What is the purpose of going into the registry and how do I do that?
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its useless delete it...
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I'm not an expert or anything but I had this problem too and I did a search for a registry cleaner - ended up using PC Doc pro - a free 30 day trial.  sorted it out and more.  check it out  - no promises though.\nAnother tip -  I read a lot of these questions and answers, which made me think about my registry,  there's nearly always someone posting the same problem - gives you some idea what to go for if that cheers you up any.   good luck!
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YOU CAN TRY A FREEWARE NAMED WINPOOCH WATCHDOG WHICH THOUGH IS AN ANTISPYWARE BUT IT BASICALLY ALERTS YOU WHENEVER A PROGRAM TRIES TO CHANGE OR MODIFY YOUR WINDOWS REGISTRY . IT IS ONE PROGRAM WITH GREAT POTENTIAL . IT CAN BE DOWNLOADED FROM  http://sourceforge.net/projects/winpooch
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Fiddling with yer registry is a dangerous thing to do, so I'll give you a program that will let you know about what to delete - categorizing into 3 segments: SAFE TO DELETE, Not fully safe to delete, and unsafe to delete (unknown).\n\n1. Go to http://www.freewarefiles.com/downloads_counter.php?programid=9367\n\n2. Download Tweaknow\n3. Make sure you restore backup (after opening the program), when using for the first time\n4. Check all options for scanning, and run full scan\n5. Delete all the SAFE TO DELETE (green colored) items.\n\nUse it regularly (at least once a week, especially after you uninstall a program)
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Vicki, unless you understand the registry very well, stay out of it.  One little letter or period or comma or whatever can render enormous problems for you.  I don't know what went before your question, but get exact instructions from an expert. By the way, I am not that expert!
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Dear,\n\nPay attention if a Program/Application is asking You\nfor customizing Your Browser, the REAL thing is that THEY\nwill change Your Active-X and send You a lot of Tracking Cookies ( so SPYWARE and MALWARE !!)\nClick on START, => Office-Tools => System-Tools => System-Repair !\nYour registry-system is under Your Windows directory,\ndon't change it Manual if You aren't 100% sure, or unexperienced with registry ...\n\nRegards,\nGuy
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In computing, the Windows registry is a database which stores settings and options for the operating system for Microsoft Windows 32-bit versions and Windows Mobile. It contains information and settings for all the hardware, software, users, and preferences of the PC. Whenever a user makes changes to "Control Panel" settings, or file associations, system policies, or installed software, the changes are reflected and stored in the registry.\n\nso, the registry editor is just a way for you to view and change settings on your windows OS without the hassle of typing commands and such.\n\nfor your other question, yes, definitely. one can add a virus/infection by simply changing a setting or a registry. :p
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Start > Run > type "regedit" (without the quotation marks) click ok, the Registry Editor will open up.\nNavigate you way to "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE&#92;SOFTWARE&#92;Microsoft&#92;Windows NT&#92;CurrentVersion"\nDouble click on the Value Names: "RegisteredOwner" & "RegisteredOrganization" & change the value data to whatever you want.\nReboot.
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Before you edit the registry, back it up.\n\nAfter you use the Add/Remove program in the Control Panel, you need to open Windows Explorer and find the folder under Programs called Symantec and delete it.  Also, you have to edit the registy.  Click start, run, and typed regedit and press enter.  This opens the registry.  Expand the hive for HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE and expand it, under software find the folder for Symantec and remove it there.  Also the Hive for HKEY_CURRENT_USER find the Software folder and remove Symantec there also.
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1. backup your registry\n2. goto start | run |regedit\n3. goto key HKEY_CURRENT_USER&#92;Software&#92;\nMicrosoft&#92;\nWindows&#92;\nCurrentVersion&#92;Policies&#92;\nExplorer and change value data in NoFolderOptions to 0\n\n4. do the same for HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE&#92;Software&#92;\nMicrosoft&#92;Windows&#92;\nCurrentVersion&#92;Policies&#92;\nExplorer
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Check out this article on wikipedia\nhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Windows_registry
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Click on Start -> Run\n\nA dialog box with a textbox will popup.\nEnter "regedit" in the textbox. This will fire up your registry editor.\n\nIn the registry editor, \nClick on Registry -> Export Registry File\n\nPick a filename to save out to.\nDone.
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Manually editing a registry can be very dangerous.  If you are not 100% sure of what you are doing, don't do it.  Also, make sure you have a backup of your data before you mess around with it.  Danger lurks.\n\nAnyway, the administrator account should be able to edit the registry.  May just want to check you user account settings to make sure the administrator account really does have administrator access.  It can be taken away.  May also be the result of spy ware or a virus.
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If you're talking about Microsoft's Visual Studio, this KB article might help.  Since it involves editing the registry, be very careful.  I might get in touch with the Microsoft support folks to see if they have any other suggestions.\n\nhttp://support.microsoft.com/kb/248697/en-us?spid=3042&sid=1310\n\nplrr
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you need to run scanreg from dos, and ler it replace the registry with a good backup copy
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If you installed on a different operating system, you will have to reinstall it on windows XP sot that the registry entries will be made.
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Go through the Governments Regisry Office