On Sun, 22 Oct 2006 05:40:02 -0700 =?Utf-8?B?U3RldmVM?=
<SteveL@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote:

> No other types of restore utility installed correct?
No.

> Is the PC part of a domain?
No, just a local workgroup (2 PCs)

> user logged in as Admin?
Yes.

> have you tried using the admin signon?
Yes.

> do you have a registry repair utility, 30 day trial version
> tune-up utilities 2006, I was currious if it would see the registry
> when your problem occured. create new user w/ admin rights, login as
> admin and copy (faulty) user profile to newly created one, login as new
> user and try the process again.
Not tried that, but all the working registry files are definitely missing.
"C:\Windows/System32/Config/System" is just not there.

I am a bit reluctant to fiddle too much, as I am sure that sooner or later
it will all screw up totally and it will become impossible to restore the
registry at all. Backups only go so far...

> I hope this helps,
> Please post back with results, TY, this is interesting

Eddy.