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by kostyc

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I made some registry changes to the HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies. I added a string so i cannot access the registry, dos promt, or the Administrative tools. Is there a way to fix my changes since i cannot getin those tools.

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by valachi

If you have an Emergency Repair Disk or at least an updated C:\Winnt\Repair directory, you can try to repair the registry (boot with the CD and when prompted, select 'R').
You might also want to check some documentation about the repair process.

by chuckab

Since you used the HKCU key (instead of HKU), try using another account with admin rights on that box (if you have one) you should be able to load the USER.DAT hive from the other account profile, find that key and change it back.
Another option isto slave the drive to another machine, load the USER.DAT from the appropriate profile and change the key back.

Hope this helps...

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