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The shift F10 did nothing (tried a few restarts), so I didn't get that far.From the blog:I tried this but didn't get a command promt with Shift+F10. Tried it again pressing this combination multiple times during startup but still no result."Setup Preparing for first use" loop is a known issue after some uses of PAR and can be resolved with the steps (especially regedit) given here: David's Blog: Windows 7 - Preparing your computer for first use
Is there a way to edit the regestry and doing the same as suggested in that article when I start up in Windows XP mini (Hirens Boot CD)?
Maybe important: Before that it says "resuming Windows" instead of "starting Windows".
While you see the message "Setup is preparing your computer for first use" you can press Shift F10 on the keyboard and you will see a command prompt.
Type in taskmgr.exe and you will get the Windows Task Manager
Look for a process called windeploy.exe and kill it (End Task)
Then you are taken to the Windows Logon screen where you can login normally.
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Did you do that and after killing windeploy.exe the Windows Logon screen appeared and you could logon successfully?