XP problem after overclocking

nicksource · 13 Mar 2007 at 02:31

I attempted an overclock but once windows booted up before it got to the User login screen it said something like:

"Registry file failed, recovered from backup successfully."

When I click OK my users didn't come up, so I reinstalled Windows via CD repair which fixed that but I now get registry related (I think) problems like AVG doesn't work. I can't run RegscrubXP either, it says it finds 400ish problems but doesn't list them or allow me to fix them.

I'm utterly confused and really don't want to format my hard-disk... any ideas?

nicksource · 13 Mar 2007 at 02:38

Ah, I reinstalled AVG and it appears to be okay.

I'm guessing the Windows repair wiped part of the registry or conflicted files in someway?

EDIT: Yeh, getting loads of programs not working, like "(null) is not a valid Win32 Program" for Paint Shop Pro. RegScrubXP still doesn't work. Ventrillo says "Not enough quota is available to process this command." And loads more "not a valid Win32 program". ARGH!

Some are fine though, seems 50/50 atm.

nicksource · 13 Mar 2007 at 09:01

I set the CPU speed straight back to stock.

I'm reinstalling stuff to see if that fixes it.

nicksource · 13 Mar 2007 at 09:23

Everything fixed now!

I LOVE CCleaner, I did a scan 2812 registery problems, clicked fix and now every program works fine.

Was clocking a AMD 3500 Venice (100mhz killed it). Never doing it again, lol.