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My system is a Dell Inspiron 518 desktop running Windows Vista Home Premium, 64 bit. The Roxio Creator DE 10.2 was preinstalled by Dell. I decided to uninstall this unused program, following carefully the instructions on the Roxio website, which includes editing registry keys and deleting hidden files.

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I was left with startup glitches: two previously used programs 'configuring' at every startup, my Dell Dock missing language files, my McAfee Security Center giving a 'system is at risk' popup which immediately becomes 'system is protected' when I click on 'technical assistance'. I have searched this site's forums, and find that use of Revo Uninstaller is often recommended. However, my question is this: is there any reason that I could not simply use the Roxio Creator 10.2 DE installation disk that came with the system to put it back on the hard drive? Or would the fact that my uninstall was not 'clean' cause even more problems? Many thanks for any help you can give!

Mark, I just went through my notes from the original uninstall procedure from Roxio. I had forgotten that I had created a export of my registry at Roxio's suggestion just before I edited the registry (which was after I ran an uninstall wizard and deleted several C drive files at Roxio's direction). Would restoring the registry with that export be something to try before I attempt a reinstall of Roxio (I would create another export of the current registry as a precaution)? Or could that potentially cause more troubles, with more 'pieces of Roxio' rambling around my registry? Your opinion greatly appreciated!

So I can only suggest you prepare yourself for more searching for guidance. I would be very cautious about this. Dich Teure Halle Wagner Pdf Files. In fact, frankly, the registry scares the life out of me. It is only a database and as such is a record of data and values, but I know from my own, generally bad, experiences that messing with the registry can cause serious problems. At worse it can kill an operating system stone dead. Other than System Restore which is just a glorified registry backup, I have never had to restore a whole registry, and I am not even sure it is possible. Some things Windows will try and prevent.

For example, you cannot reformat the hard disk that has Windows installed, from within Windows itself; Windows will not let itself be deleted like that. I have to wonder if replacing the current registry with the backup copy is going to be similar. Individual keys and values can be inserted, or restored. But the whole registry? Can you recall what Roxio said? Did it say it was backing up the whole registry or just parts of it?

Did it say how to restore the registry? This is Vista, but guidance at The Elder Geek's web site below may give you an insight into the problems, even though that is for XP. If you go ahead with this, prepare for the worse and have a plan ready. Know how you are going to reinstall Vista if necessary. And before you do anything, backup your personal files. Losing those may be hard. Mark, I appreciate the warnings.

I'm just as unsure as you, and now have a ticket in with Microsoft with questions about restoring the registry, as I still have support for my version of Vista. (The registry export function does allow for an export in it's entirety, which I did, so I THINK I can restore in the same way, but am not ASSUMING that it is so, hence my questions to Microsoft.) Anyway, I hear you about not messing with the registry - that's how I got to this point in the first place, and I will never touch it again after resolving this! I'm also trying to avoid trying to reinstall Vista - I opened the sealed package that the CD was in, and see what look like damaged spots on the back.