the joys of repairing a corrupted registry
*sigh* working on a computer for someone right now, 677 spyware entries detected, no wonder it wouldn't boot. Kept saying this was missing or corrupted:
\WINDOWS\SYSTEM32\CONFIG\SYSTEM
The solution is here. Not the most fun in the world....but I figured I'll clean the drive before I restore the backup registry. Hell at this point I would reformat if it was mine personally.
Anyways, while it's scanning, here are some links:
- Annoying neighbors? Read some other people stories.
- Really cool animation of the Mars Rover's life so far.
- Portable rotary cellular phone. Which reminds me I have a rotary phone in my basement I keep meaning to wire up.
- The state of GA want's the speeding fines the city collects. The cities of course aren't happy and might not want to patrol so much if it passes. Of course none of this is about the money, it's all about safety....*cough*bullshit*cough*.
- Somebody took apart their new iPod shuffle.
- Welcome to Pen Island, or as everyone else notices, www.penisland.com
- Is your luggage safe at the airport? NO! Of course it's not safe, why do you think the overhead carryon fills up so fast lately. If you can't carry it on your body then consider it stolen.
- Annoying neighbors? Read some other people stories.
- Really cool animation of the Mars Rover's life so far.
- Portable rotary cellular phone. Which reminds me I have a rotary phone in my basement I keep meaning to wire up.
- The state of GA want's the speeding fines the city collects. The cities of course aren't happy and might not want to patrol so much if it passes. Of course none of this is about the money, it's all about safety....*cough*bullshit*cough*.
- Somebody took apart their new iPod shuffle.
- Welcome to Pen Island, or as everyone else notices, www.penisland.com
- Is your luggage safe at the airport? NO! Of course it's not safe, why do you think the overhead carryon fills up so fast lately. If you can't carry it on your body then consider it stolen.
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I see nothing wrong with comprimising and saying both :)
Posted by: Dennis Judd | May 18, 2006 11:49 AM
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Makes you want to consider going to Mac .......
Wait...no, nothing is worth that. You're just trading for new and different kinds of problems.
Posted by: Anonymous | May 18, 2006 11:49 AM
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HAHA! I hate computers. I must say I have less patience than you. I would have told them to blow away the system and reinstall OS once the system wouldn't boot! Reformat first...ask questions later...(ohhh you don't backup your files, uh oh)
Posted by: Retroactivism | May 18, 2006 11:49 AM
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Do you have a 1st, 2nd or 3rd generation one?
Here's the directions for 1st and 2nd:
http://eshop.macsales.com/Tech/manuals/newertech/batteries/ipodbattery72.pdf
Posted by: Dennis Judd | May 18, 2006 11:49 AM
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The Mars Rover clip is AWESOME!!!! Where is the link for the iPOD battery removal....please.
Posted by: Tim | May 18, 2006 11:49 AM
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Well...for what it's worth I ended up reformating it. No amount of cleaning could get that computer acting right. :)
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Posted by: Dennis Judd | May 18, 2006 11:49 AM
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HA!!! 677 is clean compared to the crap I've gotta put up with.....I hate computers...or maybe its people...I can't decide
Posted by: Anonymous | May 18, 2006 11:49 AM