need windows help

[mesman00]

i'm having a big issue here. when i try to log into windows i am having some trouble. I select the user i want to log in as, and it starts to log in, and when it gets to "loading personal settings", it automatically logs me off. it does this with all of my accounts. i can get into regular safe mode, but it does the same thing when i try to log into "safe mode with networking". i have created new accounts and tried to log in to them, and i get the same error. i have done a system restore to previous settings where i had no problems, but it still doesn't work. can anyone help me? i have a ton of work i need to get done, but now i'm stuck. right now i'm in Linux and i need to use some windows applications. thanks

p.s. what is the server name for the emulation64 efnet channel, and what is the port? thanks

[Slougi]

Originally posted by mesman00
i'm having a big issue here. when i try to log into windows i am having some trouble. I select the user i want to log in as, and it starts to log in, and when it gets to "loading personal settings", it automatically logs me off. it does this with all of my accounts. i can get into regular safe mode, but it does the same thing when i try to log into "safe mode with networking". i have created new accounts and tried to log in to them, and i get the same error. i have done a system restore to previous settings where i had no problems, but it still doesn't work. can anyone help me? i have a ton of work i need to get done, but now i'm stuck. right now i'm in Linux and i need to use some windows applications. thanks

p.s. what is the server name for the emulation64 efnet channel, and what is the port? thanks
any efnet server, like efnet.demon.co.uk
standard irc server port (6667)
chan is of course #emulation64


As to the windows error, I am baffled :| What exactly do you need to do that you can't do in linux? :P

[mesman00]

need to use a windows app called LogicWorks to design circuits. i might have to bust out Wine if i can't get this figured out

[mesman00]

can any of you guys atleast recomend some good windows message boards where i might be able to get some help. thanks

[cooliscool]

I had the same problem when I got the PE_Weird virus. I even got NAV to clean it, but cleaning it only caused more problems. You may need to re-format.

[mesman00]

crap! atleast i was able to back up my files in safe mode. however, how do i boot from the CD when the computer starts up w/ GRUB. I have it set up in the bios to boot from the CD drive befor e the harddrive, but it still goes into GRUB. What do i need to do to be able to run the windows install CD

[Slougi]

Originally posted by mesman00
crap! atleast i was able to back up my files in safe mode. however, how do i boot from the CD when the computer starts up w/ GRUB. I have it set up in the bios to boot from the CD drive befor e the harddrive, but it still goes into GRUB. What do i need to do to be able to run the windows install CD
Try disabling the harddrive as a boot device.

[Doomulation]

It also need to be bootable :P
Some cds, most likely for example a copy of the windows XP cd or any other (self-burned) aren't bootable.

[Slougi]

Originally posted by Doomulation
It also need to be bootable :P
Some cds, most likely for example a copy of the windows XP cd or any other (self-burned) aren't bootable.
Not necessarily. Both my w2k and wxp cd's are bootable, even though I burned em myself. (Archival purposes only!!!1 ;))

[Doomulation]

Yes, they can be made bootable. But most burned cd's aren't ;)
You'll have to make them bootable which isn't a default option.

[AlphaWolf]

If it's a properly ripped ISO of the CD, then it's bootable without you making any changes to it.

[Slougi]

Originally posted by AlphaWolf
If it's a properly ripped ISO of the CD, then it's bootable without you making any changes to it.
exactly, I did not modify them in any way

[mesman00]

yah its a bootable cd, i've used it before

[mesman00]

ok, i got it to go...i reformated my windows drive. now, instead of booting to the GRUB boot loader menu, Windows XP automatically loads. How do i fix this? thanks

[Slougi]

Originally posted by mesman00
ok, i got it to go...i reformated my windows drive. now, instead of booting to the GRUB boot loader menu, Windows XP automatically loads. How do i fix this? thanks
reboot from gentoo livecd, mount partitions, chroot, rerun grub setup
no need to make a new conf file.

[mesman00]

i mounted partitions, then ran GRUB setup. What does the chroot mean? is that an actual step, or do you mean call GRUB from chroot? becuase when i tried to do "setup (hd0)" i got errors.

[Slougi]

Originally posted by mesman00
i mounted partitions, then ran GRUB setup. What does the chroot mean? is that an actual step, or do you mean call GRUB from chroot? becuase when i tried to do "setup (hd0)" i got errors.
boot from livecd
mkdir /mnt/gentoo (if it is not there)
mount /dev< root partition > /mnt/gentoo
mount /dev< boot partition > /mnt/gentoo/boot
mount -o bind /proc/ /mnt/gentoo/proc
chroot /mnt/gentoo /bin/bash
env-update
source /etc/profile
grub
root (hdx,x) <-- substitute correct info
setup (hdx) <-- substitute correct info
quit
exit
umount /mnt/gentoo/proc
umount -a
reboot

[mesman00]

oops, missed those middle three steps...still a linux nOob (but i'm learning!)

[Slougi]

Originally posted by mesman00
oops, missed those middle three steps...still a linux nOob (but i'm learning!)
I am a noob too ;)
Used Linux the first time at some point in erm November?