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djbeard83
When I turned on my computer this morning it took a long time to boot, and
once it did, everything in Windows was at the default setting (desktop, start
menu, favorites, Outlook configuration, etc.). Looking at the event viewer
for when I booted up I see the following message:
Windows was unable to load the registry. This is often caused by
insufficient memory or insufficient security rights.
DETAIL - The process cannot access the file because it is being used by
another process. for C:\Documents and Settings\Owner\ntuser.dat
I'm confused about how to fix this - online it mentioned something about
logging in in safe mode and creating a new user account. Is there any way
for me to recover my old settings or do I have to start over again? I do
have another login on this computer and it's not having the same problem; the
one with the problem is my defaut (admin) login. I've been getting low disk
space and low virtual memory errors for a while. If I free up disk space
will it solve the problem?
once it did, everything in Windows was at the default setting (desktop, start
menu, favorites, Outlook configuration, etc.). Looking at the event viewer
for when I booted up I see the following message:
Windows was unable to load the registry. This is often caused by
insufficient memory or insufficient security rights.
DETAIL - The process cannot access the file because it is being used by
another process. for C:\Documents and Settings\Owner\ntuser.dat
I'm confused about how to fix this - online it mentioned something about
logging in in safe mode and creating a new user account. Is there any way
for me to recover my old settings or do I have to start over again? I do
have another login on this computer and it's not having the same problem; the
one with the problem is my defaut (admin) login. I've been getting low disk
space and low virtual memory errors for a while. If I free up disk space
will it solve the problem?