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restoring registry
Name: noterom Date: April 22, 2005 at 02:07:28 Pacific OS: win98s.e CPU/Ram: 256
Comment:
hi, how do you increase the number of scanreg/restore dates from 4 to say 8 i am sure i read how to somewhere but cannot remember. noterom.u.k.
Name: mesich Date: April 22, 2005 at 04:04:20 Pacific
Reply:
Hi noterom, hello everyone,
Click on Start and Find then select Files or Folders.
Type scanreg.ini in the Named: box.
Ensure C: is select in the Look in: box.
Click on Find Now.
Double click on the scanreg.ini file and it will open in Notepad.
You will see a line MaxBackupFiles=5
Change the 5 to the number of backups you would like to store and save the changes.
Best Regards, Mesich
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Response Number 2
Name: noterom Date: April 22, 2005 at 10:12:18 Pacific
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hi mesich, thank you for your reply,i will give that a try this weekend,i am new to computers and a bit ancient but love to try things,but it is remembering what or how i did something.thanks again. noterom.u.k.
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Response Number 3
Name: mesich Date: April 22, 2005 at 10:53:07 Pacific
Reply:
Hi noterom, hello everyone,
You are very welcome. Let us know if you have any problems.
We were all new to computers at one time or another.
My memory definitly isn't what it used too be either. :-)
Best Regards, Mesich
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Response Number 4
Name: Dave357 Date: April 22, 2005 at 18:08:12 Pacific
Reply:
>My memory definitly isn't what it used too be either. :-)
I can't remember if mine used to be better or not. :-)
Dave
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Response Number 5
Name: JPW Date: April 23, 2005 at 10:18:53 Pacific
Reply:
Go to the URL below and read up on how to create and use more than the default 5 registry backups windows creates.
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