Resetting My System Registry Is Buggered Now

Nov 9, 2008

I bought my laptop through the university and it came with XP Pro preinstalled on it. I did not receive any cd's with it and was wondering how to go about getting it back to a freh copy of windows. I think my registry is buggered now and wouldn't mind starting afresh. I did some digging and found a thing called sysprep that has the option to prepare the machine for the end user.I'm wondering if I pushed it that would take it back to the state

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System Clock Resetting - Install A New Battery On My Motherboard?

Jun 2, 2006

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Mar 14, 2005

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Jul 10, 2005

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May 2, 2006

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Dec 17, 2006

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Sep 30, 2008

I have a laptop from my old company which I used to use to login to work.I have not used it for some time and I can't remember either my own password or the administrator password.My old company used Active Directory so I am not sure whether any of the solutions available on the internet would work because of Active Directory. Can anyone help me reset either my own password or the Administrator's password so that I can use this laptop? The OS is XP.

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Jul 17, 2005

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Apr 30, 2008

I was reading a string from 2007 on this site about a similar problem I'm having. My XP computer keeps resetting and after the computer restarts and an error report is sent I get a rather vague web page from Microsoft that a device driver might be at fault.

The string I mentioned reading involved a member here that seemed very knowledgeable and quite helpful, I think it was "The Hound" at any rate in reading the string The Hound recommended setting up the error process, for lack of a better term, to not automatically reboot so the message on the bluescreen could be read. I've done that but the system is stable for now.

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Oct 22, 2010

Windows display setting keeps resetting after startup On startup of my computer the monitor screen displays normal sized icons, then enlarges to gigantic icons. After all programs are started I right click on the screen and click on properties. Display properties open, then I click on settings and move the slider to my likings, I click apply and the desktop reverts to normal size and operates in all areas normally. The problem is I have to perform this task every time I restart my computer. It's obvious that the apply/ok
setting in the display properties setting is not sticking. Is there a fix for this condition? Please HELP. Running Windows XP.

Submitted by: Mel W. Here are some featured member answers to get you started, but please read all the advice and suggestions that our members have contributed to this question. ....

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May 3, 2006

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Dec 20, 2006

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Sep 18, 2007

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Sep 18, 2007

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