Registry help

[msu715]

Can I download this to a USB drive or does it have to be a CD?

[evilfantasy]

It's an ISO so you need a CD I'm pretty sure. http://www.f-secure.com/linux-weblog/2008/06/19/f-secure-rescue-cd-300-released/

[msu715]

After I burn it onto the CD do I just boot it with the CD in?

[evilfantasy]

You’ll need to burn the ISO to a CD. Boot up the computer with the CD.

There is a quick guide here. http://www.raymond.cc/blog/archives/2008/07/26/free-f-secure-rescue-cd-300-to-clean-virus-from-unbootable-windows/

I'll be away from the computer for a few minutes now...

[msu715]

Still not working.....just goes to that blue screen automatically

[JJ 3000]

You need to change your boot order in BIOS.

When your computer is first turned on, before windows starts, you should see a message that says to press a certain key to enter setup. It is usually an Fkey or esc or del. Pay attention, as the message may flash very quickly.

Once you get into setup, you want to look for BOOT ORDER or BOOT SEQUENCE or maybe even just BOOT. Set you CD drive as the first boot device and then place the CD in the master CD drive.

Now exit setup and SAVE changes.
When it starts back up, you may see a message that says: Press any key to boot to CD. Just keep tapping the space bar as the computer starts up.

[evilfantasy]

Thanks JJ 3000

[msu715]

Ok I got into the Windows Setup Mode...I'm not sure where to go from here it's telling me I can reinstall all of XP or repair it, what's the next step if you know by chance?

[JJ 3000]

Did you boot to the XP CD or did you access the recovery partition on your hard drive?

Do you have any data on your computer that you want to keep?

If you reinstall XP you will lose all of your data.

If you choose to repair, your data should remain intact. However, if it's a virus that's causing you the blue screen, then the repair might not get rid of it.

So what do you want to do?

The XP CD has to be the same version as the OS you have installed on your computer. EG.. Professional, Home Edition, Media Center etc.
If your computer has Home Edition an XP Pro CD wont work. Get it?

Furthermore, if you choose to do the clean install, you will need your product key.
There should be a sticker on the side of your computer with the key. Do you have that?

[msu715]

I booted up using the reinstallation CD. Well I don't know if you read this whole thread, but the stuff evilfantasy had me doing worked very well, everything was running perfectly fine until the last reboot then the user32.dll error appeared. I'm assuming the virus caused this but I'm not sure.  It is the same XP CD as when first installed so that's not an issue. I have the product key too. If I were to repair it, there's no guarantee it will work correct? I have some stuff on the computer that would be nice to keep, but isn't necessary to keep. I'd just like to know if the repair will definitely correct this user32 error

[JJ 3000]

Well let's try the repair and see what happens.

http://www.michaelstevenstech.com/XPrepairinstall.htm

[msu715]

Ok I went through the setup steps, and it's now installing windows but this came up: "The file usbehci.sys could not be found" It lets me browse but I have no clue where to find it.

[msu715]

Fixed that problem, but it finished installing and now it goes back to setup, is this normal?

[JJ 3000]

Take the CD out of the drive.

[msu715]

Gotcha