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Repair Ntldr in Windows Xp

To resolve this behavior, replace the Windows XP Ntldr and Ntdetect.com files. Follow these steps: Start the Recovery Console, type fixboot at the prompt, and then press ENTER. If the Recovery Console does not appear, follow these steps: Use one of the following methods to start the computer so that you can access the file system of the boot partition: Specify another operating system on the Boot menu. Start from the Windows XP CD-ROM, and then at the Windows Setup screen, press "R" to use the Recovery Console to repair the Windows installation. Use a Windows NT 4.0 boot disk that also contains the Windows XP boot files. If your boot partition is a basic disk that is formatted with the FAT file system, use an MS-DOS boot disk. Copy the Ntldr and Ntdetect.com files from the I386 folder on the Windows XP CD-ROM to the root folder of your boot drive. The boot drive is typically drive C. If you are using MS-DOS to perform this file replacement, you may have to remove the ...

Prevent USB Drives from Spreading Viruses

Disable the autorun feature 1. Launch the Registry editor ( Start | Run | regedit ); 2. Navigate to HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\ CurrentVersion\Policies\Explorer; 3. Double-click NoDriveTypeAutoRun in the right-hand pane and set its value to hexadecimal FF .

Inbound connections limit in Windows XP

SYMPTOMS At a computer that is running Windows XP or Windows 2000, when you attempt to connect to another Windows XP computer, you may receive the following error message: No more connections can be made to this remote computer at this time because there are already as many connections as the computer can accept. CAUSE This behavior occurs if the computer reaches the maximum number of inbound connections that the computer can host. ALTERNATIVE SOLUTION You can configure the AutoDisconnect time by running the following command from a command prompt: net config server /autodisconnect: time_before_autodisconnect Specify the time in minutes. For more information- http://support.microsoft.com/kb/314882