To all:

I am getting the below error on a certain on of computers that I have. The error seems to be fairly final, but two out of 10 that have gotten this error, were fixed by a cold boot. But I assume that they will eventually die on me as well. If anyone has any information, it would be greatly appreciated.

STOP: c0000218 {Registry File Failure}
The registry cannot load the hive (file):
\SystemRoot\System32\Config\SOFTWARE
or its log or alternate.
It is corrupt, absent, or not writeable.

John Rowlinson
Microworks POS Solutions