Editing winxp REGISTRY from server 2003 DUAL BOOT -- help!

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Perform a "Repair Install" of your existing
Windows XP installation.

How to Perform a Windows XP Repair Install
http://www.michaelstevenstech.com/XPrepairinstall.htm

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Windows XP - Shell/User
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Get Windows XP Service Pack 2 with Advanced Security Technologies:
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"djvast" wrote:

| Hey all, looks like a bunch of smart cookies around here, hope y'all
| can help!
|
| I recently installed software to test its ability for an internet
| cafe. Software worked, but it modified the shell in the registry from
| explorer.exe to whatever shell it uses. I uninstalled the software,
| chose the "Remove from all profiles/users" option, and now i can no
| longer login to windows. Everytime i try, it says "Loading your
| profile", shows background, then "Logging Off" and back to the main
| screen. This happens on all windows acccounts, "Admin" and "Guest"
| and i can not login in any way to windows, be it safe mode, etc.
|
| Now, on this same machine, i have windows server 2003 installed and
| can go thru the files as needed, but i cant seem to find out how to
| physically get into the reg for XP. I emailed the guy who created this
| software, then as his solution did not work out, he is no longer
| replying to my emails.
|
| Any and all help would be greatly appreciated, lets see what we got!
|
| Thanks
|
| Jay

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In Regedit you load the hive file. Then the part of the other registry appears in yours.

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"djvast" <UseLinkToEmail@WindowsForumz.com> wrote in message news:3_1702767_008ca68ac8bc3e45a099fa11093dafab@windowsforumz.com...
> Hey all, looks like a bunch of smart cookies around here, hope y’all
> can help!
>
> I recently installed software to test its ability for an internet
> cafe. Software worked, but it modified the shell in the registry from
> explorer.exe to whatever shell it uses. I uninstalled the software,
> chose the "Remove from all profiles/users" option, and now i can no
> longer login to windows. Everytime i try, it says "Loading your
> profile", shows background, then "Logging Off" and back to the main
> screen. This happens on all windows acccounts, "Admin" and "Guest"
> and i can not login in any way to windows, be it safe mode, etc.
>
> Now, on this same machine, i have windows server 2003 installed and
> can go thru the files as needed, but i cant seem to find out how to
> physically get into the reg for XP. I emailed the guy who created this
> software, then as his solution did not work out, he is no longer
> replying to my emails.
>
> Any and all help would be greatly appreciated, lets see what we got!
>
> Thanks
>
> Jay
>
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