help please with autorun

i screwed up last night and my comp froze while i was sleeping and when i restarted comp yesterday i ran autorun and accidentally unchecked the file that allows me to login on xp startup page ... so now i type my login pw and it automatically logs out ...hence i cannot get to my documents page to re run autorun and activate the file i unchecked ... how can i get beyond the login page to activate this . ive tried safe mode,actually every mode on safe mode screen and every one just logs me off immediately after logging on ...

Do you have an original Windows CD?

i have xp home upgrade cd tried to use that and repair files (file isnt damaged so didnt think it would repair it anyways but was gonna try) but says theres a file damaged or missing so using that cd wouldnt work ...

i also have 3 recovery cd`s that came with comp i inserted 1 and it asked to recover xp ..and when i hit yes it said i will lose all files so i stopped ... it also gave me option to use command prompt ..i hitthat but didnt know what to type so i also stopped there

All the recovery CDs will do is to return to as new from the factory condition without saving any files.If you have the CD key from the upgrade CD you could borrow a XP Home CD from someone to repair it.
I'm not sure this will work, but You might be able to use a BartPE CD:
http://www.nu2.nu/pebuilder/
or a Live Linux CD to access the computer and Autoruns and make the change

I'm going to move this to the XP forums

System manufacturer and model?

Tell me more about this upgrade CD...that you claim won't work. What does that mean? They seem to work for plenty of others who use them.

Louis

If you mean the program autoruns you should be able to use BartPE and run autoruns and recheck the box you unchecked.

sorry guys ...it was an xp home upgrade cd ... and it wouldnt work because when i tried it ... it said there was a file missing and it wouldnt go any further ..but than i got it to work ...which ended up being a bad thing very bad ... because when i finally got it to start going ..it had deleted so many files that i ended up having to do a complete reinstall of windows xp ...with recovery disks ... and i got pissed and just reformatted whole darn thing ...pissed me off ...now i gotta reisnatll everything ive had lol ...

Sometimes it is the best thing to do

FWIW: Clean Install Procedure with Illustrative Screen Captures - http://www.theeldergeek.com/xp_home_install_-_graphic.htm


Louis

Certain Windows programs will run in PE mode - and the use of the BartPE disk should allow this. Not having used BartPE in a long, long time - I'll have to ask....Does it have the option to load registry hives from the disk when it loads?

Yes you can load/access the original registry hives from the HDD and edit and make changes to them. For example if you delete the user LOGON you can restore that and reload the hive. (I had to do this once)

Edited by Sneakycyber, 29 November 2008 - 10:13 AM.

Thanks Sneakycyber! I've been using a version of Windows PE that's proprietary and have lost touch with the freeware alternatives. I'll have to make some time to try BartPE again!