Hi Doug,
I have no idea. I doubt that it wil correct your problem with secure sites.
When this happened less than 5 days ago, you may be able to restore a prior Registry in MS-DOS:
- Restart your computer, press and hold down the CTRL key until the Windows 98 Startup menu appears, and then choose Command Prompt Only from the Startup menu.
If you are running Windows Me, start your computer with the startup disk.
- At the MS-DOS prompt, type cd\windows\command, and then press ENTER.
- At the C: prompt, type scanreg /restore, and then press ENTER.
- Select the previous registry you want to restore, and then press ENTER.
NOTE: A properly working registry has the word "Started" next to the date.
- When you receive notification that you restored a properly working registry, press ENTER to restart your computer.
Good luck,