I screwed up - xp msconfig

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I was trying to assit a friend with his computer. i am pretty
savy...........but oops
I went into his ms config and turned off some start up items. now his
machine will not boot up. he is running some version of XP. i would like to
make a bootable cd and then go into his ms config and turn on what i turned
off..........please advise
 
Sam said:
I was trying to assit a friend with his computer. i am pretty
savy...........but oops
I went into his ms config and turned off some start up items. now his
machine will not boot up. he is running some version of XP. i would
like to make a bootable cd and then go into his ms config and turn on
what i turned off..........please advise
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What about safe mode? Just disabling startup items shouldn't affect your
ability to go there.
 
Sam said:
I was trying to assit a friend with his computer. i am pretty
savy...........but oops
I went into his ms config and turned off some start up items.
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Which items, specifically?

now his
machine will not boot up.
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Have you tried Safe Mode?

he is running some version of XP.
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Which edition and version, specifically?

i would like to
make a bootable cd ...
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No need. All legitimate WinXP installation CDs are altready bootable.
Simply use it.

.... and then go into his ms config and turn on what i turned
off....
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That can't be done from outside the OS, anyway.


.......please advise


Apologize humbly and profusely to your friend about being "savy," and
then advise him to take the computer to a competent technician, at your
expense, of course.


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I did try that...........it will not do it. I do not know what version of xp
it is...........it think it is home edition? I have both a laptop with xp
home edition and a laptop with vista home premium sp1.

I would really like to make a boot cd.
 
it's likely that your friends
pc needed a tune up and
when you simply tried to
free up some memory
by disabling startups,
it only compounded the
issue your friend already
had.

perhaps, one of the startups
you disabled was actually one
for a malicious software or
incompatible software like
norton av.

my suggestion is to forget
about making a boot cd.

instead, ascertain any
windows setup cd and
boot with it to permit you
to log into the disk system.
via the recovery console

then at the disk prompt run a:

chkdsk
fixboot
bootcfg /rebuild.

then exit and remove
the cd.

the above commands will
break the cycling of booting
that is preventing you from
accessing the safemode or
access normal mode and
then run this:

http://onecare.live.com/site/en-US/article/registry_cleaner_why.htm

the above will tune up the
disk and the registry and
also scan the system.
 

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