chapter 1 ntldr missing Set the BIOS to boot CD before Hard Disk.

Boot the XP CD and, instead of Setup, take the immediate R for Repair. Assume any password requested is blank, and TAB over. Assuming this sees the CD as D (likely) give:

COPY D:\i386\ntldr C:\ COPY D:\i386\ntdetect C:\ (a file that may also be missing) then rebuild the boot configuration boot.ini file by Attrib -H -R -S C:\boot.ini (if not found skip the next line) DEL C:\boot.ini BootCfg /Rebuild

Other options>

Do not use the repair option in the recovery console,this link will explain it.

This won't help you now, but once your system is up and running again do this edit so the RC won't ask for a password in the future.

The recovery console needs the pasword for the person who installed XP, not for just any administrator. If the install was done by a major PC maker, you may need to contact them for it.

However, the password is sometimes blank. So, try just pressing enter when you are asked for a password, it may help.

Or, if you can get into XP, even safe mode, you can arrange to bypass the password by the following registry change:

Instead, just run REGEDIT (Start Run Regedit)Navigate to HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\WindowsNT\CurrentVersion\Setup\Recover yConsole Set the DWORD SecurityLevel value to 1

Chapter 2 usb pen drive/flash drive write protected

If your USB flash drive is write protected, possible solutions are as follows:

1. check that your flash drive doesn't have any mechanical switches on the outside of its casing, the switch can be fairly small, a little plastic knob, which can be easily overlooked.

2. Go to Start > Run > type in: regedit > hit enter. On the dialog box that opens up navigate to the following path: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\StorageDevicePolicies

Find the entry named "WriteProtect" if the value is set to 0x00000001 (1), double click it and set the value to zero.

Reboot your computer and try your flash drive.

Note: if you don't have the StorageDevicePolicies folder, it might do good to create it and then create a DWORD key inside called WriteProtect and set it to zero.

If you're still having issues try the following Start > Run > cmd /k chkdsk :? /f > Hit OK Replace the ? with the drive letter of your flash drive

Chapter 3 win xp victim of counterfering

1. C:\Windows\Downloaded Program Files

Within that folder, remove any files or folders associated with .WGA

2. Safe Mode

Reboot your computer and as soon as Windows logs off, start repeatively tapping the F8 Key on your keyboard. As soon as you see the Windows Advanced Startup options select Safe Mode within Safe Mode get yourself into these folders C:\Windows\System32 (Rename wgatray.exe to wgatrayold.exe) C:\Windows\System32\dllcache (Rename wgatray.exe to wgatrayold.exe) Note: Dllcache is a hidden folder, to view hidden folders do the following, go to Start, Control Panel, Folder Options, Select the view Tab and under the Hidden Files option, select Show hidden files and folders

3. Safe Mode Registry

Click on Start, Run and within the open dialog box type regedit and click OK. Within the Registry Editor navigate your self to

HKEY_Local_Machine\Software\Microsoft\WindowsNT\CurrentVersion\Winlogon\Notify\WGALOG ON Right Click and Export the WGALOGON Folder (this should be saved onto your machine for backup purposes) After Exporting the folder, DELETE the WGALOGON folder After deleting close all applications and Restart your machine back to Normal Mode

4. www.microsoft.com/genuine

Get into the site above and manually re-validate your copy of Windows. After being prompt of a successful validation, Restart your Machine.

Chapter 4 Slow pc

Do you want to improve PC speed within seconds? The following will show you some tips:

Tip 1: Close error report

When there is something wrong with applications, the system will pop up error report windows automatically. In fact, this error report is not meaningful at all for common computer users so it is recommended to close error report. To fulfill this, you can follow these steps:

Click start -> click Run -> type gpedit.msc into the dialog box -> click Computer Configuration -> select Administrative Templates -> select System -> select Error Reporting -> double-click Configuration Error Reporting -> select Disable.

Tip 2: cancel Pop Delay

Cancelling Pop delay will speed up your PC to a certain extent and the steps are the following:

Open registry editor -> change the key value of MenuShowDelay under HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Control Panel\Desktop from 400 to 0 -> press F5 key to refresh your computer.

Tip 3: clean up prefetch files

Systems read-set helps speeding up the system but after running a long time, files in prefetch folder will accumulate a lot and cost the system a longer time to search at startup. Some applications even create files of dead link in prefetch folder which will add the burden to computer; therefore, cleaning up all files in prefetch folder regularly under Windows system folder is necessary.

Tip 4: close autoplay function

Whenever we insert a CD or USB Mobile Hard Disk into the computer, the system will scan the CD or USB Mobile Hard Disk once and prompt you whether you want to play files in them. If it is a largesized CD or USB Mobile Hard Disk, the system will cost you a lot time to scan all files. In such a case, we can close auto play function by operating the below steps:

Click start -> click Run -> type gpedit.msc into the dialog box -> click Computer Configuration -> select Administrative Templates -> select System -> double-click Turn off autoplay -> select Enable -> select All drives in the drop-down list