Jason said:
No, it says Product Identification number, & last I checked, that's
different than the product key, so if possible, could someone tell me
a way to get to product identification number without having to log on
to my username?
Did you speak to a human so you could tell them you can't get the
Product ID#?
MS phone number for hot fixes in USA - 800-936-5700
MS International Support -
http://support.microsoft.com/common/international.aspx
1. Can you get into Safe Mode?
2. Log on with another account?
3. Try Last Known Good Configuration?
You could boot with a rescue system like a Bart's PE and look at this
registry key:
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion
Listed under ProductID
I also don't see in any of those articles where you need to contact MS
for a hotfix. The STOP: 0x00000051 is an I/O error that resulted in a
corrupted registry.
http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/default.asp?url=/library/en-us/w2kmsgs/442.asp
If you can't boot Windows at all, how are you going to install the
hotfix anyway? If you haven't tried Last Known Good Configuration,
that's your next step. If that doesn't work, then these articles may
help:
How to Troubleshoot Registry Corruption Issues -
http://support.microsoft.com/?id=822705
Corrupted Registry Recovery -
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;EN-US;Q307545
You may also have hardware issues which are the root cause of the
problem. I would check the RAM and the hard drive.
http://www.elephantboycomputers.com/page2.html#Hardware_Troubleshooting
Malke