I'd like to know if deleting for example the any of the default "devices"
registry keys, producing the result of unknown objects in DeviceManager, is
there any way to right the system back manually.

"hostile" <scant_regard@live.com.au> wrote in message news:433C9798-EB25-4246-85E4-F72B1AA07E14@microsoft.com...[color=blue]
> I'd like to know if deleting for example the any of the default "devices"
> registry keys, producing the result of unknown objects in DeviceManager, is
> there any way to right the system back manually.
>[/color]

If you didn't make a backup of the keys then the only option
is a system restore to an earlier time.

Sad that a novice like me can get on a system and ruin it without any
recourse whatsoever.

These are registry keys pertaining to hardware, surely there is a way or is
the system completely stupid.

"Dave-UK" <Here@home> wrote in message
news:uw0uK8YRKHA.764@TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl...[color=blue]
>
> "hostile" <scant_regard@live.com.au> wrote in message
> news:433C9798-EB25-4246-85E4-F72B1AA07E14@microsoft.com...[color=green]
>> I'd like to know if deleting for example the any of the default "devices"
>> registry keys, producing the result of unknown objects in DeviceManager,
>> is there any way to right the system back manually.[/color]
>
> If you didn't make a backup of the keys then the only option
> is a system restore to an earlier time.
>
>
>
>[/color]

"hostile" <scant_regard@live.com.au> wrote in message news:1A9BDDA5-8F3C-4D74-A256-ED685DBC6F2D@microsoft.com...[color=blue]
> Sad that a novice like me can get on a system and ruin it without any
> recourse whatsoever.
>
> These are registry keys pertaining to hardware, surely there is a way or is
> the system completely stupid.
>[/color]

Yes, there is a way as I said - system restore.

"Dave-UK" <Here@home> wrote in message
news:%23eePXqZRKHA.4028@TK2MSFTNGP05.phx.gbl...[color=blue]
>
> "hostile" <scant_regard@live.com.au> wrote in message
> news:1A9BDDA5-8F3C-4D74-A256-ED685DBC6F2D@microsoft.com...[color=green]
>> Sad that a novice like me can get on a system and ruin it without any
>> recourse whatsoever.
>>
>> These are registry keys pertaining to hardware, surely there is a way or
>> is the system completely stupid.
>>[/color]
>
> Yes, there is a way as I said - system restore.
>[/color]
but that will bring back everything I strove to get rid of eg bad programs
etc, surely there is another way eg "system state"[color=blue]
>[/color]

"hostile" <scant_regard@live.com.au> wrote in message news:F7E5AA9E-273A-41FE-8472-DCA82B1329D7@microsoft.com...[color=blue]
>
> "Dave-UK" <Here@home> wrote in message
> news:%23eePXqZRKHA.4028@TK2MSFTNGP05.phx.gbl...[color=green]
>>
>> "hostile" <scant_regard@live.com.au> wrote in message
>> news:1A9BDDA5-8F3C-4D74-A256-ED685DBC6F2D@microsoft.com...[color=darkred]
>>> Sad that a novice like me can get on a system and ruin it without any
>>> recourse whatsoever.
>>>
>>> These are registry keys pertaining to hardware, surely there is a way or
>>> is the system completely stupid.
>>>[/color]
>>
>> Yes, there is a way as I said - system restore.
>>[/color]
> but that will bring back everything I strove to get rid of eg bad programs
> etc, surely there is another way eg "system state"
>[/color]

You say that you are a novice - yet you find Regedit, something
a novice would have no idea about. Regedit is not on any start
menu so you must have managed to find it and run it.
Then on a standard install you would have got the User Account Control
dimming the Desktop and asking you if you wanted to run Regedit.exe and
possibly make system changes.
You must have agreed and clicked OK.
Then for some unknown reason you delete some registry keys without
backing them up and now you complain that Vista should have stopped
you doing something stupid.

It isn't Vista that's stupid, it's you.

I don't know what you mean by "system state".

Type "system state" into Help and Support search and read about system restore.

End of thread for me, good luck.

"Dave-UK" <Here@home> wrote in message
news:uV%23WNfaRKHA.504@TK2MSFTNGP06.phx.gbl...[color=blue]
>
> "hostile" <scant_regard@live.com.au> wrote in message
> news:F7E5AA9E-273A-41FE-8472-DCA82B1329D7@microsoft.com...[color=green]
>>
>> "Dave-UK" <Here@home> wrote in message
>> news:%23eePXqZRKHA.4028@TK2MSFTNGP05.phx.gbl...[color=darkred]
>>>
>>> "hostile" <scant_regard@live.com.au> wrote in message
>>> news:1A9BDDA5-8F3C-4D74-A256-ED685DBC6F2D@microsoft.com...
>>>> Sad that a novice like me can get on a system and ruin it without any
>>>> recourse whatsoever.
>>>>
>>>> These are registry keys pertaining to hardware, surely there is a way
>>>> or is the system completely stupid.
>>>>
>>>
>>> Yes, there is a way as I said - system restore.
>>>[/color]
>> but that will bring back everything I strove to get rid of eg bad
>> programs etc, surely there is another way eg "system state"
>>[/color]
>
> You say that you are a novice - yet you find Regedit, something
> a novice would have no idea about. Regedit is not on any start
> menu so you must have managed to find it and run it.
> Then on a standard install you would have got the User Account Control
> dimming the Desktop and asking you if you wanted to run Regedit.exe and
> possibly make system changes.[/color]

I never said UAD was active.
[color=blue]
> You must have agreed and clicked OK.
> Then for some unknown reason you delete some registry keys without
> backing them up and now you complain that Vista should have stopped
> you doing something stupid.[/color]

I asked for a way to only bring back elements of the registry, not the whole
system[color=blue]
>
> It isn't Vista that's stupid, it's you.
>
> I don't know what you mean by "system state".
> Type "system state" into Help and Support search and read about system
> restore.
>
> End of thread for me, good luck.
>[/color]
Ok, I can understand the use of a broad tool such as system restore would be
suitable for novice users, but as an IT professional I think it stinks.

"hostile" <scant_regard@live.com.au> wrote in message
news:3AC06648-64E9-4876-B8D3-014E57BE8964@microsoft.com...[color=blue]
>
> "Dave-UK" <Here@home> wrote in message
> news:uV%23WNfaRKHA.504@TK2MSFTNGP06.phx.gbl...[color=green]
>>
>> "hostile" <scant_regard@live.com.au> wrote in message
>> news:F7E5AA9E-273A-41FE-8472-DCA82B1329D7@microsoft.com...[color=darkred]
>>>
>>> "Dave-UK" <Here@home> wrote in message
>>> news:%23eePXqZRKHA.4028@TK2MSFTNGP05.phx.gbl...
>>>>
>>>> "hostile" <scant_regard@live.com.au> wrote in message
>>>> news:1A9BDDA5-8F3C-4D74-A256-ED685DBC6F2D@microsoft.com...
>>>>> Sad that a novice like me can get on a system and ruin it without any
>>>>> recourse whatsoever.
>>>>>
>>>>> These are registry keys pertaining to hardware, surely there is a way
>>>>> or is the system completely stupid.
>>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Yes, there is a way as I said - system restore.
>>>>
>>> but that will bring back everything I strove to get rid of eg bad
>>> programs etc, surely there is another way eg "system state"
>>>[/color]
>>
>> You say that you are a novice - yet you find Regedit, something
>> a novice would have no idea about. Regedit is not on any start
>> menu so you must have managed to find it and run it.
>> Then on a standard install you would have got the User Account Control
>> dimming the Desktop and asking you if you wanted to run Regedit.exe and
>> possibly make system changes.[/color]
>
> I never said UAD was active.
>[color=green]
>> You must have agreed and clicked OK.
>> Then for some unknown reason you delete some registry keys without
>> backing them up and now you complain that Vista should have stopped
>> you doing something stupid.[/color]
>
> I asked for a way to only bring back elements of the registry, not the
> whole system[color=green]
>>
>> It isn't Vista that's stupid, it's you.
>>
>> I don't know what you mean by "system state".
>> Type "system state" into Help and Support search and read about system
>> restore.
>>
>> End of thread for me, good luck.
>>[/color]
> Ok, I can understand the use of a broad tool such as system restore would
> be suitable for novice users, but as an IT professional I think it stinks.[/color]


An IT professional wouldn't fool around in the Registry without knowing what
he/she was doing.

Amazing how you went from a novice to an IT professional in 6 hours. Online
idiot course?

--


"Don't pick a fight with an old man.
If he is too old to fight, he'll just kill you."

hostile wrote:[color=blue]
>
>
> "Dave-UK" <Here@home> wrote in message
> news:uV%23WNfaRKHA.504@TK2MSFTNGP06.phx.gbl...[color=green]
>>
>> "hostile" <scant_regard@live.com.au> wrote in message
>> news:F7E5AA9E-273A-41FE-8472-DCA82B1329D7@microsoft.com...[color=darkred]
>>>
>>> "Dave-UK" <Here@home> wrote in message
>>> news:%23eePXqZRKHA.4028@TK2MSFTNGP05.phx.gbl...
>>>>
>>>> "hostile" <scant_regard@live.com.au> wrote in message
>>>> news:1A9BDDA5-8F3C-4D74-A256-ED685DBC6F2D@microsoft.com...
>>>>> Sad that a novice like me can get on a system and ruin it without
>>>>> any recourse whatsoever.
>>>>>
>>>>> These are registry keys pertaining to hardware, surely there is a
>>>>> way or is the system completely stupid.
>>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Yes, there is a way as I said - system restore.
>>>>
>>> but that will bring back everything I strove to get rid of eg bad
>>> programs etc, surely there is another way eg "system state"
>>>[/color]
>>
>> You say that you are a novice - yet you find Regedit, something
>> a novice would have no idea about. Regedit is not on any start
>> menu so you must have managed to find it and run it.
>> Then on a standard install you would have got the User Account Control
>> dimming the Desktop and asking you if you wanted to run Regedit.exe and
>> possibly make system changes.[/color]
>
> I never said UAD was active.[/color]

You have to turn it off. Did YOU do that?
[color=blue][color=green]
>> You must have agreed and clicked OK.
>> Then for some unknown reason you delete some registry keys without
>> backing them up and now you complain that Vista should have stopped
>> you doing something stupid.[/color]
>
> I asked for a way to only bring back elements of the registry, not the
> whole system[color=green]
>>
>> It isn't Vista that's stupid, it's you.
>>
>> I don't know what you mean by "system state".
>> Type "system state" into Help and Support search and read about system
>> restore.
>>
>> End of thread for me, good luck.
>>[/color]
> Ok, I can understand the use of a broad tool such as system restore
> would be suitable for novice users, but as an IT professional I think it
> stinks.[/color]

A couple posts ago you said you were a novice. You get educated
quickly, don't you.

Michael wrote:[color=blue]
>
>
> "hostile" <scant_regard@live.com.au> wrote in message
> news:3AC06648-64E9-4876-B8D3-014E57BE8964@microsoft.com...[color=green]
>>
>> "Dave-UK" <Here@home> wrote in message
>> news:uV%23WNfaRKHA.504@TK2MSFTNGP06.phx.gbl...[color=darkred]
>>>
>>> "hostile" <scant_regard@live.com.au> wrote in message
>>> news:F7E5AA9E-273A-41FE-8472-DCA82B1329D7@microsoft.com...
>>>>
>>>> "Dave-UK" <Here@home> wrote in message
>>>> news:%23eePXqZRKHA.4028@TK2MSFTNGP05.phx.gbl...
>>>>>
>>>>> "hostile" <scant_regard@live.com.au> wrote in message
>>>>> news:1A9BDDA5-8F3C-4D74-A256-ED685DBC6F2D@microsoft.com...
>>>>>> Sad that a novice like me can get on a system and ruin it without
>>>>>> any recourse whatsoever.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> These are registry keys pertaining to hardware, surely there is a
>>>>>> way or is the system completely stupid.
>>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> Yes, there is a way as I said - system restore.
>>>>>
>>>> but that will bring back everything I strove to get rid of eg bad
>>>> programs etc, surely there is another way eg "system state"
>>>>
>>>
>>> You say that you are a novice - yet you find Regedit, something
>>> a novice would have no idea about. Regedit is not on any start
>>> menu so you must have managed to find it and run it.
>>> Then on a standard install you would have got the User Account Control
>>> dimming the Desktop and asking you if you wanted to run Regedit.exe and
>>> possibly make system changes.[/color]
>>
>> I never said UAD was active.
>>[color=darkred]
>>> You must have agreed and clicked OK.
>>> Then for some unknown reason you delete some registry keys without
>>> backing them up and now you complain that Vista should have stopped
>>> you doing something stupid.[/color]
>>
>> I asked for a way to only bring back elements of the registry, not the
>> whole system[color=darkred]
>>>
>>> It isn't Vista that's stupid, it's you.
>>>
>>> I don't know what you mean by "system state".
>>> Type "system state" into Help and Support search and read about
>>> system restore.
>>>
>>> End of thread for me, good luck.
>>>[/color]
>> Ok, I can understand the use of a broad tool such as system restore
>> would be suitable for novice users, but as an IT professional I think
>> it stinks.[/color]
>
>
> An IT professional wouldn't fool around in the Registry without knowing
> what he/she was doing.
>
> Amazing how you went from a novice to an IT professional in 6 hours.
> Online idiot course?
>[/color]

Perhaps this group is really THAT good ;-)

"MN" <noone@home.com> wrote in message
news:zopym.472631$Ta5.232864@newsfe15.iad...[color=blue]
> Michael wrote:[color=green]
>>
>>
>> "hostile" <scant_regard@live.com.au> wrote in message[color=darkred]
>>> Ok, I can understand the use of a broad tool such as system restore
>>> would be suitable for novice users, but as an IT professional I think it
>>> stinks.[/color]
>>
>>
>> An IT professional wouldn't fool around in the Registry without knowing
>> what he/she was doing.
>>
>> Amazing how you went from a novice to an IT professional in 6 hours.
>> Online idiot course?
>>[/color]
>
> Perhaps this group is really THAT good ;-)[/color]

I've learned a lot browsing this group, but 6 hour miracles? I doubt it!

--


"Don't pick a fight with an old man.
If he is too old to fight, he'll just kill you."

Agree, it's one of the mysteries of Windows - makingold regisitry copies
automaticlaly, whenever you start Regedit, should be more
obvious/accessible in case you didn't make a copy by yourself.
The copy of your old Registry does exist, and indeed Windows since
Win2000/XP makes them plenty, only thing I forgot how to retrieve them...
One time I remember running Vista DVD in Recovery mode and it gave me an
option "restore last known good Registry" or something to the effect of
bringing Registry from yesterday. & days before.

I never need recovery so I don't know any more, I just played with it one
day... but there's a way to bring back previous copy of registry before oyu
changed it.

He said he was a novice in certain subjects, like we're all novices in
harakiri or the Art of Sword (unless you're actually practicing
self-defense).

Why are you so hostile towards hostile?

"Marco Licetti" <Marco_Dantes********.com> wrote in message
news:Oy7uOTfRKHA.1876@TK2MSFTNGP06.phx.gbl...[color=blue]
> He said he was a novice in certain subjects, like we're all novices in
> harakiri or the Art of Sword (unless you're actually practicing
> self-defense).
>
> Why are you so hostile towards hostile?[/color]

Who are you talking to, moron?

--


"Don't pick a fight with an old man.
If he is too old to fight, he'll just kill you."

r u threatening me?