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Old 08-27-2003, 01:16 AM   #1
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Messed up my computer hardcore.

I got pissed off one day from the popups and my cd rom drive not working that I deleted some reg files and some files in the windows folder, now two days later I can install kazaa and use it just fine until I restart my computer then whenever I try to open it, it just closes instantly. I tried a rollback, but it didnt really help, I also deleted most of my previous checkpoints, I don't know if theres somewhere where you can download the required windows files or if there is some way to fix it, because I don't feel like having to constantly reinstall programs every time i restart my computer.

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Old 08-27-2003, 01:48 AM   #2
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whitch version of windows do you have if its 98 boot from a win98 boot disk and at the A prompt type C:\ and hit enter then at the C:\ type scanreg/restore and pick a reg file from befor you deleated the files and reg entreys if you have winme or xp use system restore
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Old 08-27-2003, 01:54 AM   #3
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Yeah I have xp, I shall try system restore I guess I already tried a rollback I don't know if they are the same thing? Thanks though.
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Old 08-27-2003, 05:12 AM   #4
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If you don't have a restore point that fixes the problem. Boot up with your XP CD and choose the repair option. It will replace any missing or corrupted files.

Big drawback is you will have to reinstall SP1 and all patches that have been downloaded and installed.
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Old 08-27-2003, 11:13 AM   #5
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Oh whatever that won't take me too long I just really want to fix it thanks a lot.
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