Re: Problem booting with WinXP *Corporate Edition
From: Bruce Chambers (bchambers_at_nospamcableone.net)
Date: 04/24/04
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Date: Sat, 24 Apr 2004 11:18:26 -0600
Greetings --
Actually, there is no such thing as WinXP "Corporate Edition."
That is a term applied exclusively to pirated (iow, stolen) copies of
the Volume Licensed WinXP Pro by the "warez" aficionados.
You need to purchase and use a _legitimate_ full retail copy of
WinXP Pro to perform a repair (a.k.a. in-place upgrade) installation,
using the new CD and Product Key.
How to Perform an In-Place Upgrade of Windows XP
http://support.microsoft.com/directory/article.asp?ID=KB;EN-US;Q315341
Remember, you should also report whomever sold you the pirated
software to the pertinent law enforcement agencies; you've been
defrauded.
Bruce Chambers
-- Help us help you: http://dts-l.org/goodpost.htm http://www.catb.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.html You can have peace. Or you can have freedom. Don't ever count on having both at once. -- RAH "ann ominus" <post@newsgroups.pls> wrote in message news:Xacic.37505$CO3.1316459@news20.bellglobal.com... > I've been running winXP corporate edition for over a year without > any > problems. I hear it's like XP Pro, but with no need to register. > Last night, I had some problems with software (mail and acrobat > writer from > ms word). > This morning, I can't even boot up. > I have had help here from XP Pro users and it hasn't helped b/c > Corporate is > a little different. > I get this message: > ______________________________________________________ > windows could not start because the following file is missing or > corrupt: > \winnt\SYSTEM32\CONFIG\SYSTEM > > You can attempt to repair this file by starting Windows Setup using > the > original Setup CD-ROM. > Select 'r' at the first screen to start repair. > ______________________________________________________ > I tried following the directions, but still can't get it to boot > properly. > There is no 'press F8' to get into setup like XP Pro. > For some reason, I can't change the boot sequence in my BIOS to have > it look > at the CDROM first. > THe system keeps cycling through a boot up, but gets to the above > message > before loading windows and then starts again no matter what I do. > I went to bootdisk.com to find an XP boot disk, and got a XP Pro > repair > file... > (6 frickin' floppies later!) and it failed on the 4th floppy. said > it was > missing a file. > **Probably b/c the Corporate edition I am using is not the same as > Pro. > Any other suggestions would be appreciated. > > The only thing I have changed with this system lately is: > 1. A week ago I plugged a USB device - Mini Cruzer by SanDisk which > crashed > the system despite the device's proported 'backwards compatibility > to USB > 1.' I then picked up a USB2 card and plugged it in a couple of days > ago and > the device seems to work... I think. > 2. I use EZ Firewall and I have a firewall on my router - connected > to a > high speed telephone modem. This firewall setup was causing issues > with me > transferring files to/from other computers on the network, so I shut > down EZ > Firewall to see how things changed. Not much better. > 3. Ok, I admit it... I have been doing a little P2P downloading of > late! > But, I am hopeful that EZ Antivirus would pick up viruses coming at > me as it > has in the past. > Any idea what is going on? > Any idea how I can fix it? > Your help is greatly appreciated. > THanks! > A.O. > > > >
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