I tried putting it on safe mode...got blocked by the activation wizard. The Recovery console was successfully installed
I tried putting it on safe mode...got blocked by the activation wizard. The Recovery console was successfully installed
Please refer to the two screenshots above, the window in the second screenshot is displayed after clicking Yes in the alert box shown in the first screenshot.
Does the contents of the alert box and the window in the screenshots match exactly what you see or are there any differences?
Those screenshots match exactly what I see when I start up the computer.
Regarding your Windows Product key: Where is it? Did you stick it inside the computer case or do you store it elsewhere?
You may want to print out these instructions.
Enter the Recovery Console:
- Start your computer, press the up arrow key on the keyboard as soon as the black screen is displayed during the boot asking you to select which operating system to start. This will keep the computer from booting into Windows XP.
- Use the up and down arrow keys to select the Microsoft Windows Recovery Console option and then press the Enter key. A numbered list of start options will be displayed and you will be asked to enter the number associated with the installation you would like to start.
- Type the number associated with the c:\WINDOWS option (normally 1).
- At the c:\WINDOWS prompt type the command shown in the box below, press the Enter key to execute the command.
You will have to use your other computer to post back which files Combofix has quarantined. Stop after 10 files if there's a lot.Code:dir /s /p \Qoobox\Quarantine\c\windows\system32
If there are more than ten and we do not find the culprit it could be that we will have to check more entries.- Press Ctrl+C on your keyboard, then type exit and press the Enter key. The computer will reboot.
- Press the up arrow key on the keyboard as soon as the black screen is displayed during the boot asking you to select which operating system to start. This will keep the computer from booting into Windows XP.
- Press the power button on your computer to power down.
The command code isn't working. When I press enter it says "The parameter is not valid. Try /? for help."
Try the following command:
dir /s /p c:\Qoobox\Quarantine\c\windows\system32
Note that there are 3 spaces in the command.
The command still doesn't work
Do anyone of these work?
dir c:\Qoobox
dir c:\
dir
Those 3 work
I did a Google search on the command:
dir /s /p c:\Qoobox\Quarantine\c\windows\system32
They changed the "/p" into a "/b"
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