"Peter Pepper" wrote:
| My windows 2000 system crashed on startup, message said file corrupt
| ntoskrnl.exe.   The automatic and manual repair methods were unable to
find
| the system or fix it, even with the emergency disk.  I *was* able to copy
the
| file from the windows 2000 cd using the console repair option.  Of course
it
| is an older version.  The system still does not startup.  I do get past
the
| missing or corrupt file message, and windows appears to be loading, as the
| graphic bar progresses across the Welcome to Windows 2000 Professional
| screen.  There is a blue stop screen that flashes by and the machine
reboots
| so fast that it is impossible to read.  I have tried several different
| options for startup, including safe mode, logging, etc.  Still get the
blue
| stop screen flying by before i could read it.
|
| Thanks for your ideas.

"Dave Patrick" wrote:

> I don't know how much good this will do, but from a parallel install, run
> regedt32.exe, then from the Local Machine Hive, choose Registry|Load Hive,
> then navigate to the
> %windir%\system32\config
> directory on the other install, and find the system file, then Open, in the
> Key Name box give it some temp name, then under tempname, navigate to
> HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\Select
> and look in the Reg_Dword value of "Current", this is the current
> controlset, then navigate to
> HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet00x\Control\CrashControl
> Where x = the value of "Current" (found above) and set the values as follows
>
> "AutoReboot"=dword:00000000
> "CrashDumpEnabled"=dword:00000001
> "LogEvent"=dword:00000001
> "Overwrite"=dword:00000001
> Then navigate back up to "tempname" and choose Unload Hive, and boot your
> original install, Autoreboot is now turned off so you should be able to read
> the stop error.
>
> Bug Check Codes
> http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/en-us/ddtools/hh/ddtools/BCIntro_f55acfed-3296-4e84-8885-c3162fd0ddbf.xml.asp
>
> If nothing else you can at least recover your data from the parallel install
> prior to rebuilding the operating system.
>
> This article may also help you.
>
> http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;266465
>
> --
> Regards,
>
> Dave Patrick ....Please no email replies - reply in newsgroup.
> Microsoft Certified Professional
> Microsoft MVP [Windows]
> http://www.microsoft.com/protect
>
> "Peter Pepper" wrote:
> | My windows 2000 system crashed on startup, message said file corrupt
> | ntoskrnl.exe.   The automatic and manual repair methods were unable to
> find
> | the system or fix it, even with the emergency disk.  I *was* able to copy
> the
> | file from the windows 2000 cd using the console repair option.  Of course
> it
> | is an older version.  The system still does not startup.  I do get past
> the
> | missing or corrupt file message, and windows appears to be loading, as the
> | graphic bar progresses across the Welcome to Windows 2000 Professional
> | screen.  There is a blue stop screen that flashes by and the machine
> reboots
> | so fast that it is impossible to read.  I have tried several different
> | options for startup, including safe mode, logging, etc.  Still get the
> blue
> | stop screen flying by before i could read it.
> |
> | Thanks for your ideas.
>
>
>

"Peter Pepper" wrote:
| Thanks for responding Dave.
| (1) I successfully performed a parallel install following the
instructions.
| (2) I did as you suggested, using regedt32 to navigate to the
local_machine
| on local_machine, and loading the hive from the old install, and giving it
a
| temp name, so now I see
| Hkeylocal_machine...>tempname>controloo1>control>crash control>
| There are seven values visible in the format,
| AutoReboot: Reg_Dword: 0 or
| CrashDumpEnabled: Reg_Dword: 0x3
| I am unable to edit values from here.  Message is, Access Denied.
Registry
| Editor could not save the value entry.  The Key currently selected does
not
| give you access to a value entry.
|
| Can you guide me through this, or can you refer me to a reference page to
| read to understand the regedt32 process better?  In a past life I was a
| Win'98/Me poweruser, so these win2k problems and commands are foreign to
me.
|
| I appreciate your time and effort.
| Peter Pepper

"Dave Patrick" wrote:

> You must logon as local administrator. This article may help you.
>
> http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;[LN];256986
>
> --
> Regards,
>
> Dave Patrick ....Please no email replies - reply in newsgroup.
> Microsoft Certified Professional
> Microsoft MVP [Windows]
> http://www.microsoft.com/protect
>
> "Peter Pepper" wrote:
> | Thanks for responding Dave.
> | (1) I successfully performed a parallel install following the
> instructions.
> | (2) I did as you suggested, using regedt32 to navigate to the
> local_machine
> | on local_machine, and loading the hive from the old install, and giving it
> a
> | temp name, so now I see
> | Hkeylocal_machine...>tempname>controloo1>control>crash control>
> | There are seven values visible in the format,
> | AutoReboot: Reg_Dword: 0 or
> | CrashDumpEnabled: Reg_Dword: 0x3
> | I am unable to edit values from here.  Message is, Access Denied.
> Registry
> | Editor could not save the value entry.  The Key currently selected does
> not
> | give you access to a value entry.
> |
> | Can you guide me through this, or can you refer me to a reference page to
> | read to understand the regedt32 process better?  In a past life I was a
> | Win'98/Me poweruser, so these win2k problems and commands are foreign to
> me.
> |
> | I appreciate your time and effort.
> | Peter Pepper
>
>
>

"Peter Pepper" wrote:
| Hi Dave:
|
| I am unable to login as administrator.  Perhaps I botched the install?
| There does not seem to be an administrator login.  Should I assume the
user
| name and pwd would be administrator if I did not create any users?  Is my
| lack of capitalization an issue?
|
| I would really like to get this desktop running, as it has some important
| infor relative to April 15 on it.
|
| Thanks.
| Peter