jammy

one fine mess ... I've got to thank you all for the response ( and placing the problem in the right field ha ha),the XP installation was legit., but the 2000 wasn't, I guess. I must admit that I made the same mistake as my daughter last year, messing with the reg. !!! but I can't tell her that now, can I lol. Anyway folks, it's off to the shop today to wipe it clean and start afresh..give you an update upon its return... thanks again..stay safe.

Hi all, daughter had xp on this lap top before running a duplicate file cleaner(oh nooo!!) needless to say, dll,s went AWOL and system wouldn't work properly. she thought it could be fixed by uploading a friends windows 2000 cd (copy) and now I'M here with the result.... No security on pc... crashes.. and can't get XP back?? on boot up I get missing /corrupt:<windows 2000 root>\system 32\ntoskrnl.exe.re instal a copy of the file.Question is, do I pay 40gbp to start again or can I clear 2000 & recover XP ? thanks in anticipation...