Guest petfit Posted August 24, 2008 Posted August 24, 2008 I installed Registry Mechanic and ran the Compact Registry function but when it restarts it hangs. The advice is to restart in safe mode and double ckick are particular file in the application to trick it into thinking its run. This has worked once but now that I've tried to run the compact regisrty again I can't get to Safe mode as the keyboard is not active when I get to the Windows Startup menu. If I trick it to default to safe mode by crashing the Windoes load the keyboard is still not active at the Startup menu and the mouse is inactive if I get to Safe Mode. How can I get into Safe Mode and have an active keyboard and mouse ?
Guest Brian A. Posted August 25, 2008 Posted August 25, 2008 Re: Keyboard and mouse disabled in safe mode "petfit" <petfit@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message news:2313EC5D-742F-4971-8402-D1A1BF626A00@microsoft.com... >I installed Registry Mechanic and ran the Compact Registry function but when > it restarts it hangs. The advice is to restart in safe mode and double ckick > are particular file in the application to trick it into thinking its run. > > This has worked once but now that I've tried to run the compact regisrty > again I can't get to Safe mode as the keyboard is not active when I get to > the Windows Startup menu. If I trick it to default to safe mode by crashing > the Windoes load the keyboard is still not active at the Startup menu and the > mouse is inactive if I get to Safe Mode. > > How can I get into Safe Mode and have an active keyboard and mouse ? Have you tried booting to DOS and attempt to restore the registry to an earlier date than when the issue started? In DOS at the prompt type the below command and press Enter: scanreg /restore Select a date prior to the problem and follow the prompts. If your machine is restored to the functionality of before the issue, stop using registry cleaners without having a full knowledge of what the consequences are when using one. -- Brian A. Sesko { MS MVP_Windows Desktop User Experience } Conflicts start where information lacks. http://basconotw.mvps.org/ Suggested posting do's/don'ts: http://dts-l.com/goodpost.htm How to ask a question: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/555375
Guest letterman@invalid.com Posted August 25, 2008 Posted August 25, 2008 Re: Keyboard and mouse disabled in safe mode On Sun, 24 Aug 2008 16:58:00 -0700, petfit <petfit@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote: >I installed Registry Mechanic and ran the Compact Registry function but when >it restarts it hangs. The advice is to restart in safe mode and double ckick >are particular file in the application to trick it into thinking its run. > >This has worked once but now that I've tried to run the compact regisrty >again I can't get to Safe mode as the keyboard is not active when I get to >the Windows Startup menu. If I trick it to default to safe mode by crashing >the Windoes load the keyboard is still not active at the Startup menu and the >mouse is inactive if I get to Safe Mode. > >How can I get into Safe Mode and have an active keyboard and mouse ? You didn't mention what type of keyboard/mouse. Is it USB? I dont thing USB ports work from Dos mode, and I'm thinking that safe mode is pretty much the same as dos mode in Win9.x. also know for fact that my optical mouse does not work in dos, so I have to plug in a ball mouse. If you have USB keyb/mse just borrow an old standard keyb amd mse. If not, I cant help.
Guest Gary S. Terhune Posted August 25, 2008 Posted August 25, 2008 Re: Keyboard and mouse disabled in safe mode 1. Let that be a lesson to you. ALL Registry tools are dangerous as can be. Without exception. Pure garbage and/or scams. 2. If you can't get into a Command Prompt Only from the Startup Menu, then if you don't already have one, get the appropriate Startup floppy disk (Emergency Boot Disk) from http://bootdisk.com/bootdisk.htm Run the EXE to create the floppy, or create a CD ISO that burn to CD using your burning software. 3. Boot to the Startup disk, CDROM Support is not needed. Then run: c: attrib -s -h -r msdos.sys edit msdos.sys Change this line, BootGUI=1 to BootGUI=0, then Alt-F-S to Save, then Alt-F-X to Exit. Then run: attrib +r +h +s msdos.sys Remove the floppy and restart. It should go directly to a C:\> prompt. First, protect what you few Registry backups you have by copying them to a different location, because when you restore one, the oldest one remaining disappears. So, at the C:\> prompt: md regback copy c:\windows\sysbckup\rb*.cab c:\regback scanreg /restore Choose the Registry to restore by date, not by filename. When you're done, go back and re-edit MSDOS.SYS to the way it was before: BootGUI=1. Make sure you reset the attributes, and do so exactly as written. If for some reason your backups are very old, then don't bother. Just reinstall Windows over the top of itself (overinstall), pray a lot, and if that works, get your personal files saved off, then reformat and reinstall a completely new copy. You won't want the mess that results from an overinstall. -- Gary S. Terhune MS-MVP Shell/User http://grystmill.com "petfit" <petfit@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message news:2313EC5D-742F-4971-8402-D1A1BF626A00@microsoft.com... >I installed Registry Mechanic and ran the Compact Registry function but >when > it restarts it hangs. The advice is to restart in safe mode and double > ckick > are particular file in the application to trick it into thinking its run. > > This has worked once but now that I've tried to run the compact regisrty > again I can't get to Safe mode as the keyboard is not active when I get to > the Windows Startup menu. If I trick it to default to safe mode by > crashing > the Windoes load the keyboard is still not active at the Startup menu and > the > mouse is inactive if I get to Safe Mode. > > How can I get into Safe Mode and have an active keyboard and mouse ?
Guest Ben Myers Posted August 26, 2008 Posted August 26, 2008 Re: Keyboard and mouse disabled in safe mode "petfit" <petfit@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message news:2313EC5D-742F-4971-8402-D1A1BF626A00@microsoft.com... > I installed Registry Mechanic and ran the Compact Registry function but when > it restarts it hangs. The advice is to restart in safe mode and double ckick > are particular file in the application to trick it into thinking its run. > This has worked once but now that I've tried to run the compact regisrty > again I can't get to Safe mode as the keyboard is not active when I get to > the Windows Startup menu. If I trick it to default to safe mode by crashing > the Windoes load the keyboard is still not active at the Startup menu and the > mouse is inactive if I get to Safe Mode. > How can I get into Safe Mode and have an active keyboard and mouse ? As mentioned by another poster, try starting the computer with a boot floppy. http://www.bootdisk.com/bootdisk.htm Also, if the mouse and keyboard use PS/2 connectors, check to see if they somehow got switched. Ben
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