I tried many many times but I could not get to the boot options page! I even tried shutting down then switching off electricity wait couple of minute and then tried but the relevent keys seem to have no effect.
I have not surfed the net even then I ran spybot, ad-aware and McAfee—-alll clean and the Pc in normal mode appears to be functioning normally. It is no longer slow in responding to commands.
The only problem is the boot option page, if not now sooner or later I will need to boot in safe mode so this problem needs to be sorted out. Please help me.
Thank you.
Can you use regedit and tell me if you have this key?
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\system\currentcontrolset\control\safeboot\Network\{4D36E967-E325-11CE-BFC1-08002BE10318}
@="DiskDrive"
Yes but the last @=DiskDrive is not in the string.
I did regedit clicked clicked hkey_local_Machine and then navigated to Network and opened it . The entry is 3rd from the top but ends with close bracket }.
I looked further but there is no other matching entry.
Is there another way of looking?
Launch Notepad (Start>All Programs>Accessories), and copy/paste all the Quoted REGEDIT below to it. Don't forget to include REGEDIT4.
Save in: Desktop
File Name: fixme.reg
Save as Type: * files
Click: Save
Save this as fix.reg Choose to save as *all files and place it on your desktop.
It should look like this: [external image: Posted Image]
Doubleclick on it and when it asks you if you want to merge the contents to the registry, click yes/ok.
(In case you are unsure how to create a reg file, take a look here with screenshots.)
Reboot and "copy/paste" a new HijackThis log file into this thread.
Also please describe how your computer behaves at the moment.
Did as you asked. Still cannot get to boot option page other than this Pc is running normally. Thank you.
Logfile of HijackThis v1.99.1
Scan saved at 5:12:47 PM, on 8/26/2007
Platform: Windows XP SP2 (WinNT 5.01.2600)
MSIE: Internet Explorer v7.00 (7.00.6000.16512)
I did regedit clicked clicked hkey_local_Machine and then navigated to Network and opened it . The entry is 3rd from the top but ends with close bracket }.
Does it have the same as this:{4D36E967-E325-11CE-BFC1-08002BE10318}
Just checked again . The string is exactly the same.
{4D36E967-E325-11CE-BFC1-08002BE10318}
No error. Wrote it down from the registry and checked one at a time.
If deleting it didn't work, try this:
Launch Notepad (Start>All Programs>Accessories), and copy/paste all the Quoted REGEDIT below to it. Don't forget to include REGEDIT4.
Save in: Desktop
File Name: fixme.reg
Save as Type: * files
Click: Save
Save this as fix.reg Choose to save as *all files and place it on your desktop.
It should look like this: [external image: Posted Image]
Doubleclick on it and when it asks you if you want to merge the contents to the registry, click yes/ok.
(In case you are unsure how to create a reg file, take a look here with screenshots.)
Reboot and "copy/paste" a new HijackThis log file into this thread.
Also please describe how your computer behaves at the moment.
Sorry. Which old one. I looked there is no other string begining with 4D36E967—–.
When I clicked on the string it opened in the big side column —-ab(DEFAULT) REG_SZ DiskDrive.
Am I doing something wrong?
EDIT. Wrote above before reading your 2nd post. Should I attempt to delete the only string mentioned above and in case of failure proceed with the new?
Yes but the last @=DiskDrive is not in the string.
I did regedit clicked clicked hkey_local_Machine and then navigated to Network and opened it . The entry is 3rd from the top but ends with close bracket }.
I looked further but there is no other matching entry.
Is there another way of looking?
Is that old string still there as you posted the above.
Yes and No;
There is no single entry that is exactly the same in any one place. What I found was the last part in NETWORK and I got there by clicking Hkey_Local_Machine
which opened system and then currentcontrolset till I reached Network and found the string containing figures and letters within brackets but without @=DiskDrive.
Before this when I did regedit I highlighted computer and did edit-find and pasted the complete discription in, it searched and found nothing. Then I started to click each section manually till I found network and withen it the string without @=DiskDrive.
