Re: regedit

From: Bob (anonymous_at_discussions.microsoft.com)
Date: 01/03/04 

Date: Sat, 3 Jan 2004 13:46:55 -0800

But when I boot up in safe mode, it still asks me for an
admin password, which is causing the problem. My son
deleted an account that was set for autologon - microsoft
says to fix this, I need to change the autologon to 0 in
the registry. Is this a catch-22?

>-----Original Message-----
>Boot into Safe Mode. Press the F8 key between the BIOS
post screen and XP actually beginning to load. If you
can't boot into safe mode, then there's no way to edit
the Registry.
>
>--
>Doug Knox, MS-MVP Windows XP/ Windows Smart Display
>Win 95/98/Me/XP Tweaks and Fixes
>http://www.dougknox.com
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>"Bob" <anonymous@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in
message news:020301c3d23a$56beb220$a101280a@phx.gbl...
>> How can I edit the registry (regedit.exe) if I am not
>> able to boot up in windows (e.g., booting to msdos,
using
>> safe mode, etc.). I mistakenly deleted an account that
>> was set for autologon.
>.
>

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