Menu
What's new
By:
Filters

need windows help

mesman00

mesman00

What's that...?
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
 
S

Slougi

New member
mesman00 said:
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
Click to expand...
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
 
OP
mesman00

mesman00

What's that...?
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
 
OP
mesman00

mesman00

What's that...?
can any of you guys atleast recomend some good windows message boards where i might be able to get some help. thanks
 
C

cooliscool

Nintendo Zealot
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.
 
OP
mesman00

mesman00

What's that...?
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
 
S

Slougi

New member
mesman00 said:
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
Click to expand...
Try disabling the harddrive as a boot device.
 
Doomulation

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.
 
S

Slougi

New member
Doomulation said:
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.
Click to expand...
Not necessarily. Both my w2k and wxp cd's are bootable, even though I burned em myself. (Archival purposes only!!!1 ;))
 
Doomulation

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.
 
OP
mesman00

mesman00

What's that...?
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
 
S

Slougi

New member
mesman00 said:
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
Click to expand...
reboot from gentoo livecd, mount partitions, chroot, rerun grub setup
no need to make a new conf file.
 
OP
mesman00

mesman00

What's that...?
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.
 
S

Slougi

New member
mesman00 said:
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.
Click to expand...
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
 
You must log in or register to reply here.

Top