32 bit TCPIP in a 64 bit system..Vista Wont Load

Alright...I downloaded the TCPIP Patch for windows vista....and loaded the 32 bit version instead of the 64 bit. I have a 64 bit apparently. I have an Hp pavilion, 160g, standard vista, 4g mem. This is what my laptop does when it is restarted: the boot menu comes up ( I have a dual boot with XP) if you select vista it goes to vista loading menu (the green loading bar that does nothing) then flashes blue with some text that I cant read and restarts. No matter what I do it wont load F8, Safe Mode, driver signature bypass, nothing..

Hers the biggest problem it is a laptop with no recovery cd...I didnt make one what an idiot..and the recovery doesn't even work in F8 menu. I can access the files through XP with the dual boot but it wont let me modify the system32 tcpip because it says you dont have permission..I am a little ticked off..any help from anyone would be awesome I am out of Ideas...(exept resorting to torrents) Thanks you guys

Link that I downloaded:
http://www.softpedia.com/progDownload/TCP-IP-Limit-AutoPatch-Download-72536.html

 

You can try giving yourself permission by right-clicking the file, Properties, Security tab I guess (I haven't used XP in a while) and then fiddle with the permissions settings.

If you can't get that to work in XP, you should be able to mount the drive from a system rescue CD or the Ubuntu installation CD, and replace the file that way.

 

I look up the system rescue CD and the Ubuntu Cd and from my understanding they are two different operating systems. So, If I did use them to repair Vista how would I do that? I just dont want to make things worse, but it sounds like that might be the best option. Also I did try to change the permission settings in XP and wont work just from the properties menu. Is there another setting in XP I can make for admin settings. Thanks

 

If you cannot change permissions through the GUI, you could try changing them using the built-in command-line utility cacls.exe. A how-to for cacls.exe can be found on the MS Technet website here.

 

Right, but the Ubuntu installation disc includes a live Ubuntu that you run off the CD, and that stuff which lets you read and write to Windows partitions (both NTFS and FAT32 partitions). It's not too hard, I forget exactly, but you pretty much boot, select to run the live Ubuntu from the disc (instead of installing), and at the desktop there's an Explorer-like program and you can drag and drop files.

 

Hey thanks guys, I ended up allowing my self access to my OWN computer to change my OWN files. Stupid windows..I am still going to burn a copy of that Ubuntu installation disk just in case, thanks again

 

Ubuntu will happily let you damage your system. No worries.