also @ TechSpot: Verizon doubles FiOS speeds to 300Mbps, prices to increase

TechSpot

Renamed Smss.exe and broke my computer :(

Discussion in 'Windows OS' started by cbank, Jul 2, 2007.

Thread Status:
Not open for further replies.
  1. cbank Newcomer, in training

    Hi, I was getting an error from smss.exe so I located 3 files with the same name (all located in different areas). I renamed all 3 to "asd" with no .exe extention. I then restarted my computer and I get a blue screen of death every time windows is about to load. I've tried safe mode, last known config, start windows normally ect, but nothing seems to work. I loaded in the Windows XP disk and hit "repair" and now i can access the harddrive where my OS is, but windows still doesn't load.

    Is it possible to rename "asd" back to "smss.exe" using the command prompt so I can use my computer again? Basically smss.exe is there, but it has a different name.

    Is there any way to fix this problem?

    Thanks
  2. Special-K Newcomer, in training

    Cant you boot from Windows disk, go into console and rename the file from there?
  3. cbank Newcomer, in training

    I'm in the Recovery console... what command do i type
  4. cbank Newcomer, in training

    anyone know?
Thread Status:
Not open for further replies.