I need help fast!

[tokin]

Okay so im running in safe mode, getting rid of virsuses and such but now ive encountered a problem. I was suppose to make a back-up of my "regedit" and now i cant open control panel, any commands through the run menu...etc....because i edited a certain thing in a folder....is there absolutely anything i can do to replace the entry or something or download something to make it all work again?

 

[blahblahblah]

That is why I warn people to stay away from their registry unless they know what they are doing. Most likely you will have to reinstall windows. If you are running Windows XP, I believe there is a repair function to reinstall windows itself without deleting any of your files. Before you do that, backup any important stuff onto CD-R's just in case.

 

[SidewinderX]

in windows 2000//windows XP you can re-install windows over your old install without re-formating. you'll have to e-install all your programs (because their registry entries will be gone), but all your data wll stay there.

 

[tokin]

and how do i go about doing that?

 

[Shuzer]

Insert your XP CD and reboot. After it boots from the CD and loads up all neccessary drivers, it should present you with a screen saying you already have an installation of Windows. There should be the choice of a "repair install," that's what you want to do.

 

[Javert]

Have you also tried System Restore. It's usually Level 1 of recovery unless it's bad enough to do a full re-install.