2000 Professional Registry Key Recovery
- 1). Click the Windows "Start" button and select "Settings." Type "regedt32" and press "Enter." This opens the registry editor.
- 2). Click the "Registry" menu item and then click "Restore." This opens a dialog window where you specify the location of the backup.
- 3). Click "Browse" to point to the location of your Windows 2000 Professional backup file. Click "OK." Click "Yes" to confirm that you want to import the registry keys.
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