Re: Unable to startup/boot



When you boot from the CD you should get a message in the top left hand
corner of a black screen saying 'press any key to boot from CD' You need to
press any key for the windows boot sequence to start.

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"DEEDEE" <DEEDEE@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
news:E7A04227-6C06-4BC5-BB5F-A3454DAA6A15@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Please can anyone help! When I try to boot winxp pro. It stops with an
> error
> message saying 'winlogon.exe component missing' then says reinstalling
> could
> solve the problem, but I am unable to boot, in any mode. It also sayd
> 'ole32.dll file missing'. I have tried safe mode. When I try and reboot
> with
> the winxp CD in place, it will not start from CD. I have made sure that
> the
> boot sequence has been changed, but still no luck. Please can anyone
> help!!
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> LMC


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