Unable to logon after tinkering with registry - Win XP

[mrao]

I know its a bad idea to tinker with the registry, unless absolutely
necessary and unless you know absolutely well what you're doing but
fact is , i happened to delete some registry keys .... i have no idea
if there is a backup of the registry or not

When I restarted my laptop, XP does load up...but I get a logon box....
It used to boot up and display the desktop directly, with no need for me
to enter a user name or password....and it does not allow me to log
on...its only me who uses the laptop...so there aren't any other user
accounts set up. How do I get past this ???


Whats worse is that the keys "m" & "o" on the laptops keyboard seem to
display "0" and "6" when I click them.....


I'm never, never, never, never going to mess with the registry
again....PLeeeeasae help me

 

[Guest]

One way to fix it is to go into system restore and restore from a earlier time

 

[Malke]

I know its a bad idea to tinker with the registry, unless absolutely
necessary and unless you know absolutely well what you're doing but
fact is , i happened to delete some registry keys .... i have no idea
if there is a backup of the registry or not

When I restarted my laptop, XP does load up...but I get a logon
box.... It used to boot up and display the desktop directly, with no
need for me to enter a user name or password....and it does not allow
me to log on...its only me who uses the laptop...so there aren't any
other user accounts set up. How do I get past this ???


Whats worse is that the keys "m" & "o" on the laptops keyboard seem to
display "0" and "6" when I click them.....


I'm never, never, never, never going to mess with the registry
again....PLeeeeasae help me

First, you've enabled your numeric keypad. Look in your laptop's manual
(or at the laptop mftr.'s website for instructions) about the key
combinations to enable/disable the numpad. On my Thinkpad, the
combination is Shift+NumLck, but yours may be different.

Now try to boot to Safe Mode by repeatedly tapping the F8 key as you are
starting up. Now you should see the normally hidden Administrator
account. Unless you changed it, the default password is a blank. Once
in, do a System Restore to before you tinkered.

Start>Programs>Accessories>System Tools>System Restore
"Restore my computer to an earlier time"

I don't think you should say you'll never go into the Registry again. I
do think you should learn before you tinker, though. ;-)

Malke

 

[mrao]

mrao wrote:


I know its a bad idea to tinker with the registry, unless absolutely
necessary and unless you know absolutely well what you're doing but
fact is , i happened to delete some registry keys .... i have no idea
if there is a backup of the registry or not

When I restarted my laptop, XP does load up...but I get a logon
box.... It used to boot up and display the desktop directly, with no
need for me to enter a user name or password....and it does not allow
me to log on...its only me who uses the laptop...so there aren't any
other user accounts set up. How do I get past this ???


Whats worse is that the keys "m" & "o" on the laptops keyboard seem
to
display "0" and "6" when I click them.....


I'm never, never, never, never going to mess with the registry
again....PLeeeeasae help me


First, you've enabled your numeric keypad. Look in your laptop's
manual
(or at the laptop mftr.'s website for instructions) about the key
combinations to enable/disable the numpad. On my Thinkpad, the
combination is Shift+NumLck, but yours may be different.

Now try to boot to Safe Mode by repeatedly tapping the F8 key as you
are
starting up. Now you should see the normally hidden Administrator
account. Unless you changed it, the default password is a blank. Once
in, do a System Restore to before you tinkered.

StartProgramsAccessoriesSystem ToolsSystem Restore
"Restore my computer to an earlier time"

I don't think you should say you'll never go into the Registry again.
I
do think you should learn before you tinker, though. ;-)

Malke
--
MS-MVP Windows User/Shell
Elephant Boy Computers
www.elephantboycomputers.com
"Don't Panic"

Thank you, thank you.....i followed your instructions and the laptop is
back to normal again. I really appreciate your help. Thanks again.

 

[Malke]

Thank you, thank you.....i followed your instructions and the laptop
is back to normal again. I really appreciate your help. Thanks again.

Super! I'm happy to have helped you. Thanks for taking the time to let
me know.

Malke