\WINDOWS\SYSTEM32\CONFIG\SYSTEM

[Guest]

Kelly,

I tried doing what you said but when I get to

Type dir system, and then press ENTER

The conputer says Invalid Path or Filename

And when I type ren system system.bak, the computer also says invalid path
or filename.

I tried only ren system.bak but it says something like "Outside parameters"
I'm not sure what to do now. Does it make a difference if the computer I am
repairing is WIndows XP Home and I am repairing it with a XP Professional CD?
I don't have the home CD anywhere.

Thanks,
Matt

 

[Guest]

Also, what attributes should CONFIG\SYSTEM have? Should it be a system (s),
ready to be archived (a), etc.?

 

[Alex Nichol]

I tried doing what you said but when I get to

Type dir system, and then press ENTER

The conputer says Invalid Path or Filename

You have to get into the config directory first. If your prompt has
something in C: give
CD \Windows\system32\config
You can then do things like Dir and ren on the files in it. If you do
not have a prompt in C start with
C:
on its own first

The files do not have any of the Attributes set (apart from Archive,
which does not matter)