Lock myself out of windows, need your help(fixed: the hard way)

[ChemMan]

I just got a new harddrive and was finishing installing a fresh copy of windows 2000 on it. In the course of adjusting using X-setup I, stupidly, changed the "RAS checkbox automatically selected in your login window" to true and since I have that service disabled, I get an error on login that says, "remote access service can not be started, see your event log for details", and returns me to the log in screen. I tried safe mode but I get the same thing. All I need to do is change
"HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Winlogon\RasForce"
to false and I should be able to login again. I still have my old harddrive attached and can boot into windows 2000 on that disk. Can I access that registry key on my new harddrive and change it from the old harddrive, and how do I go about doing that?

Thanks for helping this moron out:disgust:.

 

[bmacd]

i'm not sure how to change the registry if it's located on another drive other than your boot, seeing as it won't be the one loading.

-=bmacd=-

 

[Softballslug]

This is a longshot, but you might get away with booting from the Win2k CD and repairing your installation.

There is a failsafe method. The software is called ERD Commander 2000 by Winternals. It boots instead of windows and allows you to edit everything from hidden passwords to the registery. Its not cheap though!

 

[joshInAlaska]

If your computer is on the network, and you can access it via that network, use regedit, or regedt32. Once either is open, they can open registrys on another machine through the network. That outta do it.

 

[ChemMan]

Thanks for the input fellas, but I decided to bite the bullet and reinstall. Oh well, at least it was fresh install, and didn't contain all my files. Serves me right for trying to mess with things with out thinking.