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Can’t Poweroff at Shutdown

admin — Wed, 22 Sep 2010 13:39:32 +0000

If your computer does not turn off the power when doing a shutdown,
you may need to edit the registry. I have all the correct BIOS and Power settings and still needed to do this.

1. Start Regedit
2. Go to HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Control Panel\Desktop
3. Edit the key PowerOffActive and give it a value of 1
4. You can do the same in HKEY_USERS\.DEFAULT\Control Panel\Desktop

NTLDR or NTDETECT.COM Not Found

admin — Wed, 22 Sep 2010 13:37:28 +0000

If you get an error that NTLDR is not found during bootup,

If you have FAT32 partitions, it is much simpler than with NTFS.
Just boot with a Win98 floppy and copy the NTLDR or NTDETECT.COM files
from the i386 directory to the root of the C:\ drive.

For NTFS:

1. Insert and boot from your WindowsXP CD.
2. At the first R=Repair option, press the R key
3. Press the number that corresponds to the correct location for the installation of Windows you want to repair.
4. Typically this will be #1
5. Enter in the administrator password when requested
6. Enter in the following commands (X: is replaced by the actual drive letter that is assigned to the CD ROM drive.
7. COPY X:\i386\NTLDR C\:
8. COPY X:\i386\NTDETECT.COM C:\
9. Take out the CD ROM and type exit

Missing or Corrupted Config.Sys

admin — Wed, 22 Sep 2010 13:35:29 +0000

If you get the error:
Windows could not start because the following files is missing or corrupt
\WINDOWS\SYSTEM32\CONFIG\SYSTEM or \WINDOWS\SYSTEM32\CONFIG\SOFTWARE

1. Insert and boot from your WindowsXP CD.
2. At the first R=Repair option, press the R key
3. Press the number that corresponds to the correct location for the installation of Windows you want to repair.
4. Typically this will be #1
5. Enter in the administrator password when requested cd \windows\system32\config
6. Depending on which section was corrupted:
rename software software.bad or ren system system.bad
Depending on which section was corrupted
copy \windows\repair\system
copy \windows\repair\software
7. Take out the CD ROM and type exit

NTOSKRNL Missing or Corrupt

admin — Wed, 22 Sep 2010 13:32:50 +0000

If you get an error that NTOSKRNL not found:
1. Insert and boot from your WindowsXP CD.
2. At the first R=Repair option, press the R key
3. Press the number that corresponds to the correct location for the installation of Windows you want to repair.
4. Typically this will be #1
5. Change to the drive that has the CD ROM.
6. CD i386
7. expand ntkrnlmp.ex_ C:\Windows\System32\ntoskrnl.exe
8. If WindowsXP is installed in a different location, just make the necessary change to C:\Windows
9. Take out the CD ROM and type exit

Stop The Messenger Service

admin — Wed, 22 Sep 2010 13:30:33 +0000

To remove the ability for anyone in the world to pop up messages on your computer,
you can disable the Messenger service.

Here :
1. Click Start->Settings ->Control Panel
2. Click Performance and Maintenance
3. Click Administrative Tools
4. Double click Services
5. Scroll down and highlight “Messenger”
6. Right-click the highlighted line and choose Properties
7. Click the STOP button
8. Select Disable or Manual in the Startup Type scroll bar Click OK