tools for windows xp failure

[Alec S.]

expand msgina.dl_ c:\windows\system32\msgina.dll

On these I get a message that it can not open these files. I think one
reason is because they are not *.dl_ or *.exe, they are *.dll and *.exe

Oops, right. They are *.??_ on the CD, and you would use expand on those (X:\i386\msgina.dl_ and X:\i386\logonui.ex_). You can
simply copy them from C:\Windows\System32\DllCache to C:\Windows\System32.

 

[Guest]

That did not work. To me if just looks like the logins are missing. Is
there any way to create new a new login without reinstalling?

If I have to reinstall, can you restore the back up that I made not long
after having this problem, or will it make the problem appear again.

Dee

 

[Guest]

Alec,

Can you give me the steps to make windows automatically login without the
two logins I have?

Dee

 

[Alec S.]

Yes of course, the files are bad, so if you restore them, it will be bad again.


Like I said, it's not just that the logins are missing, because even if there were no accounts on the system, the shutdown options,
the text, the graphics, etc. would all still be there, just no logins. You are missing a lot of the display though, parts that are
built into loginui.exe!

Can you give me the steps to make windows automatically login without the two logins I have?

You mean without the two logins you added, and without the administrator account that was already there, and without any
supplimentary accounts that invariably get added? Sure, boot into Windows XP, use TweakUI to set the autologin information under
the Login section. Oh, wait, you can't boot XP.

You could boot 2003, then mount the XP registry and add the setting manually, but autologin does not BYPASS login, it just
automatically logs into one of the accounts. If the accounts are missing, then there is nothing to autologin to.


No, you would need to boot into Windows to do it; you can't boot so you can't run the tool. You cannot add the registry entries
manually to a mounted XP registry while in 2003. (Technically, you may be able to, but I highly doubt that would be in any way
practical, even if it were possible.)


Your best bet is to restore the files. When you installed the IE7 beta, it messed things up pretty bad. Chances are that even
restoring from your system cache is no good since the IE7 installer probably overwrote them; you'll need to restore from the CD.
Since things are really messed up already and you've got a back up, you stand little to lose, so you may as well. Here's the steps
should you decide to give it a go.

* Boot 2003.
* Insert XP cd (let's say it's drive Z).
* Open a command prompt (Run->cmd.exe).
* Type:
c:
for %i in (c:\windows c:\windows\system32) do for %j in (%i\*.*) do if exist z:\i386\%~nxj (copy /y z:\i386\%~nxj %i) else
(if exist z:\i386\%~nj.*_ expand z:\i386\%~nj.*_ %j) > c:\restore.log

That will restore the system files directly from the CD. You'll want to check C:\restore.log for any errors.


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for %h in (c:\windows c:\windows\system32) do for %i in (ex dl sy dr oc) do for %j in (%h\*.%i*) do if exist z:\i386\%~nxj
(copy /y z:\i386\%~nxj %h) else (if exist z:\i386\%~nj.%i_ expand z:\i386\%~nj.%i_ %j) > c:\restore.log

 

[Guest]

Yes of course, the files are bad, so if you restore them, it will be bad again.



Like I said, it's not just that the logins are missing, because even if there were no accounts on the system, the shutdown options,
the text, the graphics, etc. would all still be there, just no logins. You are missing a lot of the display though, parts that are
built into loginui.exe!



You mean without the two logins you added, and without the administrator account that was already there, and without any
supplimentary accounts that invariably get added? Sure, boot into Windows XP, use TweakUI to set the autologin information under
the Login section. Oh, wait, you can't boot XP.

You could boot 2003, then mount the XP registry and add the setting manually, but autologin does not BYPASS login, it just
automatically logs into one of the accounts. If the accounts are missing, then there is nothing to autologin to.



No, you would need to boot into Windows to do it; you can't boot so you can't run the tool. You cannot add the registry entries
manually to a mounted XP registry while in 2003. (Technically, you may be able to, but I highly doubt that would be in any way
practical, even if it were possible.)


Your best bet is to restore the files. When you installed the IE7 beta, it messed things up pretty bad. Chances are that even
restoring from your system cache is no good since the IE7 installer probably overwrote them; you'll need to restore from the CD.
Since things are really messed up already and you've got a back up, you stand little to lose, so you may as well. Here's the steps
should you decide to give it a go.

* Boot 2003.
* Insert XP cd (let's say it's drive Z).

Mine is K

* Open a command prompt (Run->cmd.exe).
* Type:
c:
for %i in (c:\windows c:\windows\system32) do for %j in (%i\*.*) do if exist z:\i386\%~nxj (copy /y z:\i386\%~nxj %i) else

The syntax of the command is incorrect. ---- is what I am getting right here

 

[Alec S.]

for %i in (c:\windows c:\windows\system32) do for %j in (%i\*.*) do if exist K:\i386\%~nxj (copy /y K:\i386\%~nxj %i) else (if exist
K:\i386\%~nj.*_ expand K:\i386\%~nj.*_ %j) > c:\restore.log

The syntax of the command is incorrect. ---- is what I am getting right here

It's all one line. Copy the whole line from the message then paste it in the command prompt by pressing Alt+Space, E, P.

 

[Guest]

I did a copy into a text file and then copied it on the command line. It
seemed to work like a charm. The report.log had 0, so I booted to windows xp
sp2. The graphics looks horrible, all coloring is off and it still does not
get to a log in.

I will wait till I hear back from you, but look like I should just do a
fresh install. What do you think?

Then try the restore with the back up. Again what do you think?

If this messes up I can do a fresh install again and try to reinstall what I
can. Again what do you think?

I know you are sick of me by now, but I really appreciate all you patience
and help and you have been great.

Dee

 

[Alec S.]

I did a copy into a text file and then copied it on the command line. It
seemed to work like a charm. The report.log had 0, so I booted to windows xp
sp2. The graphics looks horrible, all coloring is off and it still does not
get to a log in.

Graphics look horrible? How so? Perhaps you got a virus or something which messed up the core system so badly, that even restoring
the original ones doesn't help because they no longer match.

I will wait till I hear back from you, but look like I should just do a
fresh install. What do you think?

Looks like you might have to at this point. If none of the other things helped (including the restoration of all of the system
files), then there's really no other opiton. You may have been right at the start about your registry; it is probably completely
munged.

Then try the restore with the back up. Again what do you think?

If this messes up I can do a fresh install again and try to reinstall what I
can. Again what do you think?

If you copy the bad files over the new installation, it will just mangle the new installation.

What you can do however is to do a fresh install, then selectively copy stuff from your backup of Documents and Settings (there's a
reason it's called that). Don't just copy the whole thing, copy the files and folders one at a time, creating a backup of the
default somewhere else so that you can make sure that the old settings you are restoring are good.

Most of your application settings (especially those of bigger apps like Adobe, Microsoft, etc.) are stored in there, as opposed to
in the registry, INI files, etc. (user preferences are located in "Documents and Settings\%username%\Application
Data\COMPANY\SOFTWARE", while global settings are located in "Documents and Settings\All Users\Application Data\COMPANY\SOFTWARE").

I can give you some more detail on restoring later today.

I know you are sick of me by now, but I really appreciate all you patience and help and you have been great.

Don't worry about it, what I'm sick of is that your problem couldn't be fixed.