using ubuntu to fix windows

[Gareth Howells]

Hi Don,

I'm not aware of any utilities to do what you want. The trouble with your plan is that over the years, the Windows registry has grown and grown and unless you know exactly which entry is causing the problem, chances are that you will not be able to fix this problem merely with a registry edit. Speaking from a Windows sysadmin's perspective, whenever a Windows box fails, the best option is always a wipe and reinstall.

Gareth

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  ----- Original Message ----- 
  From: Don Raikes 
  To: Ubuntu user technical support,not for general discussions 
  Sent: Thursday, January 24, 2008 5:03 AM
  Subject: using ubuntu to fix windows


  Hi everyone,

  I have a dual-boot system vista and gutsy.
  All was working fine until today.

  Now when I try to open vista, it goes into an endless loop of starting to load ... bsod ... reboot.

  When I select vista the second time, I am given the option to enter last good known configuration and safe mode. I have tried both of these and the same thing happens.

  So... now for my question.
  Are there any utilities I can use from within gutsy to edit/clean my vista registry?
  I know ther are tools for doing things like resetting passwords, so I suspect the tools are available somewhere, but in all my googling I haven't found them.

  Any help would be greatly appreciated.
  My vista re-install cd is 1,500 miles away, and would prefer not to have it shipped if possible.


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