Re: WIN 98 - Owner Name
Dan wrote:
| Yeah, fully back up all of your data before playing around in the
| registry. I always think of the registry as the brains of the
| computer. The computer is just a dumb machine without its brains.
| Anyway, it is better to also bring a registry expert friend or two
| along if you are unfamiliar with the registry. I also do not suggest
| using any automatic registry removers because they could remove some
| important registry entries by accident. It is much better to have
| some unwanted and unused registry entries lying around than to be
| missing critical ones that you need.
That's right. Either back it or verify that the auto-backup mechanism is
alive & well. Here is my Master Post about that...
to investigate your Registry backups...
(1)
(a) "START button, Settings, Folder Options, View tab".
Bolt "Show all files" & UNcheck "Hide file extensions..."
(b) "START button, Find, F/F, RB???.cab".
Those are the Registry backups, in Sysbckup\. Are there five,
plus an RBbad? Are the dates consistent with each of the last five
days you've successfully boot? What is the date on RBbad?
(2) "START button, Programs, MS-DOS Prompt". Then...
(a) CD C:\Windows\Sysbckup
(b) DIR RB???.cab /od
(c) Use the "Mark" button, outline text with mouse, "Copy" & post for
inspection.
Here was mine on 09-22-05...
C:\>CD C:\Windows\Sysbckup
C:\WINDOWS\SYSBCKUP>dir rb???.cab /od /a
Directory of C:\WINDOWS\SYSBCKUP
RBBAD CAB 1,593,319 09-08-05 5:22p rbbad.cab
RB001 CAB 1,590,251 09-18-05 3:34p rb001.cab
RB002 CAB 1,589,811 09-19-05 9:15a rb002.cab
RB003 CAB 1,583,534 09-20-05 8:53a rb003.cab
RB004 CAB 1,583,487 09-21-05 10:01a rb004.cab
RB005 CAB 1,583,477 09-22-05 11:54a rb005.cab
6 file(s) 9,523,879 bytes
Note, on 9/8 I did a Scanreg /Fix, which created the RBbad. It is also
created when Windows decides on it's own to replace a Registry with one
of the backups. Then, the Registry that was replaced ends up in RBbad.
One is created at the first successful boot per day, when all is well.
So, check those dates. When Windows detects a Registry corruption at
boot, it will look for one of those backups to replace it with. If there
only is a very old one in there, it would explain a loss of recent
changes to settings at reboot.
Also check that "ScanRegistry" is checked in..
"START button, Run, MSConfig, Startup tab"
.... It should read...
ScanRegistry c:\windows\scanregw.exe /autorun
Perhaps look inside "C:\Windows\Scanreg.ini". Here is how a normal one
should look...
......Scanreg.ini..........
;
; Scanreg.ini for making system backups.
;
;Registry backup is skipped altogether if this is set to 0
Backup=1
;Registry automatic optimization is skipped if this is set to 0
Optimize=1
ScanregVersion=0.0001
MaxBackupCopies=5
;Backup directory where the cabs are stored is
; <windir>\sysbckup by default. Value below overrides it.
; It must be a full path. ex. c:\tmp\backup
;
BackupDirectory=
; Additional system files to backup into cab as follows:
; Filenames are separated by ','
; dir code can be:
; 10 : windir (ex. c:\windows)
; 11 : system dir (ex. c:\windows\system)
; 30 : boot dir (ex. c:\)
; 31 : boot host dir (ex. c:\)
;
;Files=[dir code,]file1,file2,file3
;Files=[dir code,]file1,file2,file3
......End......................
| "PCR" wrote:
|
|> KAWENA wrote:
|> | I wish to change the owner name on my WIN98. From control
|> | panel/system/general tab there is the name of the system owner.
|> | How may I change this to another name?
|>
|> My name is in this Registry key...
|> HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion
|> RegisteredOwner "My real name"
|>
|> Oops, it is actually in FIVE Registry keys. That one, two for WinZip,
|> one for Motive (what is that?), & finally one for Microsoft Works.
|>
|> To see yours...
|> (a) "START button, Run, Regedit".
|> "My Computer" should be highlighted in the left pane.
|> (b) Using the Edit menu, Find your name.
|> (c) If you so desire, R-Clk it in the right pane, & select "Modify".
|> (d) Proceed again from (b), until RegEdit says there are no more.
|>
|> CAREFUL in the Registry, though. DON'T willy-nilly change anything
|> you see! Also, RegEdit's Find is SLOW-- be patient, or take...
|>
http://www.pcmag.com/ 's Registry Detective, which incredibly will
|> find all matches to any search in 10 seconds & put them all to the
|> screen for examination. Take RegEdit+ as well!
|>
|> Also, my name can be found in...
|> C:\WINDOWS\helpdesk\winrep\userinfo.txt
|>
|> To find more...
|> (a) "START button, Find, Files or Folders"
|> (b) Enter your name in the "Containing text" field"
|>
|>
|> But don't nobody come a lookin' fer me, specially no revenuers!
|> They'll all be shot!
|>
|>
|> --
|> Thanks or Good Luck,
|> There may be humor in this post, and,
|> Naturally, you will not sue,
|> Should things get worse after this,
|> PCR
|>
pcrrcp@netzero.net
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Thanks or Good Luck,
There may be humor in this post, and,
Naturally, you will not sue,
Should things get worse after this,
PCR
pcrrcp@netzero.net
