Cannot Disable the Registry Repair and Recovery Feature in Windows XP SP1 (815011)

RESOLUTION

Service pack information

To resolve this problem, obtain the latest service pack for Microsoft Windows XP. For additional information, click the following article number to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

322389 How to obtain the latest Windows XP service pack

Hotfix information

A supported fix is now available from Microsoft, but it is only intended to correct the problem that is described in this article. Apply it only to computers that are experiencing this specific problem. This fix may receive additional testing. Therefore, if you are not severely affected by this problem, Microsoft recommends that you wait for the next Windows XP service pack that contains this hotfix.

To resolve this problem immediately, contact Microsoft Product Support Services to obtain the fix. For a complete list of Microsoft Product Support Services phone numbers and information about support costs, visit the following Microsoft Web site:

http://support.microsoft.com/contactus/?ws=support

NOTE: In special cases, charges that are ordinarily incurred for support calls may be canceled if a Microsoft Support Professional determines that a specific update will resolve your problem. The typical support costs will apply to additional support questions and issues that do not qualify for the specific update in question.

The English version of this fix has the file attributes (or later) that are listed in the following table. The dates and times for these files are listed in coordinated universal time (UTC). When you view the file information, it is converted to local time. To find the difference between UTC and local time, use the Time Zone tab in the Date and Time tool in Control Panel.

   Date         Time   Version        Size       File name
   ----------------------------------------------------------
   20-Feb-2003  14:22  5.1.2600.1171  1,892,352  Ntkrnlmp.exe
   20-Feb-2003  14:22  5.1.2600.1171  1,948,416  Ntkrnlpa.exe
   20-Feb-2003  14:22  5.1.2600.1171  1,921,024  Ntkrpamp.exe
   20-Feb-2003  14:22  5.1.2600.1171  1,924,608  Ntoskrnl.exe

Disable the Registry Repair and Recovery Feature

WARNING: If you use Registry Editor incorrectly, you may cause serious problems that may require you to reinstall your operating system. Microsoft cannot guarantee that you can solve problems that result from using Registry Editor incorrectly. Use Registry Editor at your own risk.

To disable the Registry Repair and Recovery feature, install the hotfix that is described in this article, and then make the following registry change:

Key: \System\CurrentControlSet\Control\Session Manager\Configuration Manager
Name: SelfHealingEnabled
DWORD value: 0 indicates disabled

MORE INFORMATION

For additional information about the registry resiliency feature, click the following article number to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

318159 Damaged Registry Repair and Recovery in Windows XP

After you disable the Registry Repair and Recovery feature, Windows can stop with any of the following errors if a corrupted entry is accessed:

Unexpected Shutdown - Stop:0xc0000135
Stop: 0xc0000218 {Registry File Failure}
The registry cannot load the hive (file):
\SystemRoot\System32\Config\SYSTEM or its log or alternate.
It is corrupt, absent, or not writable...