How to access the Registry

Anonymous
2016-01-02T13:42:26+00:00

My problem is that the Backup and Restore facility in the Control Panel (Windows 7) isn't working. I found a possible solution in a different forum (posted in 2009). The poster said to put the following into a Notepad file, then double click on it:

Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00

 [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion

\WindowsBackup]

 "ValidConfig"=-

 [-HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion

\WindowsBackup\ScheduleParams]

 [-HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion

\WindowsBackup\Security]

 [-HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion

\WindowsBackup\Status]

But I'm not clear on where exactly this is supposed to be placed. If it is supposed to be in the SOFTWARE.LOG1 or SOFTWARE.LOG2 hive, I can't access the folders even though I am the Administrator.

Can anyone help?

Windows for home | Previous Windows versions | Recovery and backup

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  1. Anonymous
    2016-01-08T02:04:32+00:00

    [A moderator merged your 06 Jan-16 thread with your 05 Jan-16 thread <EDIT> and then merged them both with your 02 Jan-16 thread! </EDIT> Oy, my head...]

    I'm confused: Did you successfully upgrade to Win10 and then "downgrade" (rollback) to Win7 or did the upgrade to Win10 fail?

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  2. Anonymous
    2016-01-07T23:53:13+00:00

    [withdrawn]

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  3. Anonymous
    2016-01-07T18:04:27+00:00

    Thank you for your reply. I followed your instructions and the result was "Windows Resource Protection did not find any integrity violations." What now?

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  4. Anonymous
    2016-01-07T10:43:13+00:00

    Robert,

    Thank you for the update.

    Run System File Checker tool and check the status of the scan.

    System File Checker is a utility in Windows that allows users to scan for corruptions in Windows system files and restore corrupted files.

    To do this, click Start, type Command Prompt or cmd in the Search box, right-click Command Prompt, and then click Run as administrator. If you are prompted for an administrator password or for a confirmation, type the password, or click Allow.

    At the command prompt, type the following command, and then press ENTER:

    sfc /scannow

    Note: Do not close this Command Prompt window until the verification is 100% complete. The scan results will be shown after this process is finished.

    Hope this helps.

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  5. Anonymous
    2016-01-07T02:13:15+00:00

    Yes, it is.

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