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Hi there.
I seem to have an annoying problem where every once in a while (anywhere
from several months to a few weeks apart), where the registry seems to get
corrupted.
In all situations that I can recall, the system is working fine, I shut down
without problems (it doesn't take long or hang or anything like that).
Then the next time I start up, I get some sort of registry related error,
for example:
I get the user profile is corrupt error, or a stop error of some sort
complaining about the registry hive, or today for example, one about it not
being able to access the boot device (or something along those lines).
Now because I see no sign of a problem while Windows is running, I suspect
that it gets corrupted during shutdown.
My question is, how late during shutdown does the registry get written?
For example, should I be worried that I still see the HDD light blinking
just a fraction of a second before it powers down?
Is there a way to prevent it from powering down, and instead show the "it's
now safe to shut down" screen.
Or even better, is there some shutdown delay setting that will tell it to
wait, say 10 seconds before powering down?
Anyway, I have ran all sorts of hardware checks I can think of, Memory, HDD,
etc... and I've never found a problem (anyone have recommendations regarding
hardware testing tools?).
I think I have pretty decent quality hardware (if I say so myself), all name
brand stuff:
Motherboard: Intel D845BGSE
CPU: Intel P4 1.8Ghz Northwood (512kb Cache Sock478)
Memory: 2x 512MB Samsung PC2100 DDR - 266Mhz (total of 1GB)
Graphics card: PNY Verto NVidia Geforce 4 Ti4400
Network card: 3Com 3c905B-TX
Sound card: Creative Labs Audigy Gamer
DVD-Rom: Lite-On LTD-163D
DVD-RW: Pioner DVR-A04
HDD: IBM / Hitachi 40GB 7200rpm p/n: IC35L040AVVA07-0 (
http://www.hitachigst.com/hdd/desk/ds120gxp.htm )
Keyboard and Mouse: Logitech Freedom Optical (not connected to USB)
USB device: Logitech Wingman Formula Force (the original model)
As for software:
Win2K SP4, usually have all the updates from Windows Update loaded (except
for WMP9).
I'm usually pretty good keeping the bad stuff off of my computer using
things like Norton Antivirus 2003, AdAware and SpyBot Search & Destroy.
Of course I have a whole bunch of other stuff installed.
Anyway, any input is appreciated,
Thanks!
I seem to have an annoying problem where every once in a while (anywhere
from several months to a few weeks apart), where the registry seems to get
corrupted.
In all situations that I can recall, the system is working fine, I shut down
without problems (it doesn't take long or hang or anything like that).
Then the next time I start up, I get some sort of registry related error,
for example:
I get the user profile is corrupt error, or a stop error of some sort
complaining about the registry hive, or today for example, one about it not
being able to access the boot device (or something along those lines).
Now because I see no sign of a problem while Windows is running, I suspect
that it gets corrupted during shutdown.
My question is, how late during shutdown does the registry get written?
For example, should I be worried that I still see the HDD light blinking
just a fraction of a second before it powers down?
Is there a way to prevent it from powering down, and instead show the "it's
now safe to shut down" screen.
Or even better, is there some shutdown delay setting that will tell it to
wait, say 10 seconds before powering down?
Anyway, I have ran all sorts of hardware checks I can think of, Memory, HDD,
etc... and I've never found a problem (anyone have recommendations regarding
hardware testing tools?).
I think I have pretty decent quality hardware (if I say so myself), all name
brand stuff:
Motherboard: Intel D845BGSE
CPU: Intel P4 1.8Ghz Northwood (512kb Cache Sock478)
Memory: 2x 512MB Samsung PC2100 DDR - 266Mhz (total of 1GB)
Graphics card: PNY Verto NVidia Geforce 4 Ti4400
Network card: 3Com 3c905B-TX
Sound card: Creative Labs Audigy Gamer
DVD-Rom: Lite-On LTD-163D
DVD-RW: Pioner DVR-A04
HDD: IBM / Hitachi 40GB 7200rpm p/n: IC35L040AVVA07-0 (
http://www.hitachigst.com/hdd/desk/ds120gxp.htm )
Keyboard and Mouse: Logitech Freedom Optical (not connected to USB)
USB device: Logitech Wingman Formula Force (the original model)
As for software:
Win2K SP4, usually have all the updates from Windows Update loaded (except
for WMP9).
I'm usually pretty good keeping the bad stuff off of my computer using
things like Norton Antivirus 2003, AdAware and SpyBot Search & Destroy.
Of course I have a whole bunch of other stuff installed.
Anyway, any input is appreciated,
Thanks!