I've tried booting from my XP disc. Using F12, I selected boot from CD, it ignores me completely & tries to boot from HD. I can't find a way to get to the recovery console.
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I've tried booting from my XP disc. Using F12, I selected boot from CD, it ignores me completely & tries to boot from HD. I can't find a way to get to the recovery console.
SlmJon:
For methods to fix the problem caused by HellzLittleSpy, see this blog entry:
- Userinit Issue
http://forums.spybot.info/blog.php?b=14
There is also a suggestion by HP_XP_User to purchase "Fix It Utilities Professional version 8" which seems to be successful in correcting the problem. See this post.
Thanks for the input. I tried the blog suggestions. Method 1 requires that the "dead" XP computer shows up on the network. It doesn't since I can't log in. Method 2 went OK until it got to "registry path"...then the program hung & would go no further. After quitting & restarting a couple of times, then it said it couldn't find a HD that had a Windows OS. That scared me enough that I stopped and have done nothing further.
Now, I'm living in total fear that my Vista machine will crash. Since it hasn't yet, is there something I can do to fix it???? Will a system restore fix the problem?
This site got me back online!! WoooHoooo! Thanks so much! Now I'll just have to go through more posts and find manual removal instructions for hellz little spy as Spybot is still finding it for me as well. Won't hit fix this time though... thats for sure!
Thanks so much!!
ashe
asheatl26: There is no hellzlittlespy on your computer. This is a false alarm given by Spybot 1.3.
If you are not totally disappointed in Spybot, install v1.5.2. It won't find this on your computer.
With method #4....could you set this up in a way that I can understand what to do. I created the floppy...it works...but I don't know what choice to pick...and then it says something in German...then just sits there flashing a prompt that cannot be typed on.......what to do?
....hobbyist disk ..........ok......now at promt....a lot of German........20 reboots....a lot of clicking around....questions in German......OK..........
....would you please take a look at the blog entries and try to help me? I cannot follow his dos sytem of naming and entry....but I think the format itself will work, as I have been able to get into safe mode using old files pulled up by a NTFS editor. The registry editor disk will work now as the "dirty" error is gone. But I need to get back to the current "bad registry" now...and change that one line with the registry editor. Two shut downs in safe mode did the trick....but again, I don not understand his method of dos entry.