Guest Sam Posted September 20, 2008 Posted September 20, 2008 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
Guest Lanwench [MVP - Exchange] Posted September 20, 2008 Posted September 20, 2008 Re: I screwed up - xp msconfig Sam <Sam@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote: > 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 What about safe mode? Just disabling startup items shouldn't affect your ability to go there.
Guest Bruce Chambers Posted September 20, 2008 Posted September 20, 2008 Re: I screwed up - xp msconfig Sam wrote: > 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. Which items, specifically? > now his > machine will not boot up. Have you tried Safe Mode? > he is running some version of XP. Which edition and version, specifically? > i would like to > make a bootable cd ... 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.... 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. -- Bruce Chambers Help us help you: http://www.catb.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.html http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx/kb/555375 They that can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety. ~Benjamin Franklin Many people would rather die than think; in fact, most do. ~Bertrand Russell The philosopher has never killed any priests, whereas the priest has killed a great many philosophers. ~ Denis Diderot
Guest JS Posted September 20, 2008 Posted September 20, 2008 Re: I screwed up - xp msconfig First try and boot to 'Safe Mode'. If it still will not boot then try BartPE: http://www.nu2.nu/pebuilder/ Also read: http://www.telegraph.co.uk/connected/main.jhtml?xml=/connected/2006/01/03/ecrboot03.xml JS http://www.pagestart.com "Sam" <Sam@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message news:11FAC75B-AA0E-4EF6-81B1-A2D715736186@microsoft.com... >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
Guest ju.c Posted September 20, 2008 Posted September 20, 2008 Re: I screwed up - xp msconfig Microsoft has made a WinPE CD and it is absolutely the best: Microsoft Diagnostics and Recovery Toolset 5.0 $65 64 MB (30 day trial) http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?familyid=5D600369-0554-4595-8AB4-C34B2860E087&displaylang=en ju.c "JS" <@> wrote in message news:O8HpJMzGJHA.3928@TK2MSFTNGP03.phx.gbl... > First try and boot to 'Safe Mode'. > > If it still will not boot then try BartPE: > http://www.nu2.nu/pebuilder/ > > Also read: http://www.telegraph.co.uk/connected/main.jhtml?xml=/connected/2006/01/03/ecrboot03.xml > > JS > http://www.pagestart.com > > > "Sam" <Sam@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message news:11FAC75B-AA0E-4EF6-81B1-A2D715736186@microsoft.com... >>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 > >
Guest Sam Posted September 20, 2008 Posted September 20, 2008 Re: I screwed up - xp msconfig 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. "Lanwench [MVP - Exchange]" wrote: > Sam <Sam@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote: > > 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 > > What about safe mode? Just disabling startup items shouldn't affect your > ability to go there. > > >
Guest Sam Posted September 20, 2008 Posted September 20, 2008 Re: I screwed up - xp msconfig i did try it..............it won't let me......it just reboots "Lanwench [MVP - Exchange]" wrote: > Sam <Sam@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote: > > 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 > > What about safe mode? Just disabling startup items shouldn't affect your > ability to go there. > > >
Guest Sam Posted September 20, 2008 Posted September 20, 2008 Re: I screwed up - xp msconfig i am not sure what version it is and i asked hm for his cd's...........he cant find them "Bruce Chambers" wrote: > Sam wrote: > > 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. > > > Which items, specifically? > > > > now his > > machine will not boot up. > > > Have you tried Safe Mode? > > > > he is running some version of XP. > > > Which edition and version, specifically? > > > > i would like to > > make a bootable cd ... > > > 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.... > > > 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. > > > -- > > Bruce Chambers > > Help us help you: > http://www.catb.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.html > > http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx/kb/555375 > > They that can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary > safety deserve neither liberty nor safety. ~Benjamin Franklin > > Many people would rather die than think; in fact, most do. ~Bertrand Russell > > The philosopher has never killed any priests, whereas the priest has > killed a great many philosophers. > ~ Denis Diderot >
Guest Gerry Posted September 20, 2008 Posted September 20, 2008 Re: I screwed up - xp msconfig Sam Have you tried Last Known Good Configuration? A description of the Safe Mode Boot options in Windows XP http://support.microsoft.com/kb/315222/en-us What is your computer make and model? How old is it? -- Hope this helps. Gerry ~~~~ FCA Stourport, England Enquire, plan and execute ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Sam wrote: > 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
Guest Kelly Posted September 20, 2008 Posted September 20, 2008 Re: I screwed up - xp msconfig Borrow an XP CD and run a repair. -- All the Best, Kelly (MS-MVP/DTS&XP) Taskbar Repair Tool Plus! http://www.kellys-korner-xp.com/taskbarplus!.htm SupportSpace http://www.supportspace.com/pages?aiu=kellyskorner "Sam" <Sam@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message news:11FAC75B-AA0E-4EF6-81B1-A2D715736186@microsoft.com... >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
Guest db.·.. > Posted September 20, 2008 Posted September 20, 2008 Re: I screwed up - xp msconfig 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. -- db·´¯`·...¸><)))º> "Sam" <Sam@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message news:11FAC75B-AA0E-4EF6-81B1-A2D715736186@microsoft.com... >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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