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HELP! Thread last updated on 2003-05-09 17:39:53

Posted by member 31568 on 2003-05-08 21:39:25

I installed Litestep earlyer today, and it worked fine, I configured a few themes, everything was great. I ran a game and my box just went nuts, it started opening up random 'trees' *i think thats what you call them* and so I CTRL+Alt+Del and end it. After it closes I get a blue screen, somthing about the kernel, I don't remember and im disapointed in myself for not writing it down. I restarted *btw im on Windows XP Professional* after the splash screen, it would go to a blank screen, nothing on it, just a black screen with a mouse. I can't Ctr+Alt+Del, I can't do anything but chase the mouse tail *and that gets boring after 20min* Litestep was the only thing i did today *other thian a few Warren G songs* I was using [noir], i've tried to 'repair' but that gets me nowhere. Anyways, I installed XP again. What im asking is if there is any way to mabey manually replace the shell or fix it or somting, I don't know much about shells and whatnots *more of a network guy* but im pretty sure thats the problem, and i bet its somthing really simple and basic that im overlooking, thats usually the case. All help or questions are greatly appriciated, thanks.

-fRactIalz00m

Posted by member 31568 on 2003-05-08 23:28:07 link

I've uninstalled litestep and anyother shell mods *aston mostaly* and thats when i get the blank screen.

Posted by member 831 on 2003-05-08 23:59:41 link

You should use a shell switcher...like ShellOn, for example. It'll make your life much simpler.

Posted by member 31568 on 2003-05-09 00:53:45 link

I have no idea what to do, i've read alot of the posts, tried alot of things, but no better results. Can't I just manually move the shell from this xp to the other? *even though ones sp1* ???

Posted by member 1 on 2003-05-09 01:00:04 link

of course...just read the install docs...

Posted by member 31568 on 2003-05-09 03:27:14 link

I've read the install docs =\ mabey im not reading them correctaly, or somting, it seems like i need to just change a simple file or somting, man i dono, been workin at it all day. rawr.

Posted by member 1 on 2003-05-09 10:27:48 link

In XP you need to do more than change a stupid file...you need to edit the registry. Follow your 2K instructions.

Posted by member 35 on 2003-05-09 10:51:57 link

use a shell switcher like, activa. you can find it on sushi's site.

Posted by member 31568 on 2003-05-09 17:39:53 link

Alright i've tried the win2k regestry settings, found and deleted everything litestep related, used a few shell switchers, compared regestry's from old xp to this one, compared them with friends, all with no better results. Also, when I did Ctrl Alt Del to end the game I was playing on the other xp before it croaked, I restarted, upon restarting I had a new xp loading splash screen *you know, where the little bar moves from left to right while xp loads* it was black with the word 'sinister' while it was loading, now i dident download that, nor install it, i've never seen it before, so mabey i got hacked, I really dont know. Anyways, it still dosent start up, but I think im just going to migrate over to this one anyways. I would like to get 'my documents' from the other xp if thats at all possible. I've tried to navigate to it but it says Access denyed, mabey becouse both are admin and one cant take anothers documents, so im guessin thats out of the question. Mabey safemode, I dont know. I would also love to get my CD key from the other xp, if anyone know's where that is in the regestry, ill send u cookies or somthing. Thats about it. Thanks.