Windows encountered an error

[dSM]

I keep getting this error "Windows encountered an error in the system registry. Please close your programs and restart Windows now......."

I have an ASUS P3B-F motherboard. I have rebuilt the system 5 times and continue to get the error - with or without loading any applications. Has anyone ever known this to reflect a motherboard problem?? The RAM tests OK using a DOS utility. I've updated the BIOS and installed the patches from the ASUS utility CD that came with the board. I've never had this kind of problem - where rebuilding the OS didn't fix the problem. I've also never had a motherboard that was bad that didn't give me more obvious problems than registry errors.

Anyone have any ideas????

Stumped..............

[Susan]

If you could list some more of your hardware, it would be helpful.

Any spontanious reboots? Are there are any other problems whether they are small or not?

[Pantion]

Windows registry may or is corrupted and the backup one may also have been affected... windows may have backup a copy of the corrupted one.

Try "scanreg /restore" or "scanreg /fix" from DOS and maybe it will recover your registry.

[dSM]

Along with the MB I have an AWE 64 soundcard, Zoom modem - internal PCI, Maxtor 8.5GB HDD, 192 MB SDRAM (100) and my video card. I don't experience any other problems, and I don't see how the registry can get corrupted if no other applications are being installed.

[jonathankeeping]

Hmm... Nasty error you've got there. This could be caused by a whole range of problems from failing HD to buggy drivers. Have you experienced any other unusual behavour? Crashing, random errors etc... Do you actually get into windows, or is this a DOS message that keeps appearing? Is your processor overclocked and what speed is the RAM running at. It maybe best to set your BIOS setting to fail-safe and see if that makes a differnce. I would suspect that the problem lies with the HD and it could possibly be a virus. Good Luck...