but there is no guarantee that it will work. You really should have been given a CD when you bought your System.
This will reset everything on the System and you will have to install everything again. The first step is to get you access to your System.
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Creating a Windows Vista Recovery CD
http://blogs.techrepublic.com.com/window-on-windows/?p=622
Download from here:
http://coblitz.codeen.org/neosmart.net/downloads/guides/Vista_Repair/Vista_Recovery_Disc_x86.iso
Use something like Nero to burn the CD.
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Boot from the Vista CD and on the first screen click Next, click Repair your computer, click Next and select Command Prompt.
At the Recovery Console command prompt, type the following lines, pressing ENTER after you type each line:
delete c:\windows\system32\config\system
delete c:\windows\system32\config\software
delete c:\windows\system32\config\sam
delete c:\windows\system32\config\security
delete c:\windows\system32\config\default
copy c:\windows\repair\system c:\windows\system32\config\system
copy c:\windows\repair\software c:\windows\system32\config\software
copy c:\windows\repair\sam c:\windows\system32\config\sam
copy c:\windows\repair\security c:\windows\system32\config\security
copy c:\windows\repair\default c:\windows\system32\config\default
Type exit to quit Recovery Console. Your computer will restart.
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