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 Apr 25 2007, 05:40 PM
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 Elite III Member  Group: ++Member Posts: 536 Joined: 12-September 04 Member No.: 1,707   Triple Tetris Champion! |
I bought and installed Halo for PC. However when I try and run the program it tells me that the registry key is invalid.
I've located the problem on Microsoft's support page here: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/842948/en-...&sid=global When I try and delete this entry it tells me I can't. Is there a way I can go around it and actually get rid of it. I've tried creating another profile but that doesn't seem to work. --------------------  -  |
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Apr 25 2007, 06:28 PM
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 Boss, my code's compiling (xkcd)  Group: Admins Posts: 10,440 Joined: 19-September 01 Member No.: 1  |
You're logged in as an admin on that machine, right?
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Apr 25 2007, 07:14 PM
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Yes.
Specifically the message that comes up says "Unable to delete all specified values". -------------------- - |
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Apr 27 2007, 09:24 PM
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Boss, my code's compiling (xkcd) Group: Admins Posts: 10,440 Joined: 19-September 01 Member No.: 1 |
hmm...Well just to make sure, right click on that key, choose Permissions, and confirm that your account has full control. With it still highlighted, click on Advanced and tick the "Replace Permissions on all child..." entry.
If that fails, try editing your registry in safe mode, which I'm guessing you've already done. Another thing you might want to try is to just delete the binary values instead of the key? -------------------- Things that I don't suck at: Photography (flickr, JPG Mag), "Don't bail; the best gold is at the bottom of barrels of crap!" -Randy Pausch I have people-skills goddamnit! What is wrong with you people!!! | www.skyrill.com |
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Apr 28 2007, 08:59 PM
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 Verto Venatus Deus!  Group: Moderators Posts: 913 Joined: 18-December 03 From: Missoula, MT Member No.: 735  |
what i would do is use registrar lite, its similar to regedit, but when i get little no-delete-me's or it wont save a modification etc, i'll use it and it tends to work..
Download Registrar Lite from here: http://www.resplendence.com/download/reglite.exe .. it's odd that your not able to delete the string.. perhaps you have some sort of malware thats disabling you from doing it? hmm.. anywho, that should work for you.. -------------------- I'm Back!
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Apr 30 2007, 01:25 PM
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Elite III Member Group: ++Member Posts: 536 Joined: 12-September 04 Member No.: 1,707 Triple Tetris Champion! |
I've tried everything mentioned so far, but none of it seems to work, even Registrar Registry Manager. The binary data for it is just "0 0 0 0". When I export it and edit it in notepad that certain registry doesn't seem to show up:
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Apr 30 2007, 02:36 PM
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 The old timer Group: ++Member Posts: 2,740 Joined: 2-November 01 From: Manchester uk Member No.: 3 |
QUOTE(glitch @ Apr 30 2007, 02:25 PM)  I've tried everything mentioned so far, but none of it seems to work, even Registrar Registry Manager. The binary data for it is just "0 0 0 0". When I export it and edit it in notepad that certain registry doesn't seem to show up:
Hi, Have you tried, start / search / files and folders / type in Halo, then remove everything it finds, then reinstall the software??? -------------------- REGARDS
 Sys.info Inspiron 530 Intel® Core™ 2 Duo E8400 processor (3.00GHz, 1333MHz, 6MB cache) Video Card 256MB ATI® Radeon™ HD 2400 XT graphics card Memory 3072MB 800MHz Dual Channel DDR2 SDRAM [2x1024 + 2x512] built wireless and bluetooth |
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May 15 2007, 02:16 PM
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Elite III Member Group: ++Member Posts: 536 Joined: 12-September 04 Member No.: 1,707 Triple Tetris Champion! |
I have uninstalled the game multiple times, even deleting the folder from program files manually.
I've pretty much given up on playing Halo on my PC now, I installed it on my brothers laptop and it seems to run fine, well, without a mouse atleast. Thanks for the help anyway. -------------------- - |
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