Can I do a System Restore from DOS?

[Guest]

Somehow, after installing a piece of software, when I rebooted the machine, WinXP Pro kept going into it's own setup program. It would not go beyond that, so I kept trying different things. Finally, I gave up and decided to to fill out the screens WinXP setup was asking me for and once done and I rebooted again, it locked me out of my pc

1) Is there a way to do a System Restore from DOS o
2) Anyway to disable the username and password screen from DOS or any other way

Thanks

 

[Ron Sommer]

Run System Restore from Safe Mode.
Press F8 while booting to enter Safe Mode.
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Ron Sommer

Somehow, after installing a piece of software, when I rebooted the

machine, WinXP Pro kept going into it's own setup program. It would not go
beyond that, so I kept trying different things. Finally, I gave up and
decided to to fill out the screens WinXP setup was asking me for and once
done and I rebooted again, it locked me out of my pc.

 

[Alex Nichol]

Somehow, after installing a piece of software, when I rebooted the machine, WinXP Pro kept going into it's own setup program. It would not go beyond that, so I kept trying different things. Finally, I gave up and decided to to fill out the screens WinXP setup was asking me for and once done and I rebooted again, it locked me out of my pc.

1) Is there a way to do a System Restore from DOS or
2) Anyway to disable the username and password screen from DOS or any other way?

Not from DOS - XP has no dealings in real DOS. What I would try first
is a boot, hitting F8 as the BIOS screens go to black to get the menu,
and take Safe Mode - Command Prompt only.

If you can get to that you can run System Restore with the command
C:\Windows\System32\Restore\rstrui.exe

If that does not work, then I fear you are down to the technique in
http://support.microsoft.com/?scid=kb;en-us;307545