Repair Startup

Why did I get this message at boot time? I had just "optimized" my registry
and restarted the computer. I chose to start windows normally instead of
"repair startup" and it worked fine. What does "repair startup" do exactly
and why did I get this option?
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Retired Boeing Bill

Hello Bill,

You may have gotten this message if you had improperly shutdown or
restarted Vista by pressing the case button instead of doing it through
Vista. It's just Vista's way of letting you know this and giving you a
option to repair Vista if you think it was needed.

The "Repair Startup" is for the "System Recovery Options" (Startup
Repair) screen. You can read more about what it does here.

http://www.vistax64.com/tutorials/88...t-options.html

and

http://www.vistax64.com/tutorials/91...up-repair.html

Hope this helps,
Shawn

Retired Bill;855774 Wrote:
> Why did I get this message at boot time? I had just "optimized" my
> registry
> and restarted the computer. I chose to start windows normally instead
> of
> "repair startup" and it worked fine. What does "repair startup" do
> exactly
> and why did I get this option?
> --
> Retired Boeing Bill


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"Retired Bill" <> wrote in message
news:5E067E66-BD50-42BD-B965-...
> Why did I get this message at boot time? I had just "optimized" my
> registry
> and restarted the computer. I chose to start windows normally instead
> of
> "repair startup" and it worked fine. What does "repair startup" do
> exactly
> and why did I get this option?

Just a guess, but whatever program you used to "optimize" your registry
probably broke something and caused Vista to prompt for a repair
startup.

--
Zaphod

Zaphod's just zis guy, ya know?

"Retired Bill" <> wrote in message
news:5E067E66-BD50-42BD-B965-...
> Why did I get this message at boot time? I had just "optimized" my
> registry
> and restarted the computer. I chose to start windows normally instead of
> "repair startup" and it worked fine. What does "repair startup" do
> exactly
> and why did I get this option?
> --
> Retired Boeing Bill

Think your Registry needs "cleaning"? Read
http://aumha.net/viewtopic.php?t=28099 and draw your own conclusions.

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On Wed, 8 Oct 2008 08:01:04 -0700, Retired Bill
<> wrote:

> Why did I get this message at boot time? I had just "optimized" my registry
> and restarted the computer. I chose to start windows normally instead of
> "repair startup" and it worked fine. What does "repair startup" do exactly
> and why did I get this option?


What does " 'optimized' my registry" mean? Did you run some registry
cleaning program? If so, it was very likely the cause of your problem.
Here's my standard post on the subject:

Registry cleaning programs are *all* snake oil. Cleaning of the
registry isn't needed and is dangerous. Leave the registry alone and
don't use any registry cleaner. Despite what many people think, and
what vendors of registry cleaning software try to convince you of,
having unused registry entries doesn't really hurt you.

The risk of a serious problem caused by a registry cleaner erroneously
removing an entry you need is far greater than any potential benefit
it may have.

--
Ken Blake, Microsoft MVP - Windows Desktop Experience
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On Wed, 8 Oct 2008 08:01:04 -0700, Retired Bill
<> wrote:

>Why did I get this message at boot time? I had just "optimized" my registry
>and restarted the computer. I chose to start windows normally instead of
>"repair startup" and it worked fine. What does "repair startup" do exactly
>and why did I get this option?

Because you BUSTED something by "optimizing" something that doesn't
NEED optimizing using a program that you should shitcan immediately.