Re: Windows message? after boot

After a major hardware change, you need to perform a reinstall of XP so that the OS can recognize the new hardware and create a new hardware profile.

Here are a few sites with information on this procedure.

How to Perform a Windows XP Repair Install:
http://michaelstevenstech.com/XPrepairinstall.htm

How Do I Do a "Repair Installation"?:
http://www.dougknox.com/xp/tips/xp_repair_install.htm

How to perform an in-place upgrade (reinstallation) of Windows XP:
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/315341
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Ronnie Vernon
Microsoft MVP
Windows Shell/User


"Christos GS" <Christos GS@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message news:D0F0B19C-4CB6-41CB-91DF-D7C88E46A9E6@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Hello,
I had to change my motherboard and CPU. Upon bootup, and after the BIOS
Post, a very very fast blue screen full of text appears for about 1/3 of
second, and then Windows XP Professional will only start in Safe Mode.
While in safe mode I tried to use Outlook 2003, and it asked me for an
activation code because of detected new hardware which I obtained via
telephone from Microsoft.
I suspect that the very fast blue screen contains similar info, however, it
is impossible to read.
And here is the silly question: How do I slow down the posting enough to
read the text on the blue screen? I tried just about all the funtion keys,
but no results yet.
Any ideas or work arounds will be greatly appreciated.

Thank you,

Christos
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