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| 873241 | 2010-04-05 07:18:00 | Wild guess - but its a free option and may work - may not either -- Boot from the W7 DVD, if you dont have it, download the Windows 7 Recovery Disc (neosmart.net) other wise work though and select fix computer - when it fails, go to the options and select System Restore ( or if using the recovery disc above) straight to system restore , wind the system back to before you "fiddled" :p -- IF you are lucky the system will boot up OK. Its Ok to 'fiddle" - just have to know how to get out of trouble when it all turns pear shaped :xmouth: |
wainuitech (129) | ||
| 873242 | 2010-04-05 07:20:00 | the windows recovery console tried restoring my computer, but to no avail. yea system restore doesnt work. i physically need to reset the computer's SID. I'll check back tomorrow, as I'm somewhat busy at the moment. But please, please, PLEASE guys any help at ALL would be really helpful to me. |
h4rsheys (15319) | ||
| 873243 | 2010-04-05 07:39:00 | Something you can try - but first you need to get into the Reg. Can you boot into safe mode, and select the Admin account or any other account. Never tried the following so no idea what will happen; Once in the reg, rename the changed SID back to the one you said you know what it is - I rigth clicked mine and selected rename and it would let me - but I'm not silly enough to change it on this PC to try and fix it again :D This is from a Vista fix, but I checked on My W7 and the path and SID is in the same place. * Click Start, type regedit in the Windows Vista Start search box, and then press ENTER. * Locate and then expand the following registry subkey:HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windo ws NT\CurrentVersion\ProfileList * In the left pane of Windows Vista registry editor, click on one of the S-1-5….. folders (SID key) with the long number in it(It may have .bak at the end of it). * Right-click the SID that you want to remove, and then click Delete. * Log on to the computer and create a new profile. |
wainuitech (129) | ||
| 873244 | 2010-04-05 07:42:00 | Since it looks like you need sysprep, it'd be the same as if you were slip streaming Vista SP2 / going into audit mode right?? | Speedy Gonzales (78) | ||
| 873245 | 2010-04-05 07:45:00 | Sysprep is also for W7 and should be on your hard disk. See technet.microsoft.com | johnd (85) | ||
| 873246 | 2010-04-05 09:53:00 | All very well talking about sysprep, but please explain how its meant to be run, windows wont boot in any form to do it from the GUI ? Sure can be done Via the CD I spose as long as you know the commands ( not that hard) Every sysprep I've done has always been Via the Administrator account, LOT easier. |
wainuitech (129) | ||
| 873247 | 2010-04-05 10:03:00 | Shift+Ctrl+F3. Altho this is usually done after you do a clean install / or before you put your username in. After you press the keys above, it reboots and gives you a desktop and the window, where it shows you OOBE / the option to reboot / other, and the generalize option / other option | Speedy Gonzales (78) | ||
| 873248 | 2010-04-05 10:57:00 | So you press Shift+Ctrl+F3 on start up and that gives you sysprep options ??? Sysprep can be damn dangerous as well, if it fails to boot, (and there is a lot of forums saying it does) then the person is screwed = new Install -- AFAIK once you run sysprep theres no going back. ( added in) - Antivirus programs if installed can give a endless reboot on starting after using sysprep - I was just reading. Last time I played around with sysprep in W7 it did exactly that :yuck: spat the dummy - that was on a fresh install as well, luckily I was only playing about killing time/ experimenting - nothing lost. |
wainuitech (129) | ||
| 873249 | 2010-04-05 11:37:00 | I'm not up to full speed with Win7 yet but from what you are saying is you have tried a system restore. Now Wainuitech will be able to answer this question - can you do a repair install on Win 7 as you can in XP? If so has the poster tried this? From what I've read a restore has been tried but no mention of a repair. A repair will lose some of the customization but at least might get it going. I don't see how sysprep is going to help. I have used and deployed Win 7 with it fine but from a working system. |
berryb (99) | ||
| 873250 | 2010-04-05 17:14:00 | i have tried a restore, but it did not work. windows restore could not identify the problem. so should i try sysprep? because i am unable to start the computer in safe mode.. do i press shift+cntrl+f3 when windows is booting? can i get some more info on how to change back the SID please? also if anyone can guide me on how to create a bootable version of newsid.exe that would help a lot too- if it's possible of course. |
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