Questions Concerning Restore & Registry

Please bear with me. I need to get this Restore right from the get-go.

Directly after the last Microsoft update (02/11/11) was installed, my registry entries (which were heretofore in pristine condition) were totally screwed. Any and all attempts to Restore my PC to the Restore point made just prior to the MS update has been met with utter failure. Yet my system seems to be working amazingly well. So I can, currently, boot to Windows without issue.

Question: Does the backup utility backup all Registry entries?
Question: Due to the fact that I wasn't sure about the Registry issue, after taking each snapshot of my system, I always manually backed up my Registry. If the Restore utility doesn't restore the Registry, could I then use my Registry backup safely to complete the Restore?

System: Win 7 Home Premium - 32
Paragon System Backup 10 - GOTD
Windows Recovery CD

Thank you,
Babs

 

Full backup of Disk or Partition contains all data including registry entries.
After restore you will get registry state you had when backup was done. There is no need to restore registry after restore from Paragon.