Brian Dunning's Error Code Reference

Windows Error 1016

ERROR_REGISTRY_IO_FAILED: An I/O operation initiated by the registry failed unrecoverably. The registry could not read in, or write out, or flush, one of the files that contain the system's image of the registry.

 

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Dao   Dao
Mar 26, 2008
Using XP SE, error was fixed by using System Restore to earlier date. No muss, no fuss.