Thanks, Richard. I'll be the one to "fiddle" with it next. He's bringing
it to me Tuesday.

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Don't pick a fight with an old man.
If he is too old to fight, he'll just kill you.



"Richard Urban" <richardurbanREMOVETHIS********.com> wrote in message
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> Computer illiterates shouldn't "fiddle"!
>
> Have him tap F8 repeatedly when the computer starts its initial boot. When
> he arrives at the advanced menu choice screen (white text on black
> background) have him choose "Last Known Good Configuration" to boot with.
>
> He should be able to get in - less his fiddling.
>
> --
>
> Richard Urban
> Microsoft MVP
> Windows Desktop Experience
>
>
> "Mike ******.com>" <rathbunger<nospam> wrote in message
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>> Friend of mine was "given" a free laptop when he bought his Mazda. It
>> came with no discs or a recovery partition. He called and told me he was
>> fiddling with something in settings <he can't remember what>, and when he
>> rebooted it reboots in repair mode. Repair fails and laptop freezes.
>> He's running Vista 32. Is there a way to get past this during boot and
>> access system restore? If not, what can I do with it? Chad, if you
>> respond to this I already have the Vista 32 repair disk. :-) This is
>> all the information I could get out of him. He really is computer
>> illiterate.
>>
>> --
>>
>> Don't pick a fight with an old man.
>> If he is too old to fight, he'll just kill you.
>>
>>
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