- Joined
- Nov 2, 2005
- Location
- Stamford, Connecticut, USA
I have a Dell laptop and it came with Windows XP Home. I recently got infected with spyware and virus' and I decided to repair windows and see if I could fix the infected OS.
I dug up a copy of Windows XP Home (not the one that came with it) I rebooted to the cd and proceeded to repair windows. When it was all said and done it asked me to authenticate windows right at the boot up. Since I did not install it with the original CD I was not able to validate that version. Now I can not get into my HD unless I boot to safe mode. Can you guy help me get past that authenication screen right before it goes to the desktop?
I guess I should have repaired with the Dell CD but I CANT FIND IT.
I dug up a copy of Windows XP Home (not the one that came with it) I rebooted to the cd and proceeded to repair windows. When it was all said and done it asked me to authenticate windows right at the boot up. Since I did not install it with the original CD I was not able to validate that version. Now I can not get into my HD unless I boot to safe mode. Can you guy help me get past that authenication screen right before it goes to the desktop?
I guess I should have repaired with the Dell CD but I CANT FIND IT.