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Saturday, March 1, 2008

Bizarre eMachine m2350 laptop Windows XP SP2 registry problem


For some reason after installing Windows XP SP2 into an eMachine m2350, the laptop suddenly won't boot into windows, and will display a 1 ms BSOD, that looks like this (if you can catch it). How to fix it? According to "system7", you need to delete the registry key, HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentSet001
\Enum\Root\SYSPREP_TEMPORARY and HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentSet002
\Enum\Root\SYSPREP_TEMPORARY.

What do you need?
1) A Bart PE CD
2) An eMachine m2350 (duh)

Making a Bart PE CD (reference: http://www.nu2.nu/pebuilder/#start)
1) Download and install Bart's PE Builder (self-installing package), http://www.nu2.nu/pebuilder/#download
2) Insert a XP CD into your CD-ROM drive, cancel and close whatever that pops up.
3) Run Bart BE Builder
4) Set the "Source" to whatever drive your XP CD is in, and set the "Create ISO image" to your desktop.



5) Burn the ISO to a CD-R or CD-RW (your choice).

Registry Fixing (reference: http://windowsxp.mvps.org/peboot.htm)
1) Boot the resulting Bart PE CD on the laptop.
2) Click "Go".
3) Run "registry".
4) Click "HKEY_USERS".
5) File -> Load Hive.
6) Go to C:\Windows\System32\Config\ (I had to type this in)
7) Open "SYSTEM".
8) It asks for a name, type "asd".
9) Go to "asd\CurrentSet001\Enum\Root" and delete SYSPREP_TEMPORARY, do the same for "asd\CurrentSet002\Enum\Root".
10) Click "asd", and go File -> Unload Hive, then reboot.

Thursday, March 22, 2007

Beware of Winlogon.exe

The winlogon.exe file MUST BE located in the folder C:\Windows\System32, otherwise, it is a virus, spyware, trojan or worm. http://www.neuber.com/taskmanager/process/winlogon.exe.html
Size: 490 KB (502,272 bytes)

Tuesday, January 23, 2007

Setup NVidia Firewall to allow access to a print server

1) Create a new custom profile "X", based on High (your choice).
2) Activate and follow the wizard, "Windows File Sharing and Joining a Domain".
3) Set UDP/TCP Port 1900 to both, ALLOW.
4) Save settings and turn off firewall.
5) Add print server to windows as a new default printer, be sure to leave your printer ON.
6) Print something to test print server. If print successful, continue. Otherwise, fix your print server settings.
7) Turn the firewall ON, set to profile "X".
8) Printing should now be successful.