Windows log on prompt....

[ChicksOnLeashes]

Hi!

So... I have a friend that has a pre-built hyperspin setup that I am currently working on. There was an lsass.exe issue on the hard drive that wouldn't let Windows XP boot past the first loading screen. 

I addressed the issue by working on the hard drive through another computer and everything works! But now between the first two loading screens, I am getting a Windows Log on prompt.

You know...
User: Administrator  
Password: nothing   

Press enter and everything is all good... It would be great to skip that and have Hyperspin boot immediately, like it should. 

The problem is, windows is totally hidden and I have no idea how  to exit Hyperspin without shutting the computer off just to get to Control Panel to turn the prompt off... If Control Panel is still ON the system. Or even Regedit to try and disable it through the registry.

I put the Hyperspin hard drive back in my desktop running Ubuntu to try and get the Regedit.exe file to run through Wine... But it just wouldn't work. 

I am totally open to any ideas anyone has as I have never worked with a hidden windows system before.
Thanks!

[KlopjerO]

we usualy don't support pre-built hyperspin harddrives. however I get the feeling that if you boot into hyperspin and you give ctrl+alt+del you could start a process from the taskmanager. you should start a new process called explorer.exe that should start the windows shell. you can leave hyperspin running in the background.

[ChicksOnLeashes]

Yeah... The prebuilt hyperspin stuff is totally questionable. I understand why you would choose to not support it! There is an unbelievable amount of games on here that just flat don't work or make everything freeze. 

Anyways... Choosing "New Task" and running explorer.exe totally let me do my thing in Regedit! Thanks KlopjerO! You are an angel! Haha.

 

[KlopjerO]

ah yes an angel...and a rather Morbid Angel at that. have a nice day