Re: I have deleted a Key in REGEDIT. help!.


Are you using a USB keyboard? I have a usb wireless keyboard and in order to
boot to safe mode on startup, I have to use my old plug-in keyboard. It
seems the usb drivers don't get loaded until later and my computer goes on
to boot as if no keyboard was hooked up. The solution is to plug in your old
keyboard. Hope this helps.


"Adriano" <ashuat@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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Paul, thanks a lot for your help.
My problem is... I am not able to use "Safe Mode" clicking on F8.
If I choose every option my PC goes on correctly but the last
screening is a blue screening with 2 Accounts: the Mine and the
Administrator. If I click on them Windows doesn't succeed to load any
driver and I always see the same blue screen. This is my problem, I
cannot enter into "Safe Mode". I inform you before having modified the
key in REGEDIT my PC did work very fine. In REGEDIT I have modified 2
keys: "Winlogon" to "-Winlogon". This one only.
thanks for your precious info.




http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/System_Restore

"System Restore backs up system files of certain extensions (.exe,
.dll,
etc.) and saves them for later recovery and use. [4]. It also backs
up
the registry and most drivers."

"How to start the System Restore tool at a command prompt in Windows XP"
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/304449/

"Restart your computer, and then press F8 during the initial startup
to
start your computer in *Safe Mode* with a command prompt."

(Some of the options when you press F8 are listed here)'
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/315222/

"Type the following command at a command prompt, and then press ENTER:

%systemroot%\system32\restore\rstrui.exe

"

That is supposed to run System Restore. System Restore will only work,
if you have one or more Restore Points on the disk. If someone who was
working on your computer has disabled Restore Points, then this will
not work.

As with any "dangerous surgery" on the computer, you should back up
the boot drive before doing any more work on it. You can connect
the boot drive to another computer, to perform a backup. And if you
have a recent backup image of the boot drive, then you could always
do a restore from your backup, to get a running system again.

Paul





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