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by **Gecko** » Thu Sep 27, 2007 4:33 pm

gbghouse3,

I'm running out of tools and ideas on what could be causing this problem.

One question do you have a windows xp cd?

Something is stopping explorer from running even in safe mode.
Let's try and see if we can get around this by changing the way windows boots.

Warning I am going to have you edit your boot.ini file.
If you are not comfortable with using the command line interface or the idea of editing your boot.ini file then by all means DO NOT do it.
If you make a typo while editing this file your system may not boot at all!

Boot into safe mode and open the command box
Change to the root directory do this by typing:
cd\, and then press ENTER.

Now type
attrib -s -h boot.ini, and then press ENTER

Click Start, click Run, type:
notepad c:\boot.ini, and then click OK.

The Boot.ini file opens in Notepad.

Under [operating systems], at the end of the path look for something like /noexecute=xxxx

If you see that then you need to do the following
copy the operating system path of your Windows installation, and then paste it under [operating systems].

In the newly-pasted operating system path, remove the following switch:
/noexecute=xxxx

Save your changes to the Boot.ini file, and then quit Notepad.

Restart the computer.

On the startup menu, use the ARROW keys to select the second operating system item where you removed the /noexecute=optin switch from the path, and then press ENTER.

If you don't see something like /noexecute=xxxx then please make note of the full path under [operating systems].
It will look something like this:
multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1)\WINDOWS="Microsoft Windows XP"

by **gbghouse3** » Fri Sep 28, 2007 4:35 am

how do i get the command box open

by **Gecko** » Fri Sep 28, 2007 11:24 am

gbghouse3,

I'm sorry I should have included that in my reply.

Press Ctrl + Alt + Delete at the same time to bring up the task manger
Select File > New Task now type:
cmd and press ENTER

Do you have a windows xp cd?

by **gbghouse3** » Sat Sep 29, 2007 1:10 am

by **gbghouse3** » Mon Oct 01, 2007 11:27 pm

no i don't have the cd why

by **Gecko** » Tue Oct 02, 2007 1:18 am

gbghouse3,

If you had a windows xp cd then you could run windows system file checker.
The system file checker, checks for bad or missing system files and replaces them if needed.
You could also use the Recovery Console to repair missing entries in the registry.

We might have to use system restore if nothing else works. I'll have to lookup the command lines for doing this without explorer.

If you boot into safe mode and select the Administration account and not your account does explorer load?

by **gbghouse3** » Thu Oct 04, 2007 5:19 am

nope still gone

by **Gecko** » Thu Oct 04, 2007 11:19 am

gbghouse3,

How to start system restore from a command prompt.

Boot to Windows XP Safe Mode With Command Prompt.

Reboot into Safe mode:
Restart Windows after you see the BIOS screen and before Windows starts to load.
Start tapping the F8 key. The Windows Advanced Options Menu appears.
Use the Arrow key to ensure that the Safe Mode With Command Prompt option is selected.
Press Enter. The computer then begins to start in Safe mode.

At the command prompt, type:
C:\windows\system32\restore\rstrui.exe and press enter.

Follow the instructions given to perform the System Restore process.
You should try to choose a date before all of this started.

by **gbghouse3** » Sat Oct 06, 2007 12:55 am

tryed that before i started asking for help and still same problem

by **gbghouse3** » Thu Oct 25, 2007 11:23 pm

by **Gecko** » Fri Oct 26, 2007 2:50 pm

by **gbghouse3** » Sat Oct 27, 2007 3:43 am

so i found my windows disk and did a repair and everything seems to be running fine now

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