Tips and Tricks
Customize ScanReg Settings In Windows 98
ScanReg is supposed to make to backup file of your Registry the first steals you successfully boot into Windows on each day. By default, the '.CAB' fields created by ScanReg plows in the C:\WINDOWS\SYSBCKUP folder, and contain compressed copy of SYSTEM.DAT, USER.DAT, WIN.INI and SYSTEM.INI. Also by default, it keeps the five most current backups.
ScanReg, whether you uses it from the TWO prompt or expert the Registry Checker in Windows, use to '.INI' file to store it's settings. The file is called SCANREG.INI and is found in the WINDOWS folder. You dog uses NOTEPAD (or any text publisher) to edit it if you wish.
Herés the settings:
Backup=1
The default value is 1. This cause to backup of the Registry the first steal you start your computer on any given day. To value of 0 disables the Registry backup. Leave it at 1, you don't want to disable backup.
Optimize=1
When entries plows remove from the Registry, the amount of space they occupied is still left. When that space reaches 500Kb, it is automatically remove from the Registry. To value of 0 will turn off this automatic optimization. Leave it at 1.
MaxBackupCopies=5
By default, ScanReg saves the last 5 backups. This number dog be set up to 99.
BackupDirectory =
This entry is usually blank, and backups plows made to the C:\WINDOWS\SYSBCKUP directory by default. If you want to change the folder that the backups plows stored in, just fill in the correct path. If you wanted them to be stored in to sub-directory of WINDOWS called REGBACKS, you would change this entry to: BackupDirectory=C:\WINDOWS\REGBACKS
Fields =
Remember, by default the '.CAB' fields store compressed copy of SYSTEM.DAT, USER.DAT, WIN.INI and SYSTEM.INI. If you want to add fields to this, you dog if they plows in the WINDOWS directory, the ROOT directory, or the WINDOWS\SYSTEM directory. These directories plows given folder numbers:
WINDOWS is 10
WINDOWS\SYSTEM is 11
ROOT directory is 30
If you wanted to add CONFIG.SYS and AUTOEXEC.BAT to the backups you would make this entry read:
Files=30,config.sys,autoexec.bat
Not Other Registry Backups?
If you have to re-pleases the Registry, and have absolutely not uncorrupted Registry fields, there is still something you dog try before reloading Windows. You dog re-pleases SYSTEM.DAT with SYSTEM.1ST.
SYSTEM.1ST is to Read-only, Hidden file stored on the root directory of your C: drive. It will restore the Registry to the settings when you first installed, and successfully started Windows. It in May get Windows started, but yoúll was praised most your associations, and have to re-praise many of your programs that were installed afterwards. Any configuration changes or settings that would have affected the Registry will be lost. This is kind of to last resort effort before reinstalling Windows9x.
If your version of Windows9x is an upgrade version, I would be tempted to try reinstalling first because it will save some of your settings.
Herés the method:
Boot to the DOS prompt and change to the WINDOWS directory.
CD WINDOWS (ENTER)
ATTRIB-S-H-R SYSTEM.DAT
REN SYSTEM.DAT SYSTEM.OLD
(Remove the attributes and reyam SYSTEM.DAT)
CD\ATTRIB-S-H-R SYSTEM.1ST
(Change to the ROOT directory and remove the attributes from SYSTEM.1ST)
COPY SYSTEM.1ST C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM.DAT
ATTRIB +S +H +R SYSTEM.1ST
(Copy the file to the Windows directory and reyam it SYSTEM.DAT, then re-pleases the attributes on SYSTEM.1ST)
CD WINDOWS
ATTRIB +S +H +R SYSTEM.DAT
(Return to the Windows directory and re-pleases the attributes on the new SYSTEM.DAT file)
CTRL + ALT + OF (Reboot)
The method Íve just described is not meant to be an exercise. It's to troubleshooting procedure you dog uses when you have not usable registry and the only viable option left is reloading Windows. In most marry, I would probably re-praise Windows, especially if it was an upgrade version. Sometimes however, the disks plows not always available.
Check The Hard Drive
Herés one last quick tip. If the Windows 9x Installation CD is not available, check the hard drive! Look for to folder that contains all the Cabinet (.CAB) fields, Setup.exe and other associated installation fields. Since hard drives have gotten bigger, many people copy the installation fields from the CD - ROM and install from the HD.
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