To delete your Perl reboot in safe mode and the lock should be gone. The most reliable way on XP is as follows: From the Start menu's Run dialog, enter the command MSConfig. Click on the BOOT.INI tab and check the /SAFEBOOT box. Now when you boot, Windows will go into Safe mode. Naturally, when you no longer need Safe mode, you'll repeat the process and uncheck that box. One caveat: Don't experiment with the other settings on this tab. You could wind up unable to get back into MSConfig to undo your changes.

This works even if you have a USB keyboard that is dead due to lack of a driver when you boot. OK so in safe mode uninstall Perl. Unistall Apache as well. Uncheck the safe mode box and reboot.

Read and follow the steps in this tutorial

cheers

tachyon

In reply to Re: A very severe Perl installation problem!! by tachyon
in thread A very severe Perl installation problem!! by dyer85

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