Thanks!  I had gotten as far as the restore of the files, but couldn't
figure out how to restore the registry from that point.  I'll try this
out.

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> From:         Jerry Lawson[SMTP:jlawson AT THEHARTFORD DOT COM]
> Reply To:     ADSM: Dist Stor Manager
> Sent:         Tuesday, June 09, 1998 7:45 AM
> To:   ADSM-L AT VM.MARIST DOT EDU
> Subject:      RegRest
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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 -
>
> 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)
>
> 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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