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How to access the Registry
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Anonymous
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?
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Anonymous
2016-01-07T23:53:13+00:00 -
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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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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Anonymous
2016-01-07T02:13:15+00:00 Yes, it is.
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Anonymous
2016-01-07T02:10:15+00:00 Yes, it is. And I have a separate problem (also on the same computer) explained in "System Protection seems to be defective after Windows 10 downgrade".