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How to repair a computer that you cannot restart

1. Install a parallel installation of Windows 2000 Server or Windows Server 2003 on the system.
   
   For more information about how to perform a parallel installation, click the following article number to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:
   266465

   (http://support.microsoft.com/kb/266465/ )

   How to perform a parallel installation of Windows 2000 or Windows Server 2003
   NOTE: For the purposes of this article, assume that the original installation is in C:\Winnt and the new parallel installation is Winnt.new.
   
   Note The original installation folder for Windows 2003 Server is in C:\Windows.
2. After you complete the parallel installation, log on to the computer in the parallel installation as the local administrator.
3. Start Regedt32.
4. Click the HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE on Local Machine window to bring it to the front.
5. Click the root folder HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE.
6. On Windows 2000 Server, on the Registry menu, click Load Hive. On Windows Server 2003, on the File menu, click Load Hive
7. Locate the
   SYSTEM
   hive by browsing to the C:\Winnt\System32\Config folder, and then back up the System file.
   
   NOTE: Verify that you are backing up the System file and not the System.log file.
8. Click the System file, and then click Open.
9. In the Key Name box, type OriginalInstall, and then click OK.
   
   NOTE: The name that you choose is not important, as long as it is unique to the subhive that is displayed.
10. The loaded subhive named OriginalInstall is now listed. Expand the OriginalInstall branch.
11. Click the Select key.
12. Note the settings for the Current, Default, Failed, and LastKnownGood registry values.
    
    The numbers in these registry values correspond to the numbers of the CONTROLSET keys that are also listed under the Select key. Under normal circumstances, the CONTROLSET001 key and the CONTROLSET002 key are listed.
    
    The settings for the Current and Default values is normally 0x1, and the corresponding CONTROLSET key for these values is CONTROLSET001. The setting for the LastKnownGood value is normally 0x2, and the corresponding CONTROLSET key is CONTROLSET002. The setting for the Failed value is normally 0, and no corresponding CONTROLSET key exists. However, if a damaged CONTROLSET exists, the setting for the Failed value may be 0x3, and the corresponding CONTROLSET key may be CONTROLSET003.
    
    For more information about how to use the Select key and ControlSets, click the following article number to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:
    102984

    (http://support.microsoft.com/kb/102984/ )

    REG: ControlSet\Select subkey entries
13. Click the CONTROLSET key that corresponds to the setting of the Failed value that you noted in step 12.
14. On Windows 2000 Server, on the Security menu, click Permissions. On Windows Server 2003, on the Edit menu, click Permissions
15. On Windows 2000 Server, select to clear the Allow inheritable permissions from parent to propagate to this object check box. On Windows Server 2003, click the Advanced button, and then select to clear the Allow inheritable permissions from parent to propagate to this object and all child objects. Include these with entries explicitly defined here check box.
16. In the dialog box, click Remove.
17. Remove the users and groups that are listed.
18. Add the local administrator, and make sure that the account has Full Control permissions.
19. Click Advanced.
20. Click to select the Reset Permissions on all child objects and enable propagation in inheritable permissions check box, and then click OK.
21. In the Security dialog box, click Yes.
22. In the Permissions dialog box, click OK.
23. Delete the CONTROLSET that corresponds to the Failed set.
    
    NOTE: The preceding steps are required to remove security on the hive, so that you can delete it. Note that you have backed up the
    SYSTEM
    hive.
24. Repeat steps 13 through 23 to delete the CONTROLSET that corresponds to the LastKnownGood value.
25. Double-click the CONTROLSET that corresponds to the Current value.
26. Double-click ENUM.
27. Click the SCSI key.
28. Use steps 14 through 23 to set the proper permissions, and then delete the SCSI key.
    
    NOTE: The SCSI key is rebuilt during the next start.
29. Click the STORAGE key.
30. Use steps 14 through 23 to set the proper permissions, and then delete the STORAGE key.
    
    NOTE: The STORAGE key is rebuilt during the next start.
31. Under HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE, click OriginalInstall.
32. On Windows 2000 Server, on the Registry menu, click Save Key, and then save the file to the desktop as System with no extension. On Windows Server 2003, on the File menu, click Export, and in the Save as type drop down, choose Registry Hive Files (*.*). Then save the file to the desktop with the file name System with no extension..
    
    NOTE: Saving the file removes any white space in the hive and reduces the size of the file.
33. Make sure that OriginalInstall is still selected.
34. On the Registry menu, click Unload Hive, and then click Yes for confirmation.
35. Quit Regedt32.
36. Use My Computer to browse to the C:\Winnt\System32\Config folder, and then rename the existing System file to System.org.
37. Copy the System file from the desktop to C:\Winnt\System32\Config.
38. Restart the computer and choose the original installation.

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