Computer repair and maintenance is made all the more difficult when a fatal blue screen error occurs in Windows. This article highlights an approach to repairing Windows when registry faults interfere with the system start-up, finishing up with a Reimage review to show how online repair services can help.

My home office desktop PC recently crashed during start-up showing the blue screen code 0×80072F76. The code refers to the registry file being corrupted (most likely due to software removals I had made to the PC).

The logical steps for resolution are as follows:

• Use another Windows user account. If the registry hive is only affected for one user then trying going is as administrator and salvaging your data.
• Boot in Windows safe mode. Once Windows is running you can roll back the faulty registry file (assuming you keep back up copies).
• Start Windows from the boot-disks and scan for faults. The system/hardware scans in this mode may pick up faults (e.g. disk errors). This is a long-shot but at the very least it discounts these possible causes.
• Automate the repairs using PC maintenance software (such as Reimage).

In my scenario, I ultimately used the online repair service Reimage. After downloading their boot application I was able to boot the computer, gain internet access and start the Reimage repair and scan process (this runs from within Internet Explorer).

The 25 minute scan checked the registry file, device drivers, application files, etcetera for errors and omissions. The resulting report highlighted over 50 registry key faults, many relating to the applications I had recently removed, which Reimage was able to proceed to fix. Registry keys are compared to their online knowledge base and set appropriately while application and OS files are upgraded/replaced using their repository of over 20 million files.

In this day and age where many people work from home it has become necessary to be able to do your own computer repair and maintenance work. It is reassuring to know that even the dreaded blue screen of death can be repaired, even if it does sometimes mean resorting to online PC repair software services.

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