[FreeSteve]

Re-start in DOS. Type in the following command: Regscan /Fix. This will clean up your registry; depending on the speed of your computer, this process will take a while. When you are done, type in Regscan /OPT. This will optimize your regsitry. I have successfully used these two commands and have experienced very satisfactory results. Good luck. FreeSteve

[LarryCore]

I am moving this to the TIPS forum where it belongs.

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[pmartinez]

Hey FreeSteve, I tried it, but I just got a bad command error. Any suggestions?

[frenat]

The command is actually scanreg not regscan. If you still have problems, make sure you are in the windows\command directory.

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[pmartinez]

Thanks frenat, no wonder it didn't look familiar. I thought it was just another command I didn't know about.

[IBM]

isn't this only applicable to WINME?

[Paul Nagel]

Dont know about Win ME but starting with Win98 from Run
Scanreg to check for errors
or from the DOS prompt
Scanreg /restore to go back to a good version of the registry of up to 5 days of prior good bootups.