%windir%\system32\CONFIG\SOFTWARE file failures

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Bob Hardy

It appears as though there is at least one "SOFTWARE"
file failure reported in this news group each week. I
just had a failure one one of my computers. As happens
to others, I have not completed a backup of the registry
files.

It seems some type of automatic backup process would help
reduce the impact of this type of failure. Fot example,
if the software installer would backup SYSTEM, SOFTWARE,
etc. files at the completion of an install, and place the
backed up files in a folder marked with a date. Users
would have something to work with. While hard drive
space is not currently a problem, it would still be wise
to limit the backups to the last 10 installs.

Having to rebuild the system and deal with updates is not
a very desirable experience.

Is Microsoft doing anything to reduce the impact of this
type of failure?
 
Windows XP has restore point capability. There are a number of tools you
could use to accomplish this. If you need it to be automatic, then you might
want to schedule it to happen.
 
I tried your solution, because I had the same problem with my computer.
Unfortunately it didn't work. The only solution seems to be to reinstall
windows. However when I do that, after a couple of days the same error
occurs.

Do you have any idea on what to do now?

Jeroen Logtenberg
 
Solution to the problem I replied from to you

Regards,
Jeroen Logtenberg

Dave Patrick said:
Solution to what?

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Dave Patrick ....Please no email replies - reply in newsgroup.
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Jeroen Logtenberg said:
I tried your solution, because I had the same problem with my computer.
Unfortunately it didn't work. The only solution seems to be to reinstall
windows. However when I do that, after a couple of days the same error
occurs.

Do you have any idea on what to do now?

Jeroen Logtenberg
 
Jeroen Logtenberg wrote in
Solution to the problem I replied from to you

Regards,
Jeroen Logtenberg

Suggest stongly you post a new thread and include both your problem and
any attempted "solutions".
 
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