Resolved windows wont boot up.

A family member just gave me a toshiba laptop. it has windows xp on it, but it said it wasn't genuine. it kept bugging me to do something. i asked a friend what to do. he told me to go into safe mode and rename "c:/windows/system32/wgalogon.dll" to "c:/windows/system32/wgatrayold.dll ". like a moron, i do it. now it will boot up until the point where you have to hit ctrl+alt+del to log on, and freezes as soon as any key is pushed...no matter what mode it's in. tried the restore to when it last worked fine or whatever, same problem. tried repairing and even reinstalling (without total reformatting) windows with a disk. same. i dont know what to do, please tell me i didnt turn an expensive gift into a useless paperwieght. thank you for your time.

 

This is probably what your friend was referring to
How to disable or uninstall the pilot version of Microsoft Windows Genuine Advantage Notifications for Windows XP
wgalogon.old, not wgalogonold.dll, but there are several other instructions as well.

 

thanks, that worked. man i thought i killed it. thank you very much sir.