Registry needs repair! Help!

[Talk2Me]

Whenever I turn on my computer, I get "Windows encountered an error accessing the registry. Windows will repair the registry for you and restart the computer." It works then restarts and gets the same message. It doesn't seem to fix the registry, but just keeps looping. What can I do? I've run Norton Utilities and it doesn't seem to find the error. Please help . . . it's so annoying!
Thanks!

[YODA74]

I am taking for granted your running W/98?? When you click OK after the error what happen's after that do you get another error message?

This sounds like the disk that contains the Windows swap file does not have sufficient free disk space.
OR?? for that try this Increase free disk space on the swap file disk.
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or Try this
first use the Ctrl-Alt-Delete button to close down the Windows Registry Checker. Then do a search on the Windows Drive for User.dat, normally you may find one in your profiles folder. If you do check the byte size, and it is a zero byte file, Windows made a bad copy of it and wants to replace it but it cannot. It already backed up a bad copy. So just delete it, or replace it with the one in the Windows folder.

If no file is found and/or this does not cure the problem and you had the foresight to make an exported copy of the Registry prior to this you're now in great shape. You can now always replace the Registry with a new one. Move the file to your Windows folder and from a DOS prompt get to the Windows directory (folder). At the Windows Prompt type :
Smartdrv.exe /v and then press the Enter button. Then type :
RegEdit /c backup.reg (replace Backup.reg with the name of the file you named your export file)

You now have a new Registry database installed

[fcug]

Download Fix-It Utilities 4.0. Will fix any registry problems!

[Talk2Me]

Where do I go to download it?

[Jiggy]

go here (http://www.ontrack.com) to download it, but you may have to buy, but it well worth it.

[Vic 970]

http://www.ontrack.com/fixit/

NOTE: I haven't used this prog, nor have any knowledge of it. I just found the link for you to check out.;)