Mickeyme
You might be right, but, I don't care
Premium
join:2008-09-05
Carson City, NV
| reply to St0ney
Re: [Trojan] Cant even login to windows
said by St0ney  :I have a windows Xp cd , will that work? or will that just send me to the reformat/reinstall windows xp screen? Seems at this point there is not much else to do but reformat.
If you can't get in even through F8 then I say your screwed.
I hope your not one of those people that keep all this stuff on the hard drive. |
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DOStradamus
MVM
join:2003-11-04
Santa Rosa, CA
| reply to St0ney
Am I right in assuming you're using GRUB/LiLo/etc. for your boot manager?
If so, is it installed into the MBR, or, into the Boot Record of the partition you have Linux installed into?
If installed into the Boot Record of your Linux partition, you can boot off your XP CD, load the Recovery Console, and use DISKPART to change the boot ("Active") partition to your XP one. At that point, you should be able to F8-> Safe Mode.
-NK |
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St0ney
join:2001-02-25
uranus
| reply to AMDUSER
nothing happens as i continuously pound the F8 , at every phase of windows startup, from when it does mem check to detecting drives, to the dual boot menu, all the way to windows logon screen.
i'll have to try the floppy boots sometime later this evening.
I have a windows Xp cd , will that work? or will that just send me to the reformat/reinstall windows xp screen? |
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AMDUSER
Premium
join:2003-05-28
Earth
clubs:
 ·RoadRunner Cable
| reply to St0ney
I would try pressing F8 for the MS Windows boot menu - select the "Last Known working configuration".
If that works to get the system to allow you to login, try downloading Wallpaper Hijack Remover from here: »www.majorgeeks.com/Wallpaper_Hij···816.html .
What it will do is allow you to restore the missing tabs so you can change the background wallpaper.
Note: This will not fix the underlying problem however..
Also, if the wallpaper looks similar to this: »Security Cleanup FAQ »Screenshots of Desktop Hijack it could possibly be smitfraud or some other nasty. |
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lilhurricane
Crunchin' For Cures
Premium,Mod
join:2003-01-11
Purple Zone
clubs: | reply to St0ney
Ok, St0ney - buckle your seatbelt
Moving to MS Help |
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St0ney
join:2001-02-25
uranus | reply to lilhurricane
yes i think i may have to boot to the last save registry? please move to ms help then |
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