Registry change = No Boot

[Harry H]

Whilst carrying out a change suggested in a KB I modified the registry and
now the PC will not boot.
The XP Pro loading screen comes up ( i.e. the one prior to Welcome) but the
scrolling blue bar suddenly stops and that's it.

Prior to modifying the registry I did export it to C:\.

There is no ASR data or anything similar - as far as I'm aware.

Any ideas ? I'm sure that if I could restore the old registry I'd be back in
service.

TIA
HH

[Thorsten Matzner]

"Harry H" > wrote:

>Whilst carrying out a change suggested in a KB I modified the registry and
>now the PC will not boot.
>The XP Pro loading screen comes up ( i.e. the one prior to Welcome) but the
>scrolling blue bar suddenly stops and that's it.

See "How to Start System Restore Tool From a Command Prompt in Windows
XP" (http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=304449).

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[Crusty \(-: Old B@stard :-\)]

If you didn't export the registry to a safe location "prior" to changing it,
you have no way to get the old registry back - unless you have a Drive Image
or similar.

You could try booting into "safe" mode (as THE administrator), and
attempting repairs from there. But without a registry backup....

"Harry H" > wrote in message
...
> Whilst carrying out a change suggested in a KB I modified the registry and
> now the PC will not boot.
> The XP Pro loading screen comes up ( i.e. the one prior to Welcome) but
the
> scrolling blue bar suddenly stops and that's it.
>
> Prior to modifying the registry I did export it to C:\.
>
> There is no ASR data or anything similar - as far as I'm aware.
>
> Any ideas ? I'm sure that if I could restore the old registry I'd be back
in
> service.
>
> TIA
> HH
>
>
>
>

[Kelly]

Hi Harry,

Exactly which edit and which article? This could be important to other
users.

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"Harry H" > wrote in message
...
> Whilst carrying out a change suggested in a KB I modified the registry and
> now the PC will not boot.
> The XP Pro loading screen comes up ( i.e. the one prior to Welcome) but
the
> scrolling blue bar suddenly stops and that's it.
>
> Prior to modifying the registry I did export it to C:\.
>
> There is no ASR data or anything similar - as far as I'm aware.
>
> Any ideas ? I'm sure that if I could restore the old registry I'd be back
in
> service.
>
> TIA
> HH
>
>
>
>

[Bill]

Xref: kermit microsoft.public.windowsxp.basics:128781

Turns out that it was probably not the reg. edit causing the problem.
But this leads me on to another question/problem.
When I left the machine that night it was trying to do a safe boot but was
stuck at *........... Drivers\Mups.sys*.(I think)
Next morning at 07h30 - still stuck there.[this was not the first time
that I'd tried a safe boot that had'nt worked but as the machine was needed
to be in service urgently I ignored it - after all mormal boot was working
fine]
As the PC was still under guarantee and the dealer has a *walk-in* repair
service I took it there and - yeah, you guessed it- the damned thing booted
straight away .
The only things that had changed were the removal of the 220v (obviously
it's a latest type ATX M/B & PSU) and the trip to to the dealer's workshop.

Maybe , like most of us, the PC thinks that it's good to get out of the
office once in a while.

Thanks anyway
Harry




"Kelly" > wrote in message
...
> Hi Harry,
>
> Exactly which edit and which article? This could be important to other
> users.
>
> --
> All the Best,
> Kelly
>
> MS-MVP Win98/XP
> [AE-Windows® XP]
>
> Troubleshooting Windows XP
> http://www.kellys-korner-xp.com
> http://www.kellys-korner-xp.com/xp_abc.htm
> http://www.kellys-korner-xp.com/xp_tweaks.htm
>
> Top 10 Frequently Asked Questions and Answers
> http://www.kellys-korner-xp.com/top10faqs.htm
>
>
> "Harry H" > wrote in message
> ...
> > Whilst carrying out a change suggested in a KB I modified the registry
and
> > now the PC will not boot.
> > The XP Pro loading screen comes up ( i.e. the one prior to Welcome) but
> the
> > scrolling blue bar suddenly stops and that's it.
> >
> > Prior to modifying the registry I did export it to C:\.
> >
> > There is no ASR data or anything similar - as far as I'm aware.
> >
> > Any ideas ? I'm sure that if I could restore the old registry I'd be
back
> in
> > service.
> >
> > TIA
> > HH
> >
> >
> >
> >
>

[Kelly]

>Maybe , like most of us, the PC thinks that it's good to get out of the
>office once in a while.

Could be Harry. Glad all is well. :o)

--
All the Best,
Kelly

MS-MVP Win98/XP
[AE-Windows® XP]

Troubleshooting Windows XP
http://www.kellys-korner-xp.com
http://www.kellys-korner-xp.com/xp_abc.htm
http://www.kellys-korner-xp.com/xp_tweaks.htm

Top 10 Frequently Asked Questions and Answers
http://www.kellys-korner-xp.com/top10faqs.htm


"Bill" > wrote in message
...
> Turns out that it was probably not the reg. edit causing the problem.
> But this leads me on to another question/problem.
> When I left the machine that night it was trying to do a safe boot but was
> stuck at *........... Drivers\Mups.sys*.(I think)
> Next morning at 07h30 - still stuck there.[this was not the first time
> that I'd tried a safe boot that had'nt worked but as the machine was
needed
> to be in service urgently I ignored it - after all mormal boot was working
> fine]
> As the PC was still under guarantee and the dealer has a *walk-in* repair
> service I took it there and - yeah, you guessed it- the damned thing
booted
> straight away .
> The only things that had changed were the removal of the 220v (obviously
> it's a latest type ATX M/B & PSU) and the trip to to the dealer's
workshop.
>
> Maybe , like most of us, the PC thinks that it's good to get out of the
> office once in a while.
>
> Thanks anyway
> Harry
>
>
>
>
> "Kelly" > wrote in message
> ...
> > Hi Harry,
> >
> > Exactly which edit and which article? This could be important to other
> > users.
> >
> > --
> > All the Best,
> > Kelly
> >
> > MS-MVP Win98/XP
> > [AE-Windows® XP]
> >
> > Troubleshooting Windows XP
> > http://www.kellys-korner-xp.com
> > http://www.kellys-korner-xp.com/xp_abc.htm
> > http://www.kellys-korner-xp.com/xp_tweaks.htm
> >
> > Top 10 Frequently Asked Questions and Answers
> > http://www.kellys-korner-xp.com/top10faqs.htm
> >
> >
> > "Harry H" > wrote in message
> > ...
> > > Whilst carrying out a change suggested in a KB I modified the registry
> and
> > > now the PC will not boot.
> > > The XP Pro loading screen comes up ( i.e. the one prior to Welcome)
but
> > the
> > > scrolling blue bar suddenly stops and that's it.
> > >
> > > Prior to modifying the registry I did export it to C:\.
> > >
> > > There is no ASR data or anything similar - as far as I'm aware.
> > >
> > > Any ideas ? I'm sure that if I could restore the old registry I'd be
> back
> > in
> > > service.
> > >
> > > TIA
> > > HH
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> >
>
>

[freeaswind]

try the recovery console, winxp did auto backup the registry for you in this
locaton windows\repair,the files "system,default,software...."are just
them,there are totaly five files without extention.

since i didn't meet such problems ,i also don't konw exactly how to fix it
,you had better refer some more advise