Deleted Registry Key

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" <> wrote in message news:433C9798-EB25-4246-85E4-...
> 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.
>

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
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> "hostile" <> wrote in message
> news:433C9798-EB25-4246-85E4-...
>> 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.
>
> If you didn't make a backup of the keys then the only option
> is a system restore to an earlier time.
>
>
>
>

"hostile" <> wrote in message news:1A9BDDA5-8F3C-4D74-A256-...
> 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.

"Dave-UK" <Here@home> wrote in message
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> "hostile" <> wrote in message
> news:1A9BDDA5-8F3C-4D74-A256-...
>> 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"
>

"hostile" <> wrote in message news:F7E5AA9E-273A-41FE-8472-...
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> "Dave-UK" <Here@home> wrote in message
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>>
>> "hostile" <> wrote in message
>> news:1A9BDDA5-8F3C-4D74-A256-...
>>> 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.
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
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> "hostile" <> wrote in message
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>> "Dave-UK" <Here@home> wrote in message
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>>>
>>> "hostile" <> wrote in message
>>> news:1A9BDDA5-8F3C-4D74-A256-...
>>>> 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.

I never said UAD was active.

> 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.

I asked for a way to only bring back elements of the registry, not the whole
system
>
> 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.
>
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" <> wrote in message
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> "Dave-UK" <Here@home> wrote in message
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>> "hostile" <> wrote in message
>> news:F7E5AA9E-273A-41FE-8472-...
>>>
>>> "Dave-UK" <Here@home> wrote in message
>>> news:%...
>>>>
>>>> "hostile" <> wrote in message
>>>> news:1A9BDDA5-8F3C-4D74-A256-...
>>>>> 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.
>
> I never said UAD was active.
>
>> 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.
>
> I asked for a way to only bring back elements of the registry, not the
> whole system
>>
>> 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.
>>
> 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.


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:
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> "Dave-UK" <Here@home> wrote in message
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>> "hostile" <> wrote in message
>> news:F7E5AA9E-273A-41FE-8472-...
>>>
>>> "Dave-UK" <Here@home> wrote in message
>>> news:%...
>>>>
>>>> "hostile" <> wrote in message
>>>> news:1A9BDDA5-8F3C-4D74-A256-...
>>>>> 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.
>
> I never said UAD was active.

You have to turn it off. Did YOU do that?

>> 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.
>
> I asked for a way to only bring back elements of the registry, not the
> whole system
>>
>> 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.
>>
> 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.

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

Michael wrote:
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> "hostile" <> wrote in message
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>>
>> "Dave-UK" <Here@home> wrote in message
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>>> "hostile" <> wrote in message
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>>>>
>>>> "Dave-UK" <Here@home> wrote in message
>>>> news:%...
>>>>>
>>>>> "hostile" <> wrote in message
>>>>> news:1A9BDDA5-8F3C-4D74-A256-...
>>>>>> 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.
>>
>> I never said UAD was active.
>>
>>> 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.
>>
>> I asked for a way to only bring back elements of the registry, not the
>> whole system
>>>
>>> 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.
>>>
>> 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.
>
>
> 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?
>

Perhaps this group is really THAT good ;-)