Windows XP: System Administrator denies access to display controls and other basic tasks

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1. worstron says:

   January 28, 2011 at 4:33 pm

   It’s hard to say weather the "Dell" restore disk will work. Usually to do a "Windows Repair" you need to have an XP installation CD. But this CD need not be yours. Read the following.

   USING THE WINDOWS REPAIR CONSOLE

   Put your XP disk into your CD drive and restart your system. This will start the XP installation process. When you come to the screen that asks if you want to install XP or if you would like to “Repair” XP, choose Repair. This will open the repair console command prompt. At the prompt, type: chkdsk /r. (There is a space between the k and the /. Now hit “Enter”. The repair should now start. Allow it to run until it stops. This can take some time, so be patient.

   If all goes well, XP will replace or repair any and all missing operating system files.

   Note 1: Before attempting the above, you must first enter the BIOS to make sure that the boot sequence is set so that the CD drive boots before the hard drive.

   Note 2: If you do not have an XP installation CD, you can borrow one for this operation. Since you are “Repairing” Windows and not “installing” it, you will not be required to supply an installation KEY.

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