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In Reply to: RE: Does XPLite make registry changes? posted by rickmcinnis@dogwoodfabrics.com on November 07, 2011 at 09:28:10
Inmates, who have passed all Steppes including Mihaylov's lists, may not have access to their Registry to make further changes onto it. To do the same at this stage, we are left with Two options...
The First option is to attach ur Hard Disk to another Windows computer via eSata or USB or whatever, & access the registry by this method:-
If you put the drive from machine (A) into another machine (B) you can use the regedit on machine (B) to access the hive filesSimply run Regedit select the HKLM key and from the "file" menu you should see an option to load hive.
Browse to the desired hive on the hard-drive you connected (ensure that you have access to where the hives are stored, for XP it will be in the "windows\system32\config" directory...
The Second method, is quite the same, but does not need another pc. Instead we create a Bootable Windows Image on a CD & boot to it from the Start-up. The procedure is listed below...
Make sure that your system has about 500MB of free disk space!
Download the latest PE Builder version (self-installing package) and install it. Link:-
http://www.nu2.nu/pebuilder/#download
Start PE Builder (pebuilder.exe). When you start PE Builder for the first time it will ask if you agree with the license agreement.
Now PE Builder will ask to search for windows installation files. If you don't have your windows XP setup/installation files on your system you must insert the original Microsoft Windows XP installation/setup CD at this point.
The files you have at c:\windows are not installation files. They are your already installed files!
Click "yes" to start searching. PE Builder will now search all fixed- and CD-Rom drives for Windows installation files. This will take some time. When more than one valid location is found, a dialog will appear where you can select which location you want to use.
At the main PE Builder dialog, select the "Burn to CD/DVD" option. When you are using an erasable medium, make sure that the "AutoErase RW" option is enabled. The "burn using" option should be set to "StarBurn". Select your CD writer device from the Device list.
Hit the "build" button. PE Builder will now ask you to create a BartPE directory, answer with "yes".
The license for your Microsoft Windows XP product is shown. Read it and agree to it to continue.
PE Builder will now start building BartPE. This will take a few minutes.
You will see a lot of files getting copied and/or decompressed, the ISO image build and the data recorded to your CD/DVD writer.
If the data verify was correct and there where no errors reported you can boot the CD/DVD!1.Insert the BartPE CD into the drive, and boot the system from the CD. Once the file loading phase is over, the Bart PE desktop will be visible, as shown in Figure 1.
2.Type Regedit.exe in the prompt, and press Enter. Select the HKEY_USERS hive
3.From the File menu, choose the Load Hive option. Browse to your Windows installation drive, for example the following location:
C:\Windows\System32\Config\
4.Select the file named SOFTWARE (the file without any extensions), and click Open
5.Type a name for the hive that you've loaded now. (Example: MyXPHive)
6.Now the SOFTWARE hive is loaded, and present under the HKEY_USERS base hive.
7.After entering the correct data, you MUST unload the Hive. To do so, select MyXPHive branch, and then in the File menu, choose Unload Hive. It's important to note that you'll need to select the MyXPHive branch first, before unloading it.Another advantage of creating the Bootable CD, apart from using it to make changes to the Registry, is to make use of the USB functionality which some of us lost in the deletion process. As we would be requiring the Thumb drive to transfer music onto the HDD, it can easily be done by booting to this version of Windows (via the Bootable CD)....
Junaid
Edits: 11/08/11 11/09/11 11/09/11Follow Ups:
I have my music computer SDD attached to the "other" computer with the GRANITE USB adaptor, since otherwise my machine will not boot with the drive attached to a SATA port.
I thought I had tried this before and could not get it to "LOAD HIVE". The choice is not offered at all. You can see the shadow, but that is all.
I tried playing with that thing I sent out. It does not allow you to delete. You can change values (I guess) in the right panel but I have no idea what I am doing with that.
I am starting to think that if Serge's new changes are extensive it might be best to stat over. I am already thinking of better ways to get where I am.
Also, are you really able to boot your music computer with gdi32.dll deleted?
Rick,
Im sure u have made some mistake here. The procedure is very simple & i myself have done it. I guess u quite dint understand it properly. Let me explain in a straightforward manner...
With ur SSD attached to the 'other' computer, in any which way (it does'nt matter), it would show up in its "My Computer" as say 'E' drive.
All u have to do is click 'Start'> 'Run'> regedit..
Now u will have the registry editor open. In case u have any tree open, collapse all of them. Now here comes the tricky part...
Just click on HKEY_USERS once so its just selected. NOW go to File menu, & u will have the "Load Hive" option available. Click on it & browse to the Config Folder of ur SSD ( which in this case would be E:\Windows\System32\Config). And from it, select 'software' by double-clicking on it. Now it will ask u to assign a name for this Temporary tree u are creating under the HKEY_USERS. Name it something like 'Rick'.
Now under this Rick tree, u will have access to the Registry of ur SSD. After making any changes whatsoever, remember to UNLOAD the Hive by Just clicking on the 'Rick' & from the File menu, select Unload Hive..
You're Done...!!
Junaid
Big issue: while making registry changes this way one time I did not unload hive after changes and unfortunately I did revise my home pc registry. No problem though everything worked well so no issues but I learned not to make that mistake again. But after latest Steppe registry tweaks I noticed not only did I revise my cmp^2 ssd but I also inadvertently revised my home pc registry. All works ok but I am reluctant to use this method any more period. So it looks like I need another method. Mihaylov's method is probably the way to go. More to come.
THANKS, again!
That thing I sent seems to not offer complete access. And I have not tried to actually change anything with it.
This seems like the way to go.
AS ALWAYS, THANKS for your research and shared intelligence.
My pleasure :)
Junaid
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