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>From: owner-adsm-l AT VM.MARIST DOT EDU at SMTP
>Date: 6/8/98 3:52PM
>To: Jerry Lawson at ASUPO
>*To: ADSM-L AT VM.MARIST DOT EDU at SMTP
>Subject: RegRest
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>Debbie -
>Debbie -
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>As you have found out, the REGREST command does not support going to
inactive
>versions of the registry.  Here is what I did to get around this......
>
>First, as you probably know, the REGBACK command copies the current user's
>registry information to a directory structure named ADSM.SYS.  A typical
>structure (or should I say my structure - I have been told I am far from
>typical  :-)>  ) looks like this:
>
>ADSM.SYS
>    |_ Registry
>        |_Lawsonj   (my NT machine name)
>            |_Machine  (4 files here)
>                |_ User
>                    |_ADMINISTRATOR  (self explanitory)
>                    |_Lawsonj        (My id to NT)
>                    |_SYSTEM         (base stuff - I think)
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>When you do a REGBACK, the files that are backed up are the two files that
>are found in the user directory for the logged in user - in other words -
>if you log in as administrator, and do a regback - the files are in the
>Administrator directory in the tree above.  Therefore to get back an
>older version of the registry, what you need to do is to first do a
>manual restore of the appropriate pair of files for the user from the
>date you desire.  Then you must do a manual backup of the same two files,
>so that they now appear as the active versions of the files.  When this
>is complete, you can then do a REGREST and restore the Registry.
>Remember that you must be logged in to NT as the user whose registry you
>are trying to restore.  And I have always found it expediant to power the
>machine off (not go through shut down) after the restore is complete -
>this eliminates the possibility of overlaying the registry that you just
>restored.
>
>Hope this helps.
>
>Jerry Lawson
>jlawson AT thehartford DOT com
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>Subject: RegRest
>Author:  owner-adsm-l AT VM.MARIST DOT EDU at SMTP
>Date:    6/8/98 3:52 PM
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>How do I restore a registry on an NT client (ver. 3) to a specific point
>in time?  This comes up when we want to restore a server to the state it
>was in prior to the latest backup.  I thought I was able to do it by
>restoring the adsm.sys directory before doing the REGREST command, but
>now I am not sure.
>Debbie Weeks
>University of South Florida
>Information Technologies/Technical Support
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