error accessing registry

Hi there,
Try using Reg Cleaner by Microsoft which scans for invalid references and missing dll's ...
Also you can use this good utility known as System Mechanic which keeps you Windows in a good condition..
you can download these softwares from CNET
Enjoy
Regards

From my understanding of the problem, the copy of your registry is severely damaged. In order to make it work again, you should either have a valid copy of the registry before the problem occured or reinstall Windows.

good luck,
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You may actually have a problem with your RAM. "Sacnreg" will not find any errors because it only checks the registry on the HDD. Try "scanregw" ...this will check the registry loaded into memory during boot-up.
more info on this at: Windows 95/98 tips on March 14,2001 at Tech Republic.

Since you have Win98, you could boot to the dos prompt (not safe mode dos, you want the memory managers loaded.) Once you are at the dos prompt, cd windows\sysbckup and look at the *.cab files. There should be 5 of them. If one has a date prior to the time that you began having trouble, you can try to restore that file. First I back all *.cab files to *.xxx, then rename one of the cab files to name.old (the files are usually named rb00X.cab) This is because the system will only hold 5 cabs, and you have to have one open to back up the existing reg into. Run a dos command called scanreg, and view backups - then it will give you the option of restoring a previous reg. This will usually work if all copies are not corrupt. Any hardware and or software that has been installed since the date of the choosen reg backup restore file will have to be reinstalled, but that may be what gave you the problem in the first place. Good luck and I hope this may help.

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