is a key there, where it came from I don't know).How do I backup the
registry first (for safety as advised) and then should the worst happen, how
do I restore it. Does windows have a complete backup of registry at each
restore point?
Thanks in Advance,
Ross

[Rick \Nutcase\ Rogers]

Hi,

SR should be fine, but this will interest you as well:

HOW TO: Back Up, Edit, and Restore the Registry in Windows XP [Q322756]
http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=3D322756

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Best of Luck,

Rick Rogers aka "Nutcase" MS-MVP - Win9x - =
http://mvp.support.microsoft.com/
Associate Expert - WinXP - Expert Zone -
www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/expertzone
Win98 Help - www.rickrogers.org

"Agent99" > wrote in message =
...
> Hi all,
> In my Registry are all sorts of unwanted and unused keys that I want =
to
> clean out with a Registry Cleaner. (I don't use Netscape for example =
but
> there is a key there, where it came from I don't know).How do I backup =
the
> registry first (for safety as advised) and then should the worst =
happen, how
> do I restore it. Does windows have a complete backup of registry at =
each
> restore point?
> Thanks in Advance,
> Ross
>=20
>

[Alex Nichol]

Agent99 wrote:

>In my Registry are all sorts of unwanted and unused keys that I want to
>clean out with a Registry Cleaner. (I don't use Netscape for example but
>there is a key there, where it came from I don't know).How do I backup the
>registry first (for safety as advised) and then should the worst happen, how
>do I restore it. Does windows have a complete backup of registry at each
>restore point?

The registry is included in the System Restore points made daily, so if
you make a mess, use system restore to revert to a previous one. As a
second string, aa good back up program is ERUNT from
http://home.t-online.de/home/lars.hederer/erunt

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Alex Nichol MS MVP (Windows - File Systems)
Bournemouth, U.K.

[Steve Silverwood]

In article >,
says...
> Hi all,
> In my Registry are all sorts of unwanted and unused keys that I want to
> clean out with a Registry Cleaner. (I don't use Netscape for example but
> there is a key there, where it came from I don't know).How do I backup the
> registry first (for safety as advised) and then should the worst happen, how
> do I restore it. Does windows have a complete backup of registry at each
> restore point?

For cleaning up the Registry, I've found that RegCleaner is a handy
tool. It's especially useful in removing remnants of uninstalled
programs, and cleaning out some items that are made to start up at login
(via the INI files, Startup folder, and Registry). See
http://www.jv16.org/ for the author's website.

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Steve Silverwood, KB6OJS
Fountain Valley, CA
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