Re: pc wont work

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tomgasgas wrote:
hi my friend gave me a windows vista skin for my computer and when i
get to the login screen i click on my account but there is no "space"
to enter my password all it says is password and nothing else, so i
cant get into my computer. i tryed to re install xp but it just wont
boot from the cd. any ideas? thankx


In order to boot from the CD, you need to set the BIOS (set up) to boot first from the CDROM. Usually, you tap F2 or Del right after the first beep when rebooting the computer to get into the BIOS.

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