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  1. The recovery console is available from booting from a retail or OEM version of Windows XP (Restore discs don`t count).

     

    You can install the Recovery console by running from the XP CD:

    d:\i386\winnt32.exe /cmdcons

     

    If you have a FAT32 volume, any normal DOS or Win98 boot disk will do.

    If you have NTFS then you need to boot from a utility to give you r/w access to your C: drive.

     

    To replace userinit.exe:

    1. Boot using Recovery console (or other cmd prompt with access to C: drive)

    2. CD Windows\System32

    3. Expand d:\i386\userinit.ex_ userinit.exe (or Copy d:\i386\userinit.ex_ userinit.exe) where d: is CDROM drive and need to expand compressed file to full file.

    4. type Exit to reboot

     

     


  2. The ONLY reason to use two network cards is to do routing, otherwise its not much use. In this case it is not routing but duplicating what the other card is doing, and there is not reason to be using it. I suggest removing the second card altogether.

     


  3. XP does have a driver built in, goto Start, Settings, Control Panel, Game Controllers, click Add and select 'Microsoft Sidewinder (Auto Detect)' from the list.

    Otherwise I suggest getting a USB version.

     


  4. Not by double clicking, by default, it will use the current login id to connect to the share. If you machine was in a different domain or workgroup, then it might prompt for a login id. Otherwise you have to either use:

     

    a) Net use command and use the /USER parameter.

    B) Right click My Network Places, and select Map Network Drive and enter path and select 'Connect with a different user name'.

     


  5. There are 2 types of acess to IDE drives: PIO (slowest) and DMA (Direct Memory Access) which is fastest. And you need fast access for fast and reliable CD Burning. It will mention it in BIOS settings for this on IDE Channels.

     

    If using Windows XP Burning, make sure it is enabled via My Computer, properties of the CDR/RW drive and enable Recording.

     

     


  6. Please noe, I have installed SP2 on a XP Pro with SP1 installed. The first time it booted it took a LONG time for the system to boot and a long time for the Desktop to appear. I think this is normal as the Prefetch stuff needed up[censored] with new SP2 files AND configuration updated after logging in with an Administrator account.

    After booting, I would leave it alone until the desktop appears, may take 15-30 mins depending on speed of your system.

     

    After installation, everything was fine. Majority of the programs I use work fine. There are some new security dialogs in IE, and new icons in the Control Panel.

     

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