Getting back the Registery to its default situation

[Franky]

Hello all,

Consider I start working on a Windows 7 machine. When exploring it I see there are many changes that have been occurred by Registery entries. To solve them I need to go to the path and modify each one. But I think there should be some simpler way, say a tool. I know there are many tools/apps, but I don't know which ones are really reliable.
Is there any reliable software for returning the registery keys to their default states please?

 

[Prithvi]

Did you create a backup for the registry before modifying the registry. If not, there's no way out. You gotta do the entire rebuilding yourself . Or even a system restore to a stage before modifying would help. Still negative then do a total system recovery using a recovery disk.

----------> And, finally, the only way is to re-install your Windows 7 <---------------------------------

*Just in case to remind you, there's really no such program that can restore your registry settings *

It's better to always have a backup file before you modify the registry.

 

[marsmimar]

Without knowing what your computer is, or isn't doing, it's hard to offer a specific suggestion. If the changes to the registry were all done around the same time, you might have a system restore point that would return your computer to an earlier time (before the registry changes were made.)

http://www.sevenforums.com/tutorials/700-system-restore.html

But if the registry changes were made over a long period of time, or if you don't have any restore points, then you're looking at several individual tools/scans that might help. For example, you could run a System File Checker scan, Startup Repair, Checkdisk, etc etc. Take a look at the response by SpirtX in this Microsoft Forum.

Help repairing my Windows 7 registry - Microsoft Community

If it was my computer and I was having multiple problems, I think I'd go directly to a Repair Install. If successful, it will preserve your user accounts, data, programs, system drivers, etc while returning your registry to its default configuration.

http://www.sevenforums.com/tutorials/3413-repair-install.html

If none of the above fix your issues, then I'd do a clean install. Once my machine was back to normal, I'd make full system images on a regular basis. Then you could experiment and tweak your computer knowing you could restore it to a good image in usually less than an hour. A lot of people recommend the free Macrium Reflect.

http://www.sevenforums.com/tutorials/1649-clean-install-windows-7-a.html

http://www.sevenforums.com/tutorials/73828-imaging-free-macrium.html

 

[Prithvi]

Yeah, I meant the same.

 

[Franky]

Thanks to both of you. I think the most useful one is repair install.