Strange Behavior

[Fed]

I think all these things are related & if we fix one we will fix them all so I picked on regedit to play with.
Does that make sense?
Can you search your computer
Start>Search>Files or Folders  (on mine)
for regedit.exe to see if it's actually there?

[Sapphire]

I have regedit.exe located in C:\ Windows

[Fed]

Check it's properties for anything that looks abnormal.
Try and run it by typing c:\windows\regedit.exe

[Sapphire]

The properties look okay. Typing in c:\windows\regedit.exe doesn't work either.

[Fed]

Check in
Start>Settings>Control Panel>Admin Tools>Event Viewer for any errors.

I have to go out for a while so I'll check you later.

[Sapphire]

Well there are errors, but I have no clue what any of it means. I'm off to bed, so I'll get back to this tomorrow.

[Fed]

Can you try and execute regedit.exe then go & check the logs for new entries?

[Sapphire]

And how do I do those 2 things?

[Raptor]

Follow these steps to access the registry editor:

1. Start
2. Run
3. Type regedit.exe

Then do as Fed suggested:

Check in
Start>Settings>Control Panel>Admin Tools>Event Viewer for any errors.

And post the information Fed wishes to see.

[Sapphire]

If I am supposed to post the event error messages, it doesn't let me copy and paste them.

[Raptor]

Are you able to take a screenshot of the error/log entry displayed and show it to us on the forum?

[Sapphire]

How do I take a screenshot of something?

[Raptor]

1. Press the Print Screen button on your keyboard.
-- Often abbreviated to Prnt Scrn.
2. Open an image editing program such as paint
3. Paste the image into the program
-- CTRL + V is a shortcut key for the Paste option
4. Upload your image to a website such as http://www.uploadit.org
5. Use the code to display your screenshot on this forum.

[Sapphire]

AMLI: ACPI BIOS is attempting to read from an illegal IO port address (Ox71), which lies in the Ox70-Ox71 protected address range. This could lead to system instability.

[Fed]

I have no clue what that means either, is that the message that comes up in your event viewer log when you try and open regedit?
Did you look in all 3 sections of the event viewer?