It is most likely going to take a reinstall of WIndows to fix. The registry is corrupt.
Have you tried starting in Safe Mode (F8 before Windows loads, choose Safe Mode)? If you can get into Safe Mode, remove any drivers for the new device and then try rebooting.
Sometimes, you can repair things that way - if it doesn't work, you're likely going to be faced with a format/reinstall of Windows.
a friend of mine has a similar problem but safe mode wont help him should i have him reinstall windows this is what his comp says stop:c0000218(registry file failure) the registry cannot load the hive(file):\systemroot\system32\cofig\software or its log or alternate or not writable.
this one is for myself my bios are two years old should i up date it
If your computer is running good and you have no expected hardware upgrades that would need a newer BIOS than there is really no reason to do a BIOS upgrade. The upgrades will be there when the time comes.
ejn63
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April 18th, 2004 18:00
It is most likely going to take a reinstall of WIndows to fix. The registry is corrupt.
Have you tried starting in Safe Mode (F8 before Windows loads, choose Safe Mode)? If you can get into Safe Mode, remove any drivers for the new device and then try rebooting.
Sometimes, you can repair things that way - if it doesn't work, you're likely going to be faced with a format/reinstall of Windows.
velvet revolver
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April 18th, 2004 19:00
you can also try unplugging the USB device, then go to BIOS and set your USB ports to no boot. then start up the computer.
good luck!!!
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thecuboid
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April 19th, 2004 17:00
Thanks.
Yeah I think its gonna need to be reinstalled. Great!.
Thanks for the help all the same
dawn2k
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April 20th, 2004 01:00
a friend of mine has a similar problem but safe mode wont help him should i have him reinstall windows this is what his comp says stop:c0000218(registry file failure) the registry cannot load the hive(file):\systemroot\system32\cofig\software or its log or alternate or not writable.
this one is for myself my bios are two years old should i up date it
Majestic
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April 20th, 2004 11:00
Dawn2k
If your computer is running good and you have no expected hardware upgrades that would need a newer BIOS than there is really no reason to do a BIOS upgrade. The upgrades will be there when the time comes.