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From: jcage on 3 Mar 2010 15:03 On Mar 3, 9:09 am, "GlowingBlueMist" <GlowingBlueM...(a)truely.invalid> wrote: > Steve Urbach wrote: > > On Wed, 3 Mar 2010 06:29:12 -0800 (PST), "jc...(a)lycos.com" > > <jc...(a)lycos.com> wrote: > > >> On Mar 2, 9:31 pm, BrianAlex <Brianori...(a)hotmail.com> wrote: > >>> On Mar 2, 7:53 pm, jc...(a)lycos.com wrote: > > >>>> Something in my registry is keeping my system from seeing my > >>>> keyboard upon bootup of my XPproSP2 machine. Might be a virus or > >>>> spyware but at any rate, it boots fine and allows the mouse to > >>>> work okay but the keyboard isn't acknowledged. When I booted into > >>>> safemode, the keyboard appeared to be working all the way until it > >>>> was time to enter a password to get into Admin (when I started to > >>>> type the admin password, the num lock LED went out and for all > >>>> intents and purposes, the keyboard was dead). Aside from the > >>>> keyboard not working, the system seems to be okay. Also, I have a > >>>> couple of registries backed up on the machine if I can get into > >>>> Admin and if there's a way to toggle back and forth between the > >>>> two registries. > > >>>> When I boot into a guest profile and get into device manager, the > >>>> CD and keyboard have that yellow mark as though there's an issue > >>>> with that particular driver. I've tried my normal PS2 keyboard and > >>>> also a USB keyboard - both seem to have the same effect. Anyone > >>>> know of any tricks on something like this? TIA > > >>> System Restore? > > >> Would that dump my hard drive contents? > > System Restore is NOT the same as a Recovery/Installation CD. > > > Note System restore does not always /work/ > > System Restore will disable some programs that were installed after > > the "Restore Point", (which may be a good thing if it was that > > program that caused issues). > > Do you have more than one account with administrator levels? If so, does > the same thing happen with all of them or just the account you normally > login into? > > Other than that it sounds about time for a system repair install from the > origional CD's. > > Since I have not had to do one for a couple of years I don't remember for > sure if it wipes out anything more than the old windows files and drivers.. > Then it's back to the old update's from hell routine until it's caught back > up to the present date. I do have more than one account but the same result - once it boots to windows OR safemode, the keyboard loses all functionality. If I click to login to a 'guest' account for example, I can get in and everything appears fine but again, the keyboard (USB or PS2) isn't functional. As I login and look at device manager, it appears that the drivers for either my CD or keyboard have an issue. I tried to login and click to run my Spyware Doctor but it indicated I didn't have admin rights to do so which again, takes me back to not being able to use the keyboard. I have two XPpro registries for this machine onboard - if there was a way to get to the other one and swap, that would be great. I'm *guessing* that some sort of malware is there creating this mess but I really hate to do a format and start over.
From: BrianAlex on 3 Mar 2010 23:37 On Mar 3, 12:03 pm, "jc...(a)lycos.com" <jc...(a)lycos.com> wrote: > On Mar 3, 9:09 am, "GlowingBlueMist" <GlowingBlueM...(a)truely.invalid> > wrote: > > > > > > > Steve Urbach wrote: > > > On Wed, 3 Mar 2010 06:29:12 -0800 (PST), "jc...(a)lycos.com" > > > <jc...(a)lycos.com> wrote: > > > >> On Mar 2, 9:31 pm, BrianAlex <Brianori...(a)hotmail.com> wrote: > > >>> On Mar 2, 7:53 pm, jc...(a)lycos.com wrote: > > > >>>> Something in my registry is keeping my system from seeing my > > >>>> keyboard upon bootup of my XPproSP2 machine. Might be a virus or > > >>>> spyware but at any rate, it boots fine and allows the mouse to > > >>>> work okay but the keyboard isn't acknowledged. When I booted into > > >>>> safemode, the keyboard appeared to be working all the way until it > > >>>> was time to enter a password to get into Admin (when I started to > > >>>> type the admin password, the num lock LED went out and for all > > >>>> intents and purposes, the keyboard was dead). Aside from the > > >>>> keyboard not working, the system seems to be okay. Also, I have a > > >>>> couple of registries backed up on the machine if I can get into > > >>>> Admin and if there's a way to toggle back and forth between the > > >>>> two registries. > > > >>>> When I boot into a guest profile and get into device manager, the > > >>>> CD and keyboard have that yellow mark as though there's an issue > > >>>> with that particular driver. I've tried my normal PS2 keyboard and > > >>>> also a USB keyboard - both seem to have the same effect. Anyone > > >>>> know of any tricks on something like this? TIA > > > >>> System Restore? > > > >> Would that dump my hard drive contents? > > > System Restore is NOT the same as a Recovery/Installation CD. > > > > Note System restore does not always /work/ > > > System Restore will disable some programs that were installed after > > > the "Restore Point", (which may be a good thing if it was that > > > program that caused issues). > > > Do you have more than one account with administrator levels? If so, does > > the same thing happen with all of them or just the account you normally > > login into? > > > Other than that it sounds about time for a system repair install from the > > origional CD's. > > > Since I have not had to do one for a couple of years I don't remember for > > sure if it wipes out anything more than the old windows files and drivers. > > Then it's back to the old update's from hell routine until it's caught back > > up to the present date. > > I do have more than one account but the same result - once it boots to > windows OR safemode, the keyboard loses all functionality. If I click > to login to a 'guest' account for example, I can get in and everything > appears fine but again, the keyboard (USB or PS2) isn't functional. > As I login and look at device manager, it appears that the drivers for > either my CD or keyboard have an issue. I tried to login and click to > run my Spyware Doctor but it indicated I didn't have admin rights to > do so which again, takes me back to not being able to use the > keyboard. I have two XPpro registries for this machine onboard - if > there was a way to get to the other one and swap, that would be > great. I'm *guessing* that some sort of malware is there creating > this mess but I really hate to do a format and start over.- Hide quoted text - > > - Show quoted text - Start/All Programs/Accessories/tools/System Restore . No keyboard necessary. It has worked for me every time something like this comes up.
From: jcage on 4 Mar 2010 22:47 Here's the deal and thanks for the ideas guys... I think I'm pretty well stuck. I somehow need to be able to clear the password for admin or power user through a guest login. Once I get to the login screen, my keyboard fails to work and my CD isn't available. Both appear to have issues as viewed in Device Manager. I can access the Internet through my browser but cannot open email. so I need some hacker bag of sneaky tricks to either switch to my other registry that I have on my hard drive OR eliminate the passwords to my admin login where I can boot into admin and at least run something like my Spyware Doctor. As it is, through guest login, I don't seem to have the rights to do much. I'm looking at this site - anyone have any experience with the software? TIA http://windowspasswordforgot.com/
From: Auric__ on 5 Mar 2010 08:37 On Fri, 05 Mar 2010 03:47:10 GMT, jcage(a)lycos.com wrote: > Here's the deal and thanks for the ideas guys... I think I'm pretty > well stuck. I somehow need to be able to clear the password for admin > or power user through a guest login. Once I get to the login screen, > my keyboard fails to work and my CD isn't available. Both appear to > have issues as viewed in Device Manager. I can access the Internet > through my browser but cannot open email. so I need some hacker bag > of sneaky tricks to either switch to my other registry that I have on > my hard drive OR eliminate the passwords to my admin login where I can > boot into admin and at least run something like my Spyware Doctor. As > it is, through guest login, I don't seem to have the rights to do > much. I'm looking at this site - anyone have any experience with the > software? TIA Offline NT Password & Registry Editor: http://pogostick.net/~pnh/ntpasswd/ Free. Works. -- STOP TOUCHING ME LIKE THAT!!
From: Jose on 5 Mar 2010 09:13
On Mar 4, 10:47 pm, "jc...(a)lycos.com" <jc...(a)lycos.com> wrote: > Here's the deal and thanks for the ideas guys... I think I'm pretty > well stuck. I somehow need to be able to clear the password for admin > or power user through a guest login. Once I get to the login screen, > my keyboard fails to work and my CD isn't available. Both appear to > have issues as viewed in Device Manager. I can access the Internet > through my browser but cannot open email. so I need some hacker bag > of sneaky tricks to either switch to my other registry that I have on > my hard drive OR eliminate the passwords to my admin login where I can > boot into admin and at least run something like my Spyware Doctor. As > it is, through guest login, I don't seem to have the rights to do > much. I'm looking at this site - anyone have any experience with the > software? TIA > > http://windowspasswordforgot.com/ ....switch to your other registry? How do you create this other registry? Did you use some third party tool like ERUNT, make your own copy (what did you copy)? Are you able to boot into the XP Recovery Console? Depending on your method to create your other registry, you could copy what you think to be a working registry in just a few minutes from RC - but we have to know how you created the backup. You can create a bootable XP Recovery Console CD when no XP media is available: http://www.bleepingcomputer.com/forums/topic276527.html Did you assign a password to your Administrator account? The question is not - did you forget the password, the question is did you assign a password. There are good ways to clear the XP Administrator password without using Windows but it is unethical to help someone breach security. Some Googling is helpful if you just need to clear the XP Administrator password. What would you do if you could clear the Administrator password? How are you able to login as Guest? That is disabled usually. How is it that yours is not? So far there is nothing you describe that is unachievable. |