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Hi, this might me in the wrong area of this forum, I apologize if that is so.
I am running Windows XP Pro with SP3. I am running an older machine (Dell Precision Work Station 360, with 4 GB of RAM).
I deleted Comodo Anti Virus (the latest free addition) software, and checked the registry if it left any traces behind after I rebooted the computer. It left numerous traces. I proceeded to do a search and deleted each line in the registry that had a reference to Comodo Anti Virus (I know I probably created this problem for myself
).
I restarted my computer and and I could not get it started. I was being prompted for a administrator password. I am the only user and never assigned any administrator password. I then went to Recovery Console from my Windows XP installation disk, I tried to fix my installation from the setup. My thinking was, that it would overwrite all OS files.It did, or so I thought. After doing this I was again prompted for administrator password (see above). I never had an administrator password.
I should have also stated that before the system prompted me for an adminsitrator password, I recived error messages like:
The system registry does not appear to have an active ControlSet key
Isass.exe - system error: An invalid parameter was passed to a service or function
In both cases, I was not able to get past these error messages, and I had to manually turn my computer off.
I ran Recovery Console again and I cold not get past any of the option since I am always being asked for an administrator password.
Do any of you fine people out there have any ideas on how to fix my system? I was considering upgrading to Windows 7 Pro, but I have been told that my system would not support this operating system. The same is more true with Windows 8.
Help!!!!
I am running Windows XP Pro with SP3. I am running an older machine (Dell Precision Work Station 360, with 4 GB of RAM).
I deleted Comodo Anti Virus (the latest free addition) software, and checked the registry if it left any traces behind after I rebooted the computer. It left numerous traces. I proceeded to do a search and deleted each line in the registry that had a reference to Comodo Anti Virus (I know I probably created this problem for myself
).I restarted my computer and and I could not get it started. I was being prompted for a administrator password. I am the only user and never assigned any administrator password. I then went to Recovery Console from my Windows XP installation disk, I tried to fix my installation from the setup. My thinking was, that it would overwrite all OS files.It did, or so I thought. After doing this I was again prompted for administrator password (see above). I never had an administrator password.
I should have also stated that before the system prompted me for an adminsitrator password, I recived error messages like:
The system registry does not appear to have an active ControlSet key
Isass.exe - system error: An invalid parameter was passed to a service or function
In both cases, I was not able to get past these error messages, and I had to manually turn my computer off.
I ran Recovery Console again and I cold not get past any of the option since I am always being asked for an administrator password.
Do any of you fine people out there have any ideas on how to fix my system? I was considering upgrading to Windows 7 Pro, but I have been told that my system would not support this operating system. The same is more true with Windows 8.
Help!!!!
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