[Ubuntu-US-PA] UBUNTU Live CD WINE

[jonathan at jdsnetwork.com]

Hi willie,

Isn't windows fun? :)

I recently had to fight with a similar issue, which presented me a great
chance to show off ubuntu to a friend.  Managed to leave the CD there with
him too.

Anyway, the userinit string is likely not where you are looking, which could
be why you are having difficulty with those methods.

 

Most of the registry is in the system32\config directory, but userinit is
per user. so when you get regedit working in wine (which it does) you'll
want to load the hive from your users directory (documents and
settings\username\ntuser.dat). From here, it's under
software\microsoft\Windows NT\currentversion\winlogon.  You may be able to
use this info to fix it with bart or similar in the meantime, but please
keep playing with ubuntu, I think you'll find you like it even more as time
goes on.  It may well be safer to apply the above and use bartpe or remote
registry editing. 

 

So finally. depending on your machine, you probably do not need to add
anything to the livecd.  Boot to your livecd, go to add/remove applications,
and search for wine in there.  It should install into memory and I believe
regedit will come along with it.   If you reboot, it will be gone again, as
it was never installed to the disk or hard drive.  Again, be careful editing
it this way, and backup that NTuser.dat before you make any changes.

 

Hope this helps,

 

JonathanD

 

 

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[mailto:ubuntu-us-pa-bounces at lists.ubuntu.com] On Behalf Of Willie Hickson
Sent: Friday, February 12, 2010 6:03 AM
To: ubuntu-us-ny at lists.ubuntu.com; ubuntu-us-nj at lists.ubuntu.com;
ubuntu-us-pa at lists.ubuntu.com
Subject: [Ubuntu-US-PA] UBUNTU Live CD WINE

 


hello, my name is willie and i have situation that needs immediate
attention.

 

my problem is that my windows xp is doing the "auto log on then log off
dance.

 

i need to get into the registry to fix the 'userinit.exe' file and point it
in the right direction.

 

i have tried just about everything. i tried remote access through another
computer (network registry) that didn't work. i've tried PC regedit that
didn't work, because it can't see the 'userinit' file. Bart PE didn't work
using the "HIVE" method because again it can't see the 'userinit' file. I've
tried knoppix, because it has WINE but it's not pulling up the regedit
program.

 

i'm trying ubuntu for the first time and i must say it's impressive. it pick
up all my hardware and it's allowing me to see my harddrives. i went into
terminal and typed regedit and gave me a message saying " regedit can be
found in wine, i'll have to enable component called 'universe' ". well, this
is what i want to do.

 

i want to install wine into the live cd. when i run the ubuntu live cd, wine
will be available in the application package and i can try to change the
registry via ubuntu. can you help me with this task?

 

thank you.

 

wilie

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