Deleted Registry Key

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I'd like to know if deleting for example the any of the default "devices"
registry keys, producing the result of unknown objects in DeviceManager, is
there any way to right the system back manually.
 
hostile said:
I'd like to know if deleting for example the any of the default "devices"
registry keys, producing the result of unknown objects in DeviceManager, is
there any way to right the system back manually.
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If you didn't make a backup of the keys then the only option
is a system restore to an earlier time.
 
Sad that a novice like me can get on a system and ruin it without any
recourse whatsoever.

These are registry keys pertaining to hardware, surely there is a way or is
the system completely stupid.
 
hostile said:
Sad that a novice like me can get on a system and ruin it without any
recourse whatsoever.

These are registry keys pertaining to hardware, surely there is a way or is
the system completely stupid.
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Yes, there is a way as I said - system restore.
 
Dave-UK said:
Yes, there is a way as I said - system restore.
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but that will bring back everything I strove to get rid of eg bad programs
etc, surely there is another way eg "system state"
 
hostile said:
but that will bring back everything I strove to get rid of eg bad programs
etc, surely there is another way eg "system state"
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You say that you are a novice - yet you find Regedit, something
a novice would have no idea about. Regedit is not on any start
menu so you must have managed to find it and run it.
Then on a standard install you would have got the User Account Control
dimming the Desktop and asking you if you wanted to run Regedit.exe and
possibly make system changes.
You must have agreed and clicked OK.
Then for some unknown reason you delete some registry keys without
backing them up and now you complain that Vista should have stopped
you doing something stupid.

It isn't Vista that's stupid, it's you.

I don't know what you mean by "system state".

Type "system state" into Help and Support search and read about system restore.

End of thread for me, good luck.
 
Dave-UK said:
You say that you are a novice - yet you find Regedit, something
a novice would have no idea about. Regedit is not on any start
menu so you must have managed to find it and run it.
Then on a standard install you would have got the User Account Control
dimming the Desktop and asking you if you wanted to run Regedit.exe and
possibly make system changes.
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I never said UAD was active.
You must have agreed and clicked OK.
Then for some unknown reason you delete some registry keys without
backing them up and now you complain that Vista should have stopped
you doing something stupid.
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I asked for a way to only bring back elements of the registry, not the whole
system
It isn't Vista that's stupid, it's you.

I don't know what you mean by "system state".
Type "system state" into Help and Support search and read about system
restore.

End of thread for me, good luck.
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Ok, I can understand the use of a broad tool such as system restore would be
suitable for novice users, but as an IT professional I think it stinks.
 
hostile said:
I never said UAD was active.


I asked for a way to only bring back elements of the registry, not the
whole system
Ok, I can understand the use of a broad tool such as system restore would
be suitable for novice users, but as an IT professional I think it stinks.
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An IT professional wouldn't fool around in the Registry without knowing what
he/she was doing.

Amazing how you went from a novice to an IT professional in 6 hours. Online
idiot course?
 
hostile said:
I never said UAD was active.
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You have to turn it off. Did YOU do that?
I asked for a way to only bring back elements of the registry, not the
whole system
Ok, I can understand the use of a broad tool such as system restore
would be suitable for novice users, but as an IT professional I think it
stinks.
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A couple posts ago you said you were a novice. You get educated
quickly, don't you.
 
Michael said:
An IT professional wouldn't fool around in the Registry without knowing
what he/she was doing.

Amazing how you went from a novice to an IT professional in 6 hours.
Online idiot course?
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Perhaps this group is really THAT good ;-)
 
Marco Licetti said:
He said he was a novice in certain subjects, like we're all novices in
harakiri or the Art of Sword (unless you're actually practicing
self-defense).

Why are you so hostile towards hostile?
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Who are you talking to, moron?
 
Agree, it's one of the mysteries of Windows - makingold regisitry copies
automaticlaly, whenever you start Regedit, should be more
obvious/accessible in case you didn't make a copy by yourself.
The copy of your old Registry does exist, and indeed Windows since
Win2000/XP makes them plenty, only thing I forgot how to retrieve them...
One time I remember running Vista DVD in Recovery mode and it gave me an
option "restore last known good Registry" or something to the effect of
bringing Registry from yesterday. & days before.

I never need recovery so I don't know any more, I just played with it one
day... but there's a way to bring back previous copy of registry before oyu
changed it.
 
He said he was a novice in certain subjects, like we're all novices in
harakiri or the Art of Sword (unless you're actually practicing
self-defense).

Why are you so hostile towards hostile?
 
hostile said:
Sad that a novice like me can get on a system and ruin it without any
recourse whatsoever.

These are registry keys pertaining to hardware, surely there is a way or
is the system completely stupid.
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What did you learn from this?

1) Don't mess with the Registry unless you have to.

2) If you're messing around in the Registry, make a backup before you make
any changes.

3) If there's an Unknown device in Device Manager, find a driver for it.
Not edit the Registry.


Learn to provide specifics of your problem. "default 'devices'" in the
registry is just too vague.

Where in the registry?

Example: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\HARDWARE\DEVICEMAP\Scsi\Scsi Port 3


Solution based on the information you provided. Reinstall Windows.
 
Marco Licetti said:
Agree, it's one of the mysteries of Windows - makingold regisitry copies
automaticlaly, whenever you start Regedit, should be more
obvious/accessible in case you didn't make a copy by yourself.
The copy of your old Registry does exist, and indeed Windows since
Win2000/XP makes them plenty, only thing I forgot how to retrieve them...
One time I remember running Vista DVD in Recovery mode and it gave me an
option "restore last known good Registry" or something to the effect of
bringing Registry from yesterday. & days before.

I never need recovery so I don't know any more, I just played with it one
day... but there's a way to bring back previous copy of registry before
oyu changed it.
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Hi,

Thanks for the reply.

That's kind of the point I was making, it's not that my system isn't working
it's that classes for devices certain devices no longer exist.

All I was saying was regardless of certain advances Windows has made over
the years, this is one area which it is most definately lacking.
 
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