Windows Registry Recovery message at boot/logon time

I fitted additional RAM to a customer's XP Home SP2 PC (to increase from 128
to 384 MB by adding 256) and since then, the PC has given one or more
identical messages - some of them early in the boot cycle, others triggered
by clicking on a user icon to log on.

The messages say: "Windows Registry Recovery. One of more files containing
the System's Registry data had to be recovered by use of a log or alternate
copy. The recovery was successful." I can't find any useful entries on
Microsoft's Knowledge Base when I search on phrases from this message - as
so often with KBs I get lots of irrelevant entries and no relevant ones :-(

The registry files (*.evt) in \windows\system\config all exist: I've
compared them with the ones that are listed by PageDefrag. And they all have
a timestamp that corresponds to the boot time.

Any ideas what's causing the problem, how to cure it or why it's only
started when I increased the RAM?


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Relevant Pages

  • RE: registry had to be restored from a log or backup
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    (microsoft.public.windowsxp.perform_maintain)
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  • Re: Viewing registry on old drive
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    (microsoft.public.windowsxp.help_and_support)
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