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How to fix NTLDR missing error in Windows XP

Santhosh — Wed, 30 Dec 2009 18:41:10 +0000

Sometimes you come across an error when you start your Windows XP computer which says “NTLDR is missing”. This is because you might have deleted the NTLDR file from your windows installation partition. NTLDR is a boot loader for windows XP. If you encounter with this problem, better do not panic, because it is very simple to troubleshoot it.

Here’s how you can fix this error:

Pop-in your original bootable Windows XP CD in your CD/DVD drive.
After some loading process, you will be taken to Installation screen. Here select the Repair option
After you successfully managed to get into the Recovery Console (Repair), select the Windows installation that you want to fix.
Now just type

X:\i386\NTLDR C:\
Here, X: refers to your CD/DVD drive and C: refers to your Windows installation partition. Change the alphabets as according to the configuration on your computer.

Reboot the computer and you are done.

How to disable Windows Messenger from startup.

Santhosh — Fri, 25 Dec 2009 08:20:22 +0000

It makes us annoying when the Windows Messenger automatically starts running as soon as the Windows XP starts running. Especially, if you do not like Windows Messenger, you definitely want to get rid of it.

In addition of annoyance, it makes the windows start-up process bit longer and starts eating up your memory usage in the background. So it’s better if you can prevent it from running at the windows startup. You can easily disable it using Group Policy editor.

Here’s how you can disable Windows Messenger from start-up:

Go to Start menu and then open “Run”. (or hit Windows button + R)
Type “gpedit.msc” without quotes and hit enter. This will start the Group Policy Object Editor
On the left pane, under the “Computer Configuration”, navigate to Administrative Templates -> Windows Components -> Windows Messenger.
Now on the right pane, you can see two options. “Do not allow windows messenger to be run” and “Do not automatically start Windows Messenger initially”. Double click on these options and enable them and apply the changes and click OK.

This will now make Windows Messenger not to load during the windows start-up. End of annoyance!

How to find system uptime in windows.

Santhosh — Sun, 03 May 2009 10:47:32 +0000

System Uptime helps you to find out for how long your computer is is working ever since you started it.

There is a very simple way to find out your system uptime on windows. You don’t have to use any third-party standalone application for that. And though if one prefers using such apps, then it’s not how the power user’s way to find out system uptime.

Here’s how:

Just open your command prompt by typing “cmd” in the Run dialog.
Type “systeminfo” and hit enter.
This will show a list of details about your computer software and hardware configuration.
You can find the “System Up Time” here.

That’s all. Refer the below screenshot.

Now you don’t have to use any other application to find out the system up time