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When you haVe decided to do a clean Installation, you can try this just to save time.

Manul System Restore!


Insert the Windows Vista DVD and press a key when prompted to load WinPE. or Press F8 Advance Boot Options, "Repair Your Computer"

When the DVD is loaded, press Next and then click "Repair your computer."

Wait for the system to scan for operating systems and then click next.

First try to do a System Restore to before the problem occured; however, if there are no restore points available or if System Restore fails, proceed to step 5.

Click on "Command Prompt" and then type the following commands:

c:

cd windows\system32\config

ren default default.old

ren sam sam.old

ren security security.old

ren software software.old

ren system system.old

cd regback

copy default ..\

copy sam ..\

copy security ..\

copy software ..\

copy system ..\

Close the command prompt window and restart the computer.