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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: C on 3 Mar 2010 15:09
jcage(a)lycos.com wrote:
> I'm *guessing* that some sort of malware is there creating
> this mess but I really hate to do a format and start over.

Starting over would probably take less time than chasing malware and not
knowing if you get it all.

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C
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.

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