1) Use the vista DVD to go to the repair mode.
2) From the same screen where you do the system restore, there's an option to open an administrative command prompt.
3) That should open in X:\Sources or something like that
4) Go to the windows drive by entering C:
5) Now go to the windows event log folder on your machine (C:\Windows\System32\winevt):
cd c:\windows\system32\winevt
6) ren Logs Logs_bad
7) mkdir Logs
This will create an empty folder for new event logs.
Restart the system and cross fingers.
Tuesday, November 23, 2010
Wednesday, September 15, 2010
Windows Vista Broken Gadgets
- First of all, if you have the Sidebar running, close it and exit the program.
1. type cmd in the Start menu's white (Start Search) line and right click cmd (at top) and click Run as administrator.
2. In the command prompt, type regsvr32 msxml3.dll and press Enter
3. Click OK
4. In the command prompt, type regsvr32 scrrun.dll and press Enter.
5. Click OK
6. In the command prompt, type regsvr32 jscript.dll and press Enter.
7. Click OK
8. In the command prompt
, type regsvr32 msxml4.dll and press Enter
9. Click OK
10. In the command prompt, type regsvr32 msxml6.dll and press Enter
11. Click OK
12. Reset Internet Explorer
to its original settings.
13. If you are using aero, deactivate it.
14. Reboot your computer
15. Reactivate aero.
Your sidebar should be working fine now.
1. type cmd in the Start menu's white (Start Search) line and right click cmd (at top) and click Run as administrator.
2. In the command prompt, type regsvr32 msxml3.dll and press Enter
3. Click OK
4. In the command prompt, type regsvr32 scrrun.dll and press Enter.
5. Click OK
6. In the command prompt, type regsvr32 jscript.dll and press Enter.
7. Click OK
8. In the command prompt
, type regsvr32 msxml4.dll and press Enter
9. Click OK
10. In the command prompt, type regsvr32 msxml6.dll and press Enter
11. Click OK
12. Reset Internet Explorer
to its original settings.
13. If you are using aero, deactivate it.
14. Reboot your computer
15. Reactivate aero.
Your sidebar should be working fine now.
Windows Vista Black Screen Flashing Cursor
Many things can cause this issue,the first thing to try is repair the MBR or Master Boot Record.
How to Repair or Fix a broken Vista MBR:
To Restore Vista MBR, please use the following simple solution.
1. Start your computer from the Windows Vista Installation DVD
2. Press a key when prompted to continue
3. Choose your language, time, keyboard and click Next:
Select language and preferences
4. Next, click "Repair your Computer":
Repair your computer
5. Now, from the System Recovery Options dialog, select the "Operating System" you want to repair, then click Next:
System recovery options, choosing your Operating system
6. From the "Choose a Recovery Tool" dialog menu, select "Command Prompt":
Recovery Tool Command Prompt
7. Type the following into the "Command Prompt Window":
bootrec /fixmbr
bootrec /fixboot
8. Remove the Vista Installation DVD and restart your PC.
If all goes well, this process should have enabled you to restore your Vista MBR and you should now be able to boot back into your Windows OS.
How to Repair or Fix a broken Vista MBR:
To Restore Vista MBR, please use the following simple solution.
1. Start your computer from the Windows Vista Installation DVD
2. Press a key when prompted to continue
3. Choose your language, time, keyboard and click Next:
Select language and preferences
4. Next, click "Repair your Computer":
Repair your computer
5. Now, from the System Recovery Options dialog, select the "Operating System" you want to repair, then click Next:
System recovery options, choosing your Operating system
6. From the "Choose a Recovery Tool" dialog menu, select "Command Prompt":
Recovery Tool Command Prompt
7. Type the following into the "Command Prompt Window":
bootrec /fixmbr
bootrec /fixboot
8. Remove the Vista Installation DVD and restart your PC.
If all goes well, this process should have enabled you to restore your Vista MBR and you should now be able to boot back into your Windows OS.
Friday, May 21, 2010
Reset XP activation
Reseting the Activation Trial:
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In this example: Your activation period has expired, (past 30 days) and you need to get to Normal mode again.
1. Turn On your PC
2. Press F8 repeatedly and go to Safe Mode
3. Logon as per normal
(note: Administrator password is usually blank, but hopefully you know your password)
4. Allow the Desktop to fully load (answering "Yes" to continue into Safe Mode)
(note: This is just a long way of saying go to Safe Mode)
5. Click on Start - Run
6. Type in exactly: rundll32.exe syssetup,SetupOobeBnk (and click OK)
(note: one space, after "rundll32.exe " also the Oo are two letter o's in "oobe"; capitals and comma are important)
7. Wait a couple of seconds (although you will Not see any change)
8. Restart your PC normally (Start - Shutdown - Restart - Ok)
9. You are now able to go to Normal Mode again (For another 30 days !!!)
10. Do whatever you like, you're back to Normal.
This fixed it for me but took me a long time to find this and get it going, hopefully it works for you to.
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In this example: Your activation period has expired, (past 30 days) and you need to get to Normal mode again.
1. Turn On your PC
2. Press F8 repeatedly and go to Safe Mode
3. Logon as per normal
(note: Administrator password is usually blank, but hopefully you know your password)
4. Allow the Desktop to fully load (answering "Yes" to continue into Safe Mode)
(note: This is just a long way of saying go to Safe Mode)
5. Click on Start - Run
6. Type in exactly: rundll32.exe syssetup,SetupOobeBnk (and click OK)
(note: one space, after "rundll32.exe " also the Oo are two letter o's in "oobe"; capitals and comma are important)
7. Wait a couple of seconds (although you will Not see any change)
8. Restart your PC normally (Start - Shutdown - Restart - Ok)
9. You are now able to go to Normal Mode again (For another 30 days !!!)
10. Do whatever you like, you're back to Normal.
This fixed it for me but took me a long time to find this and get it going, hopefully it works for you to.
Monday, March 15, 2010
Monday, February 22, 2010
DHCP Fails to load
It sounds like you have a corrupt winsock entry. If you get the SVCHOST.exe error at start up try this.
Click Start/Run
Type regedit then click OK
Delete the two registry keys listed below...
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\Winsock
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\Winsock2
** Restart the computer
Click Start/Control Panel/Network Connections
Right click on your Local Area Connection icon and left click on properties
Click on the Install button
Select protocol and click Add
Click the Have Disk button
Type "c:\windows\inf" and click OK
Select Internet Protocol TCP/IP and click OK
close the properties window and restart the computer
Your Network card should now properly request the IP address from your routers DHCP server.
Click Start/Run
Type regedit then click OK
Delete the two registry keys listed below...
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\Winsock
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\Winsock2
** Restart the computer
Click Start/Control Panel/Network Connections
Right click on your Local Area Connection icon and left click on properties
Click on the Install button
Select protocol and click Add
Click the Have Disk button
Type "c:\windows\inf" and click OK
Select Internet Protocol TCP/IP and click OK
close the properties window and restart the computer
Your Network card should now properly request the IP address from your routers DHCP server.
Thursday, January 28, 2010
Wednesday, January 20, 2010
Auto log in and out Virus FIX!
1.Insert the BartPE or tools CD into the drive, and boot the system from the CD. Once the file loading phase is over, the Bart PE desktop will be visible, as shown in Figure 1.
2.Type Regedit.exe in the prompt, and press Enter. Select the HKEY_USERS hive
3.From the File menu, choose the Load Hive option. Browse to your Windows installation drive, for example the following location:
C:\Windows\System32\Config\
4.Select the file named SOFTWARE (the file without any extensions), and click Open
5.Type a name for the hive that you've loaded now. (Example: MyXPHive)
6.Now the SOFTWARE hive is loaded, and present under the HKEY_USERS base hive.
7.In order to fix the Userinit value in the loaded hive, navigate to the following location:
HKEY_USERS \ MyXPHive \ Microsoft \ Windows NT \ CurrentVersion \ Winlogon
8.Double-click Userinit and set it's value correctly. Example: Set it's data as follows:
C:\Windows\System32\Userinit.exe,
(Include the trailing comma also. The above assumes that Windows is installed in C:\Windows, and Userinit.exe file is actually present in the System32 folder. You may want to verify that as well.)
9.After entering the correct data, you MUST unload the Hive. To do so, select MyXPHive branch, and then in the File menu, choose Unload Hive. It's important to note that you'll need to select the MyXPHive branch first, before unloading it.
10.Quit BartPE and restart Windows. See if you're able to logon to your profile
2.Type Regedit.exe in the prompt, and press Enter. Select the HKEY_USERS hive
3.From the File menu, choose the Load Hive option. Browse to your Windows installation drive, for example the following location:
C:\Windows\System32\Config\
4.Select the file named SOFTWARE (the file without any extensions), and click Open
5.Type a name for the hive that you've loaded now. (Example: MyXPHive)
6.Now the SOFTWARE hive is loaded, and present under the HKEY_USERS base hive.
7.In order to fix the Userinit value in the loaded hive, navigate to the following location:
HKEY_USERS \ MyXPHive \ Microsoft \ Windows NT \ CurrentVersion \ Winlogon
8.Double-click Userinit and set it's value correctly. Example: Set it's data as follows:
C:\Windows\System32\Userinit.exe,
(Include the trailing comma also. The above assumes that Windows is installed in C:\Windows, and Userinit.exe file is actually present in the System32 folder. You may want to verify that as well.)
9.After entering the correct data, you MUST unload the Hive. To do so, select MyXPHive branch, and then in the File menu, choose Unload Hive. It's important to note that you'll need to select the MyXPHive branch first, before unloading it.
10.Quit BartPE and restart Windows. See if you're able to logon to your profile
Saturday, January 9, 2010
Powerful malware process stopper
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