• Insert and boot from your WindowsXP CD.
• At the first R=Repair option, press the R key
• Press the number that corresponds to the correct location for the installation of Windows you want to repair. Typically this will be #1
• Change to the drive that has the CD ROM.
• CD i386
• Expand ntkrnlmp.ex_ C:\Windows\System32\ntoskrnl.exe.
• If WindowsXP is installed in a different location, just make the necessary change to C:\Windows.
• Take out the CD ROM and type exit.

HAL.DLL Missing or Corrupt
If you get an error regarding a missing or corrupt hal.dll file, it might simply be the BOOT.INI file on the root of the C: drive that is configured incorrectly

• Insert and boot from your WindowsXP CD.
• At the first R=Repair option, press the R key.
• Press the number that corresponds to the correct location for the installation of Windows you want to repair. Typically this will be #1.
• Type bootcfg /list to show the current entries in the BOOT.INI file.
• Type bootcfg /rebuild to repair it.
• Take out the CD ROM and type exit.

NTLDR or NTDETECT.com Not Found
If you get an error that NTLDR is not found during boot-up. 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:

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

Hiding the Last User Logged On
If you use the standard NT style of login and want to hide the last user:

• Start the Group Policy Editor (gpedit.msc)
• Go to Computer Configuration / Windows Settings / Security Settings / Local Policies / Security Options
• Scroll down to Interactive logon: Do not display last user name
• Set it to Enable

Stop Password Expiration

If you want to do this for all users, enter:

• Start / Run / net accounts /maxpwage:unlimited

If you are getting an error message that your password is about to expire:

• Right click on the My Computer icon
• Select Manage
• Go to Local Users and Groups / Users
• Right-click on the user you want to change
• Select Properties
• On the General tab, check Password never expires
• Click OK

Spell Check Not Working With Outlook Express and Office97
This is simply due to a missing or corrupted DLL file

• Go to the i386 directory of your XP source files
• Run Expand csapi3t1.dl_ csapi3t1.dll (Note: If your source files are on a CD, you will need to put a path before the csapi3t1.dll since you can't write to the CD).
• Copy the file to the Program Files\Common Files\Microsoft Shared\Proof director