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Error accessing registry - Bootup 98se

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by lutomsa

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Win98Se,IE5.5. Upon cold boot, recieving an error "Problem accessing system registry..will fix and reboot...ok?" from registry checker. Choosing 'ok' goes into never-ending loop of same error/msg. Booting into safe-mode will error the same, but restores backup registy. Everything ok, even through warm boots. Next cold boot...same problem. If registry checker task is terminated everything appears normal. Apps run fine. Using regedit, the registry can be viewed/edited. Tired of booting into safe-mode after each power up to restore reg.

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by earnest

According to Microsoft this is a memory problem. A program scanregw is run when win98 comes up. Microsoft says when the registry is red from the hard drive to memory it gets corrupted. I have about 750-1000 pc from Dell that started having this problem when we started using Win98_se. I have a hard time believing all my pc have bad memory. Sooo
1. I F8 the pc on boot or boot to ms-dos mode. Then run scanreg /fix. This "fixes" the registry most of the time. Then
2. I run msconfig from inside 98and do not run scanregw on anymore boots. The PC seem to
work fine. The /fix does not always make the error go away. Usually happens after new software has been added.

Regards,
Bo

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