Registry Error at start of Windows 2000 - Help

[SiliconVandal]

After I login to Win 2k I get a choice that last's thirty seconds about trying to restore a user and an old copy of the registry. It's got a timer that last's 30 seconds. Besides not being able to play again games but Counter Strike/Q3/UT/Driver, this is the only problem I have and is very irritating. Is there anyway to get rid of this? It would be greatly appreciated.

SV

 

[SiliconVandal]

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[Wiz]

Hi, I had that happen just last week. Here is what I did to fix it (I hope I remember all the steps, please forgive me if I can't quite cover everything as I am having a worse problem with it right now)
After the thirty seconds and I was all logged on with my temp profile what I did is this:
Go to explore your C drive, Documents and Settings, you should have a directory with a .bak or .bck after it showing that this is the backed up profile. Rename it without any of the .bak (just remove the .bak or .bck from the name) do a restart of the system and see if it logs on normally. Mine did, I considered myself lucky. I had to reset a few things, but no big deal.
Good luck

 

[SiliconVandal]

Thanks a lot, I will see if that works when I get home (school right now, ugh ).

 

[SiliconVandal]

Wiz- I don't have a backup with a .bak, the folders in that directory are (Documents and Settings): All Users, All Users.WINDOWS, Evan Walker. Is it the All Users.WINDOWS?

Thanks

SV

 

[SiliconVandal]

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still need some help getting the above to get fixed

SV

 

[rbV5]

Are there any clues in event viewer? You are logging in as the Administrator. Can you delete the rogue profile from control panel>users profiles? Are you saying that now, you're having problems playing some games? New installation of win2k?