PLEASE, please help me. I contacted Symantec via live chat because we just renewed our subscription to Norton, but the confirmation email we received contained a link that didn’t work. The link was supposed to provide instructions as to how to complete the renewal process. When I contacted Symantec via live chat, instead of just giving me the instructions, the agent connected with my computer (with my permission) and proceed to do unknown things for unknown reasons. She changed the date on our computer’s calendar to Dec. 25th (???) and then proceeded to do things to our Windows configuration (I think…I know nothing about computers…that just what it looked like when I watched her onscreen). At any rate, the computer shut down spontaneously as she was working, so we lost our connection. Now, my computer isn’t working properly in many small, weird, hard-to-explain ways. For starters, I can’t get any further help from Symantec because, when I am in their site, I can’t connect to live chat. I tried clicking on the "email us" link on one of their pages and the page just sits there and does nothing. I also tried the "call us or have us call you" page and that doesn’t work either – I just get an "error on the page". Symantec website issue? I would think so except all kinds of other things on my computer don’t work. Window’s Media Player has ceased to function. I get an "internal application error" which I have tried unsucessfully to repair. Realplayer doesn’t work either – more "internal" error messages. When I go to certain websites, for example my bank’s website – www.53.com – there should be a login box on the left hand side and it’s simply not there on my screen. However, if I go to that same site from my work computer, the screen looks fine. So again, it must be our computer. Same thing if I go to capitalone.com. I can’t access the login screen, but I can if I do it from my work computer. I know so little about computer functionality that I am not even sure what "Windows" actually does. I know it’s any "operating system" for your computer, but I’m not even sure what that means. : ) Having said that, I would dare say that Windows XP on my computer appears to be corrupted from something the Symantec agent did. Can someone please help? Do any of these weird problems ring a bell (Windows Media Player errors, websites missing login boxes on my screen)? Do I need to run some kind of registry cleaner? I am about to go nuts trying to figure this out. Any help would be appreciate. Thank you!
BSOD: Copied over /repair/software and now can’t login!?
BSOD: Copied over /repair/software and now can’t login!?
My work computer recently stopped working. When I boot it up, it gives me blue screen with hive message can’t find system32\config\system. I went into recovery console but it wanted admin password which I don’t have and corporate won’t give me. I don’t want to send it in and wait to get it back, so I hooked up hdd to a desktop and copied c:\windows\repair\software to c:\windows\system32\config\sof… Put hdd back into laptop and booted up and it boots into windows! However, it doesn’t recognize my username/password anymore. What can I do to fix this?
Thanks!
i’m not hacking it; i’m simply fixing it like i would if it were mine, but now my username/pw no longer works; i’m in IT, but i’ve never run into this problem before; they can’t give me the admin pw because it’s the same for the entire company, but i can fix it on my own to save the company a lot of money; and i’ve made backups so everything i do is reversible; i simply need this to work so I can do my job
Well this is the answer I get? And from a "top contributor" at that.
BSOD: Copied over /repair/software and now can’t login!?
BSOD: Copied over /repair/software and now can’t login!?
My work computer recently stopped working. When I boot it up, it gives me blue screen with hive message can’t find system32\config\system. I went into recovery console but it wanted admin password which I don’t have and corporate won’t give me. I don’t want to send it in and wait to get it back, so I hooked up hdd to a desktop and copied c:\windows\repair\software to c:\windows\system32\config\sof… Put hdd back into laptop and booted up and it boots into windows! However, it doesn’t recognize my username/password anymore. What can I do to fix this?
Thanks!
Please people, I know it is tempting—but please do not answer unless you know the anwer or are at least somewhat familiar with the issue.
I asked this same question last night and a "top contributor" told me to "stop hacking" my work computer and to "send it in to IT"
I am in IT
I work for a large Corporation
They won’t give me the admin password because this would give me access to EVERYONES computer.
I am trying to repair my work computer so that I can access files which are important. Otherwise, I will have to send it in and take weeks to get it back costing me valuable time.
How to repair windows with out reformating?
a work computer got infected with advance xp defender, later on the computer was infected with spyguard, password proctect and advance xp fix. by that time the computer was unusable. i did a little search and malware bytes antimalware was the way to go. the virus got removed but now the computer wont start. as soon as windows explorer loads. it stops in the blue screen and halts in error 0x50. i search around and its caused by bad drivers loaded by the virus. i tried to erase those drivers in safe mode but they are locked even tried file assasin but still wont load.
i need to fix this asap a lot of accounting software and clients information in that computer.
the computer only loads in safe mode with command prompt
but if i load explorer it crashes
and reformating its not an option at this moment
can i repair windows with out reformating?
Please help
sorry about the long question but tried to be as specific as i can.
BSOD: Copied over /repair/software and now can't login!?
My work computer recently stopped working. When I boot it up, it gives me blue screen with hive message can't find system32\config\system. I went into recovery console but it wanted admin password which I don't have and corporate won't give me. I don't want to send it in and wait to get it back, so I hooked up hdd to a desktop and copied c:\windows\repair\software to c:\windows\system32\config\sof… Put hdd back into laptop and booted up and it boots into windows! However, it doesn't recognize my username/password anymore. What can I do to fix this?
Thanks, but this is not a desktop it is a laptop. It is not the BIOS PW.
I have permission to fix my own computer. I am in IT at my local branch, but happen to work for a huge corporation who doesn't want to give me the ADMIN PW for obvious reasons.
I am trying to repair it on my own as mailing it in will take several weeks for a repair. Again, I do have permission to repair it on my own.
Thanks for the responses.
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