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Cannot load Welcome screen. Someone messed with my registry.
Hi. I have a problem. As the thread title indicates, my laptop cannot get to the Welcome Screen. Windows Repair loads fine, and I am able to do minor editing tasks there. I have had this as an issue for a while now, and I just figured out that the laptop in question, a Dell Latitude D531, has had the Registry tampered with. Firstly, the permissions on several Registry items were screwed up horribly. That has been fixed thanks to SubInACL and this guide here, but it still won't load the Welcome screen. My registry backup (HKLM/Software) is at my Skydrive here.
The backup was performed in Windows Repair mode (Press F8 at BIOS, Repair Windows, Command Prompt, regedit) after the permissions were fixed. Any help is appreciated.