Re: Problem at startup after major crash

"anon" <anon@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message news:2160E41F-EA6F-4090-8A84-30371F639D9C@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Hi
I have a couple of problems both related to XP.

1) I have standalone workstation (does not go on the internet at all for any
reason) for running audio recording software. I had a major crash on it
caused I think by carrying a virus on a disk from my internet pc to the
standalone. I had a complete fatal error and had to reload all my software.
I now have XP Home Edition re-installed (SP1) and registered the whole thing
by telephone! I have no intention of upgrading the stand alone to SP2
because it interfers with Cakewalk products.

Fair enough, but have you tried running CW in compatibility mode?


Problem: Now at startup I get a message asking me to select my operating
system, the choices are Windows XP Home Edition and Windows XP set-up.
Windows XP set-up is always selected and there is a count down so if I don't
cursor up to Windows XP it automatically goes to set up. I really don't want
to go through all that again so how can I get the computer to start up
Windows XP Home automatically?

You could remove the setup entry or simply switch it in the boot.ini and make the other the default boot.
Change this:
boot loader]
timeout=30
default=multi(0)disk(1)rdisk(0)partition(1)\WINDOWS
[operating systems]
multi(0)disk(1)rdisk(0)partition(1)\WINNT="Windows XP set-up" /fastdetect
multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(2)\WINDOWS="Windows XP Professional" /fastdetect

to this:
boot loader]
timeout=30
default=multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(2)\WINDOWS
[operating systems]
multi(0)disk(1)rdisk(0)partition(1)\WINNT="Windows XP set-up" /fastdetect
multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(2)\WINDOWS="Windows XP Professional" /fastdetect

boot loader]
timeout=30
default=multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(2)\WINDOWS
[operating systems]
multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(2)\WINDOWS="Windows XP Professional" /fastdetect


2) The crash also happened on my internet PC at about the same time which is
why I think it must have been a worm or virus or something downloaded with an
update!! I have a different XP disk for this provided when I purchased the
computer about 4 or 5 maybe 6 years ago. It is not the first time I have had
a system crash on the internet pc and after the last one I swapped bits
around, and I moved the hard drive into a nice new case. I now have no trace
of the 'product key' for registering XP Home Edition SP1, silly me for
ditching an antiquated case, I guess. I have used this XP OK for a number of
years now since it was first registered and re-registered, now I have about
20 days to register it again but when I rang Microsoft they said they
couldn't help me without my 'product key' which should be somewhere on my
machine. I tried to explain but the woman on the other end was robotic in
her response and totally unhelpful. My XP has been re-loaded on to a newly
formatted drive so I have effectively lost everything. Soon I won't be able
to use it and will lose everything again. Do Microsoft have no other way of
preventing piracy other than the 'product key' surely 'names, addresses,
emails, pin codes' anything is better than having to keep re-purchasing the
product. If I have to re-purchase I may not bother with XP at all, might try
Firefox or something. Any ideas, please!

Can't help there and MS definitely won't either for an OEM OS transferred to another machine. You either have to find your PK or bite the bullet and purchase another disk. If it's to the route you want to go, then I wish you all the luck in the world using the Firefox browser as an OS.

--

Brian A. Sesko { MS MVP_Shell/User }
Conflicts start where information lacks.
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