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Boggin:
Can you check to see if you have C:\RegBackup ?

When you use Option 5 to restore with the registry back up, use the dropdown to select the back up as it can initially be blank and may have seemed as if there wasn't one.

wmcole:
(Somewhat cooler now...) The directory exists with a sub-dir named after my machine's network ID, but with nothing else in it. (Its a zero size sub-dir).

Where was the restore point supposed to go?

It appears the main problem with rebooting was the GFX card's slow (3-day long) death throws to where it stuck in an endless reboot cycle when it got to the Win logo screen.  BIOS loading messages to the screen before OS load degraded to mush and vertical corduroy - the final clue.  I've been running for about 4 hours on an outdated (NVIDIA QuardFX 1800) card and all seems well - at least I can now wade through the raft of errors and warnings left in the Event Log since the scrambling occurred.  Most of them seem to be due to dismantling of HomeGroup, weird permissions and start settings on associated services, attempts to logon to some domain (never been part of one - just the default "WORKGROUP" for my small 5 machine home / office network), and trashing of some permissions and startup settings for McAfee services (virus, firewall, spam policing, etc.)  There are still a handful of error messages I didn't have before the scrambling that I have no idea how to fix. (EX: "Error   9/14/2016 5:08:38 PM   NETLOGON   3095   None (Task Category)   This computer is configured as a member of a workgroup, not as a member of a domain. The Netlogon service does not need to run in this configuration."  or "Warning   9/14/2016 5:08:38 PM   TaskScheduler   414   Task Misconfiguration   Task Scheduler service found a misconfiguration in the NT TASK\Microsoft\Windows\Workplace Join\Automatic-Workplace-Join definition. Additional Data: Error Value: %SystemRoot%\System32\AutoWorkplace.exe." etc.)

I would still dearly love to know how the reg backup, the restore point (supposedly) done by Tweaking.com - Windows Repair, and the restore point I made right before running .... Repair... (plus ones created by system installers / updaters) were all removed from the system apparently as part of the repair process.

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