Gin210

Hi. I posted this morning (in the wrong forum I might add oops) about a problem I was having with windows getting stuck in a loop at the login screen. Anyway, after 5 hours of messing with this computer, I finally decided that my only option was to do a repair install of WindowsXP Home. I ran into a couple of hiccups with the install but finally got it going smoothly. Now I have come to a bigger problem. It is asking me for my Product key. The only place that my husband had this product key stored was on the desktop of the computer. (I know, I know, should have written it somewhere else.) Does anyone know of a way that I can find it, or access that file without having to start this whole repair process over again? I'm stuck at the Product key screen and it seems to be a catch 22. I need the key to access the desktop, the desktop is where my key is. Please help. Jen

It is WindowsXP Home Edition. (I just now realized that I posted this in the wrong OS forums... my bad, I haven't had enough coffee this morning lol)

Hi. I am hoping someone can help me fix this. When I boot up my computer, it takes me to the login screen, I click on my user, and it flashes the wallpaper for a second, then goes back to the login screen and tells me that it's logging off. The first thing I tried to do was to log into safe mode. I tried logging in both as Administrator, and my regular user, and it goes through the same process described above. I found this thread: http://www.msfn.org/board/Windows-Xp-Login...lem-t42529.html I followed the directions in post #4 there. When I try the REG ADD command, it tells me that the command is not recognized. So I moved on to the next suggestion for copying the file. I go through all of those steps just fine, and it tells me 1 file has been copied. Then I remove the CD and reboot, only to have the same problem at the login screen that I had to start with. Are there any other suggestions of what I may do to correct this? Thanks in advance for any suggestions. Jen