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win95 scanreg/restore
Name: dj Date: November 26, 2002 at 04:57:19 Pacific OS: 95 CPU/Ram: p
Comment:
I was asked to look at a laptop that forces bootup in safe mode. They don't know why and once I get to safe mode I'm not sure what to look for or why it's forcing to boot in safe mode. Does windows 95 have the scanreg/restore feature? Would that be the best first step? I ran scandisk and it went smooth
Name: 666 Date: November 26, 2002 at 05:57:45 Pacific
Reply:
yes it does
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Response Number 2
Name: Dave357 Date: November 26, 2002 at 16:57:34 Pacific
Reply:
dj, Scanreg is not an integral part of Win95. The Win98 Version WILL work with Win95, though.
From the ZDNET Win95 Forum:
scanreg.exe -- goes in Command folder scanreg.ini -- goes in Windows folder scanregw.exe -- goes in Windows folder scanreg.reg -- create the following file and merge it into your registry:
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