Peppies-Site Forums

Would you like to react to this message? Create an account in a few clicks or log in to continue.
Peppies-Site Forums

Fun Games and General Chat.

:dj: when radio is on air you can tune in by clicking on the Peppies-Jukebox link on the top of the page (members only) and by leaving it open you can browse the site content and join in with stuff all at the same time or if you join us you can join us in the irc channel to see whats being played, make requests and join in with us there too. :dj: ADVERTS DISAPPEAR ON JOINING OUR SITE ITS FREE TO SIGN UP AND REGISTER SO DO YOURSELF A FAVOUR AND JOIN US RIGHT NOW!! HELP US TO BUILD A NICE LITTLE COMMUNITY WHERE FUN NEVER STOPS............

    How to Restore Previous Versions of the registry in windows 7

    Peppies™
    Peppies™
    Site Owner
    Site Owner


    Posts : 442
    Join date : 2010-06-23
    Age : 62
    Location : Newcastle Upon Tyne

    How to Restore Previous Versions of the registry in windows 7  Empty How to Restore Previous Versions of the registry in windows 7

    Post  Peppies™ 14th March 2011, 10:47

    This article will show you how you can restore a previous version of your registry in windows 7. However, this comes with a WARNING, yes WARNING, please do this on your own terms.

    1. Disable UAC in windows and reboot the pc, becoz unless you donot disable UAC, there isint much that you can do. Once the pc has restarted, open windows explorer and head to:

    C:WindowsSystem32Config

    2. Right-click anywhere in the white space area of the folder, choose Properties from the menu, and then click the Previous Versions tab. Once you’re there, double-click the appropriate folder (Hint: Look at the Date modified field to decide which version of the files you want to restore.)
    step 1 example

    3. Select the registry hive files you need, and copy them to a folder of your choice.
    step 3

    4. Click OK when you see the Windows Security prompt.
    step 4

    5. You now have a folder showing you the backup register keys
    step 5

    6. At this point you can load the entire registry hive into the registry, which will make it a sub-key of one of the main sections, and allow you to access settings from the older version. Open up the Registry Editor using regedit.exe in the Start Menu search or run boxes, click on HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE or HKEY_USERS, and then use File –> Load Hive.

    step 6

    7. You will now be prompted to name the hive, you can name it anything that you wish.

    8. You can now see the new keys with the contents from last week backup. So, for instance, if one of the settings or license keys for an application was lost, we can find it by browsing through the keys for that application. You’ll have to manually make the changes if you’re doing just a few keys.

    If you are trying to use this method to restore large chunks of the registry, you can export a key, modify the exported file to have the correct key path instead of Test, and then import it again. It’s a bit of a pain, but might be helpful if you need to.

    Once you’re done, you should make absolutely certain to delete this entire key, or else it’s going to add a lot of extra bloat to your registry that you really don’t need.

    Again, you should be very careful when editing the registry, but at least you know a lot more than you did before.

    P.S, Please note that i have not made this article on my own, this is the works of editing it from another source. I hope it helps..

      Current date/time is 8th May 2024, 19:20