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Xp disables laptop keyboard on startup and install....
If you successfully boot back into Windows, reboot again to make sure it wasn'ta fluke. If you successfully boot back into Windows, enter msconfig again. Click on the Config.sys tab and If you successfully boot back into Windows, follow the instructions at the link provided below to manually run Live Update.

Can't boot to Windows
DOS, so I copied that over from my ZIP'ed backup and when I tried selecting that, my hard disk light came on solid, so I rebooted into XP. I've since installed PowerQuest's BootMagic but obviously it also just sees XP as being available. Is there any way to get the ME boot capability back without having to

How to dual boot redhat and XP
Start your computer and after POST just finished, press F8 to boot in safe mode. Hope it helps. Peter -----Original Message----- I am using XP Pro. I deleted what I believe was a desktop.ini file. after resetting the PC, I am unable to boot up back into windows. what happens is it goes through the normal booting up

Installed Vista dual boot, think I screwed up!
Safe mode is fine - can't get into normal mode. I've gotta tell you - XP Pro is the absolute worst experience I've ever had with an operating system. IMHO it is a complete waste of money and time and causes much unnecessary frustration. Fortunately, I didn't install over my Win2K Pro and can still dual-boot back to

xp home network file permissions
"Lauren" wrote: Boot back into Safe Mode and log in to the Administrator account. Then run System Restore and choose the most recent restore point that is prior to the onset of this problem. Good luck I've been using Windows XP on my computer for 3 years, from the time I purchased the computer.

problems
G Patricks icer...@yahoo.com comp sys ibm pc games flight-sim Bob - Is James Hallows working on a Foxy for XP, or are all his talents going into my new Cougar program? Once the download is done, you can boot back to WinXP and they'll still send characters, but the download itself isn't possible.

New Boot Drive install question.
So I boot back into dos... no problems keyboard works... try another xp disc, same problem, no keyboard, boot into dos, keyboard is ok.... so I can not install xp... but I can install and run windows 98. So the thought I have is that maybe xp does a more thourogh hardware check than 98, it may see the minor

Help me if you can! I can't boot into XP
When you are finished this procedure, a registry is created that you can use to boot back into Windows XP. This registry was created and saved during the initial setup of Windows XP, so any changes and settings that took place after Setup completes are lost. To complete part one, follow these steps: Boot to the

Linux unstable?
We then reconnect the CDROM to target system, and boot back into WinPE. We connect the network share holding the SDI image. We then use SDIMGR to try and restore the image using the /writedisk option. SDIMGR reports that the disk is full. Again that's impossible, but just for giggles we run DISKPART on the target

How to dual boot redhat and XP
I'll boot back into ME and have a look. Will "Oscar" <In2NdoSPAMT...@yahoo.com> wrote in message news:OnItJ0SSBHA.1408@tkmsftngp05... And guess what?.......I forgot something else. The options to add in the local zone are Host/Site IP Address IP Range Subnet So where do I add?

Dual boot XP and RedHat 9 with GRUB, no floppy drive on laptop
Doug Knox MS-MVP dk...@mvps.org microsoft public windowsxp general t into Safe Mode at the options screen and log in. Right click My Computer, Properties, Advanced, When a storm approached recently I unplugged my WinXP Home PC. After the storm, I plugged it back in, turned it on but it would not boot back up.

Kernel Woes
So, I stuck the 2000 installation disk at boot up and it gave me the option to reinstall onto D. As I only had minimum setup there I didn't mind doing this. But now I can't boot back into XP, even though it gives me the option to. I get the error message :"file \windows\system32\config\systemd not found" So anyone

Delay on XP boot up
I've gone into Computer management/Storage and I can see the other partitions, but there are no assigned drive letters. XP also did not setup a boot menu so that I could boot back and forth between OSs. Hell, at this point I'd be happy if I could just get a boot menu so I can at least get back to the other

FreeBSD install corrupts neighboring partitions
If it's there I'll help you get your dual boot back. G. "Dave" <d...@gmx.co.uk> wrote in message news:a59bb6$5mc2t$1@ID-17549.news.dfncis.de... So apparenrly I've altered the MBR with my win98se problem on the other HDD. At the moment I can't boot into XP as I don't get the option to do so now.

Kazaa .avi virus??
Greg "jerry" wrote: I've run into the same problems, too. It happens on a lot of sites but particularly on MySpace when I go to check my inbox or comments If I boot back up in Win XP, using IE7 Beta2 or Beta3, I don't have any problems. So what is causing this inside of Vista? The latest was just tying to get a

LINUX, too little too late? Last chance!
Doug Knox MS-MVP dk...@mvps.org microsoft public windowsxp help_and_support Make your new drive the master, and leave the old drive disconnected. Do a clean install of XP to the new drive. Reconnect the old drive as a slave drive, or a master on another IDE channel. Boot back into the new XP install.

kernel-2.6 RPM for Mandrake?
Boot back into a working 2.4 kernel and see what shows up there. For the record: Hardware is: AMD Athlon XP 1700+ on MSI K7T-266Pro motherboard, 512 MB Mushkin PC2100 DRAM. 1 WD 80 GB HD, IDE, as hda 1 Pioneer 106S DVD reader as hdc 1 HP CDRW as hdd (ide-scsi under 2.4.x) FYI, unless something has changed recently,

dual boot question
If this doesn't help, remove it and reboot. If it won't boot back up, put in the XP CD and do a repair operation on the second prompt for REPAIR. In the hidden devices there are two entries with explanation marks "%ADPT_USBEHCD.Devicedesc%" and "Ausbd Filter Service". Going into properties for these two shows that

partition
The kicker is that now even if I boot off a Windows95 bootable floppy, I get put back into WindowsNT Setup. I can't get into Windows95 to change any settings, Any suggestions on how to either A) get Windows NT installed, or B) boot back into Windows95? If more info is needed I can try to send it. Thanks a lot!

Help now I'm stuck in 2000!
In some cases, you need to remove the previous drivers, select VGA mode and boot back into the system in Safe Mode, and then install the new drivers. -- Chris H. Microsoft MVP - Windows XP Associate Expert Expert Zone - www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/expertzone "Richard Smith" <Blin...@ragingbull.com> wrote in message