http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/ Giveaway of the Day Forums Topic: how to reinstall os and keep activations en Fri, 05 Sep 2008 08:45:56 +0000 http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/topic/2040#post-40047 Fri, 15 Aug 2008 00:00:56 +0000 goodgotd 40047@http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/ <p>thanks for the tip on regedit pe, that ought to help a lot!</p> <p>err... once I get a bartpe disc built. :) </p> http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/topic/2040#post-40030 Thu, 14 Aug 2008 21:36:32 +0000 Illegal.Alien 40030@http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/ <p>To work on a an inactive registery, you can use RegEdit PE. You need to have the WINDOWS directory though for it to work correctly. Also, it will rename some of the keys to REMOTE_ so you will have to do a replace function in a text editor to fix those keys after they are exported. RegEditPE looks exactly like normal regedit btw. </p> http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/topic/2040#post-36915 Mon, 30 Jun 2008 15:17:28 +0000 Violet4714 36915@http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/ <p>hello, Angelina...</p> <p>HotHotHot apparently built the key into the software, but forgot to tell us about it...</p> <p>see their comment---#46, Johnathan---on the front comment page... </p> http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/topic/2040#post-36912 Mon, 30 Jun 2008 14:40:10 +0000 Angelina 36912@http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/ <p>Thank you Copmum, but it's not about popups from the internet, but windows from the program popping up when installing the program. So I dont think a pop-up blocker would be of much help, I'm afraid. </p> http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/topic/2040#post-36902 Mon, 30 Jun 2008 12:18:59 +0000 copmom 36902@http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/ <p>Angelina, just close or minimize the popups until you get to the installation box.<br /> Seems to me you might need a popup stopper. Here's a link to a free edition of one I've used for quite sometime now: <a href="http://www.panicware.com/product_psfree.html" rel="nofollow">http://www.panicware.com/product_psfree.html</a> </p> http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/topic/2040#post-36894 Mon, 30 Jun 2008 09:21:29 +0000 Angelina 36894@http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/ <p>Hi, I asked on the commentpage, about reg-key. But it doesnt seem to get published. I dont recieve it, or at least, if I do, it "disappears" behind other windows popping up when installing. Tried on both my computers, its the same on both! Could anybode tell me if there is a key, and how do I get it? Its not given on the "readme" that follows the program.... Thanks! </p> http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/topic/2040#post-36137 Mon, 23 Jun 2008 07:10:24 +0000 hotdoge3 36137@http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/ <p>It's not all the time just in the registrie you may end up with bad reg if you try to add it over the top most of the software will come so just get it when it come back way go to new if you put all old back </p> http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/topic/2040#post-35989 Sun, 22 Jun 2008 00:15:33 +0000 Paali 35989@http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/ <p>Thanks ender. I'll play around with it a little and see how it works. </p> http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/topic/2040#post-34696 Sat, 14 Jun 2008 03:37:28 +0000 goodgotd 34696@http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/ <p>actually, what I want to find is a tool to work on 'dead' registries, not currently operating in a live os- or a way to mount one to mine it! </p> http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/topic/2040#post-34580 Fri, 13 Jun 2008 08:27:44 +0000 ender 34580@http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/ <p>to Paali: Is it possible to move over only the registries you wish to keep?<br /> I mean, like a program that lets you choose to save the registries that belong to only certain softwares? </p> <p>I have successfully using<br /> Karen'sRegistry Ripper v1.2<br /> <a href="http://www.karenware.com/powertools/ptregrip.asp" rel="nofollow">http://www.karenware.com/powertools/ptregrip.asp</a></p> <p>to save particular reg entries.<br /> I was on WinXP, and migrated some programs to Win Vista. </p> http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/topic/2040#post-34542 Thu, 12 Jun 2008 23:51:59 +0000 copmom 34542@http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/ <p>davee.. I thank you for the link too!!! </p> http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/topic/2040#post-34481 Thu, 12 Jun 2008 17:13:37 +0000 Paali 34481@http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/ <p>Is it possible to move over only the registries you wish to keep? Is there any way to do this besides doing it manually?<br /> I mean, like a program that lets you choose to save the registries that belong to only certain softwares? </p> http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/topic/2040#post-34475 Thu, 12 Jun 2008 14:36:42 +0000 xboxgamer 34475@http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/ <p>I just made the same enteries in my new PC and that save all of my stuff </p> http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/topic/2040#post-34400 Wed, 11 Jun 2008 23:05:14 +0000 Whiterabbit-uk 34400@http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/ <p>Thanks for the link davee, it's a really simple program that works well. </p> http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/topic/2040#post-34396 Wed, 11 Jun 2008 22:19:14 +0000 davee 34396@http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/ <p>Backing up the registry is important regardless of whether or not you're trying to save GOTD installations. A quick, effective, and free way to do so in Windows (XP at least; I don't know if it works in Vista) is Erunt (http://www.snapfiles.com/get/erunt.html). </p> http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/topic/2040#post-34392 Wed, 11 Jun 2008 20:56:18 +0000 copmom 34392@http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/ <p>So back up the registry? </p> http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/topic/2040#post-34362 Wed, 11 Jun 2008 14:25:13 +0000 Illegal.Alien 34362@http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/ <p>I can't tell you how, but for 99% of all applications, the registration in stored in the registry. When you reinstall windows on a clean partition it writes itseld a new registry when you install. </p> http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/topic/2040#post-13155 Sat, 15 Dec 2007 18:27:43 +0000 Oleg 13155@http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/ <p>I always backup reg keys before i reinstall OS and it works great :-) </p> http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/topic/2040#post-13068 Fri, 14 Dec 2007 21:38:11 +0000 BillW50 13068@http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/ <p>Why not backup your hard drive? It is far better than reinstalling everything from scratch anyway? Plus you keep all of your GAOTD software and registrations as well. </p> http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/topic/2040#post-12476 Sun, 02 Dec 2007 06:22:30 +0000 BuBBy 12476@http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/ <p>Whiterabbit speaks the truth.</p> <p>The only support for installation of giveaway software is during the giveaway period.</p> <p>If you need to reinstall the giveaway software outside of the 24hour giveaway period - you can either wait for the possibility of a re-run giveaway, or purchase a license from the developer (Contact them via their website - often they will provide a software license at a discount to their usual price).</p> <blockquote><p>If it is "going to suck" not having your favorite free program after a system reinstall - perhaps that is a sign the software might even be worth registering.</p></blockquote> <p>If you needed/used the software that much, it's worth buying. </p> http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/topic/2040#post-12475 Sun, 02 Dec 2007 05:18:32 +0000 Whiterabbit-uk 12475@http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/ <p>No you cannot do that as you need the <em><strong>registration entries</strong></em>.</p> <p>I cannot say how you can do it because it's not allowed here on these forums as it would be breaking the agreement between the software developers/distributors and the Game Giveaway team. If you just do a repair install then the <em><strong>registration entries</strong></em> wont be lost.</p> <p>The whole point of this project is to give you more than the usual 60 minutes to evaluate a product. If you really want to keep them then ultimately you may have to buy them. </p> http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/topic/2040#post-12474 Sun, 02 Dec 2007 04:05:55 +0000 captainGOTD 12474@http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/ <p>I need to know how to keep the downloads I've collected from gotd while reinstalling vista anew (vlite, for all you restless souls). can I just migrate the programs back and forth between an external hd and my pc as I reinstall the os, or what? Please, any help is greatly appreciated, thanks. </p>