SGLancaster
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Hardware: Toshiba laptop with XP Media Center
On Saturday my laptop crashed, was really late, so I went to sleep.
In the morning, when I turned it on and logged in... login sound plays... logoff sound plays;
sent back to the login screen... same deal with the other 3 accounts
safe mode brings me to the login screen too... same thing
Googled the problem -2 main causes: "Userinit" key or stuff that requires a repair install
did the "Userinit" key fix - don't work
so on to plan B: repair install
I misplaced the laptop reset cd, but had my XP Pro SP2 CD (from my custom computer) (I thought it was close enough at the time)
The repair install worked fine until the time for the product key:
It will not accept the laptop's product key or the XP Pro SP2 CD' s product key
What the Frell am I supposed to do now?
is there some way to cancel the repair install??,
or is everything just FUBAR
On Saturday my laptop crashed, was really late, so I went to sleep.
In the morning, when I turned it on and logged in... login sound plays... logoff sound plays;
sent back to the login screen... same deal with the other 3 accounts
safe mode brings me to the login screen too... same thing
Googled the problem -2 main causes: "Userinit" key or stuff that requires a repair install
did the "Userinit" key fix - don't work
so on to plan B: repair install
I misplaced the laptop reset cd, but had my XP Pro SP2 CD (from my custom computer) (I thought it was close enough at the time)
The repair install worked fine until the time for the product key:
It will not accept the laptop's product key or the XP Pro SP2 CD' s product key
What the Frell am I supposed to do now?
is there some way to cancel the repair install??,
or is everything just FUBAR