[EHaskins]

If you have a windows XP install disk you can use Recovery Console to re-configure your computer.

If you insert the disk and boot your computer, before the install starts it will ask if you want to run the install, or run recovery console. If you run recovery console, you will get a DOS-like prompt. You will need the know the administrator password on your computer, because you will log-on to your existing winXP install. You will be running winXP off the CD, without a GUI, but logged into your existing winXP install.

What that means is you will have full access to any configuration setting for Windows. I'm hoping there is someone here who is more familiar with Recovery Console who can give you some ideas. I have only ever used it to perform a system restore when I couldn't even boot into safe-mode, and I was following an online guide.

Recovery console is a very powerful tool. It has the power to destroy your Windows install, and corrupt your hard drive. BE VERY CAREFUL WHAT YOU DO!