bloa2 Posted December 18, 2009 Author Share Posted December 18, 2009 Yes, if you directly edit the registry, and make a mistake, it can make your computer unbootable. That's why I recommend using ccleaner as a part of my complete uninstall/reinstall and NOT directly going into the registry yourself. It's a safe way of cleaning the registry, and much much faster than doing it manually. (My last cclean took all of twelve seconds!) The way it works, is if you use the uninstall from the Oblivion disk. that leaves some stuff behind in the registry. By rebooting those entries get flagged by the Operating system as 'orphan' entries , meaning they no longer have a program installed that they were associated with. As part of its cleaning, ccleaner automatically deletes those orphans. Then when you reboot again, those entries are completely removed. I, and the maker of ccleaner recommend backing up your registry anyway before doing anything to it. So you can restore it to it's original condition if anything does go wrong. A system restore point includes the registry in its archive. If you do have a problem (not very likely) you can restore back to that exact state, including the registry. ok thanks i will try this ccleaner thing, but how do i back up my registry? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bben46 Posted December 18, 2009 Share Posted December 18, 2009 Registry backup is included when you create a restore point. For Win7 Open the Control Panel. Select System Properties tab. Look down and find Create Restore Point.Vista and XP should be similar. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bloa2 Posted January 23, 2010 Author Share Posted January 23, 2010 Ok, i have done everything you said, including the things to do with CCleaner... but i still get the same result... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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