HELP!!! Windows XP won't boot!!!!

[FunkyHairgel]

Hi! OMG you guys really gotta help me out. First, my computer was acting really weird and kept rebooting itself :S And then, when I tried to log in to my account, windows froze. And then I tried it again and windows froze again. And then it kinda worked but then windows restart itself again, and then I tried to log onto my account again but it froze again (lol), and now it has gotten to the point where windows won't boot at ALL!! So I took a part of the case off and looked at the lights at the back and they're all red and the screen just stays black and doesn't do anything.

I reallllyyyy need some help and i don't know what to do. I'd be really greatful if anyone could help me out here .

[Jazz]

Microsoft Knowledge Base Article - 314503

Computer stops responding with a black screen when you start Windows XP

If the worst comes to the worst, perform a repair installation of XP, which is detailed toward the end of the MSKBA.

In addition, when you are up and running, it would be a good idea to do some 'housekeeping', as per the following links: -

Download, install, immediately update, and run these free tools, disabling System Restore prior to running them. You may re-enable System Restore after, if you wish to : -

Microsoft Knowledge Base Article - 310405

How to turn on and turn off System Restore in Windows XP

Spybot-S&D 1.3

Spybot - Search & Destroy 1.3 Tutorial

Ad-Aware SE Personal Edition

Ad-Aware SE Personal Edition Tutorial

Good luck.......

[aqgamer]

I am having the same issue as the original poster after cleaning the registry with CCleaner on my GF's computer it seems to have removed a number of registry entries unfortunately I originally did not realize this and thought it was only the explorer entry that was deleted but after fixing that issue i found that the userinit value was also deleted and that is what was causing me to be unable to access windows through any user account. Also it appears windows no longer gives access to the downloadable ERD Commander trial but i was able to find a copy at this link:

http://www.fullandfree.info/software...ommander-2005/

Good luck and I hope this helps anyone with this problem...Learn from my mistake always back up your registry before cleaning. If I had i could have just fixed it from the back up before manually correcting the explorer issue and saved my self a ton of time and frustration.

Winternals ERD Commander 2005
by Semidead - 12/15/07 8:18 AM In reply to: Far, far away... by abstraqts

I solved this problem using Winternals ERD Commander 2005.

Here's what was wrong, I accidentally deleted the value
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Winlogon\ Userinit=C:\windows\system32\userinit.exe

As we all know there is absolutely no way you can edit the windows registry without being logged in. Any attempt accessing the hard disk outside Windows (such us the repair function of the winXP install CD that leads to a lame prompt, or any other boot disk that does not recognize NTFS partitions) is no help.

But with ERD Commander I was able to create a boot CD that worked perfectly. The CD leads you to a windows-like interface and from there you can edit your registry by just running regedit as you would normally in your system. Then if you have the specific problem you could change the values mentioned here:

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/555648

ERD Commander is the finest way to edit the registry without using Windows!

[aqgamer]

BTW i used magic iso to extract the contents of that file and burn the boot disc.

[totem]

nothing to say but THANKS

just worked fine

one thing more to burn the CD :

extract the commander rar file
open the .nrg file with magic iso
file > save as... (iso file)
burn image on blank CD