Re: How does one do a XP Pro Repair on a Compaq Laptop..??

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From: Malke (malke_at_nospoonnotreally.com)
Date: 09/02/04 

Date: Thu, 02 Sep 2004 08:18:00 -0700

Karen Parker <kparker@xxxyahooxxx.com wrote:

>
>
>
> OS Files are on the Hard Drive, but I could not see any thing to use
> to create a Repair on the XP OS..
>
> PC was plagued with Viruses, and was fixed up by a local polytech,
> but then I
> still found 12 more, but I can't run TweakUI, it comes up with a
> error to
> do with Kernel32.dll but I have replaced it from the 386 folder with
> no luck.
>
> No it not mine, just trying to sort out a few things for a friend,
> being that
> TweakUI lets you have a Auto Logon and remove the Large Shortcut
> arrows..
>
> Thanks.

If you are talking about a clean install, some Compaq's have Restore
Disks. One that I've seen lately had an actual operating system disk
and driver/applications restore disk. Check on Compaq's support site
(now at www.hp.com) for details about your friend's model, or call
Compaq tech support.

Malke 

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