Hi cousinkevin,
Before we proceed, we need to back up the Registry.
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Backing Up Your Registry with ERUNT
ERUNT (Emergency Recovery Utility NT) is a free program that allows you to keep a complete backup of your registry and restore it when needed. Compatible with Windows NT, 2000, 2003, XP, Vista, 7, 32 & 64-bit versions.
**Remember if you are using Windows Vista as your operating system right-click the executable and Run as Administrator.
- Download ERUNT (save to your desktop)
- Double-click erunt_setup.exe to run.
- Follow the prompts and install using the default configuration:
- Select your preferred Setup language.
- At the Setup screen click Next.
- Accept the default destination folder by clicking Next.
- Accept the default Start Menu Folder.
- Accept the default Additional Tasks by Clicking Next.
- Ready to Install. Click the Install button.
- Say No to the portion that asks you to add ERUNT to the start-up folder, if you like you can enable this option later.
- Setup has completed. Tick the check boxes to Show documentation, or Launch.
- Start ERUNT
- Choose a location for the backup
- The default location C:\WINDOWS\ERDNT\[today's date] is preferred
- The first two check boxes are ticked by default (System registry and Current user registry).
- Press OK
- When prompted, click YES to create a new folder.
- Progress bars will show backup status.
- A confirmation window will popup when complete.
- Click OK to close.
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- Load your Windows XP SP2 CD into the drive bay.
- Locate the i386 folder
- Copy (not move) the folder to the root drive of your computer. ( C:\ )
- When finished you should have a folder located here - C:\i386
- Remove the CD from the drive bay, then continue.
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Open Notepad, and copy and paste the text below in the code box into Notepad. (do not copy the word code)
Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Setup]
"Sourcepath"="C:\"
Save the file to your desktop as cousinkevin.reg (be sure to name the file with the .reg extension)
Double click the file 
to update the changes to the Registry.
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Reboot
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System File Checker
- Click Start, in the run box:
- Type: sfc /scannow (There's a space between sfc and /scannow.)
- Type: exit to close the command prompt window
- Include the findings in your next reply
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