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Howdy, me again.

I finally got the genuine key thign, jsut downlaoded it and made everything nice and Shiny again, when I restarted I Got the Prompt to Download and install updates so I did which Was a Service Pak 3, but when it was in the middle of installing them it asks for this Microsoft Office XP pro MSI thing, I clciked ok but it ept coming up so I clicked Cancel and it didn't install the Service pak so I went onto windowspdate.com and did a scan, it downaoded som more things in there and installed those but it was the same with the Service pack I couldn't install but it did the other 3 things, But now I have a genuine XP I'm ready for anythingi need to do to get this Camera working.

Glad to hear that you have a genuine copy now.

Would you be able to take a screenshot of that message and post it onto the forum for us to see.

I'm trying ^^ but the Windows update page doesn't seem to be wanting to work for me, I had the "Checking for the latest updates for your computer..." Window up since 9am...tis 11am now and it's just stuck on the loading page was like that last night as well --;; I'm surwe computers are out for me don't want me top make anything work...but all I rmemvber of the window, it was like a Driver window asking where you want to load it from, but it was asking for a Office XP Pro MSI file, i'm ot the best at descritions but I will try my best to get that Screen Shot.

Right I think that the best thing to do would be to perform a repair installation of windows.... if you are happy doing this then follow the following link, it explains everything in great detail.

http://www.windowsxpprofessional.win...pair/index.htm

Once you have done that let us know if it solves the problems.

If you are not happy doing then let us know.

Thanks, Just had a read through the Site, I take it that this deletes everything and makes the PC like brand New? If so then i'll have to save all my things on it, good thing I bought a DVD burner, But I do have problems with that but I'll save that for another day ^^;; Reinstalling wasn't soemthing I was looking to do but if i have to then I will.

Also have a problem with that...I won't be able to do the repairing yet, I don't have my XP CD yet, it says that there could be a 1-4 week wait to get the CD from Microsoft so I ahve no idea when it'll arrive, just wondering if theres anything I can do to tyry and fix while i wait?

When you perform a reinstall it does NOT delete anything from your drive, it simply replaces the existing windows files and fixes any problems.
Make sure you follow the link I posted because that explains how to run the repair install.

Another thing you could try is to click on START - RUN and type SFC /SCANNOW however you would need the Windows CD for this as well so we may have to wait for a bit.

If you manage to get a screenshot then post it up for us so we can look into solving it a different way until you get your XP disc.

Howdyho, tis me again just saying that I got the CD today in the post and I gave it a go for the repair and Surprisde Surprise...I have a Problem >> I'm having no luck am I? I read up the site that you linked me to and Fgured out to do it all, but the Problem i'm having is on step one >> The""put CD in and Reboot and it'll autoplay into the repair section"

I Put the CD in and Rebooted...and rebooted....and Rebooted but it never started so I read the site and it said to go into BIOS and change the 1st boot priority to ther CD rom which I did, saved and rebooted but All I got was the To start from CD Press any key and after I did that it just started XP up to my desktop with no window, no nothing asking to Repaior or install Windows, just wondering if I've done anything wrong or anything I can do to get it started? Thanks for the help so far, it's appreciated ^^