My sis's pooter freezes at immediate startup. You know, the familiar black screen with big pixelated white words. It mentions Intel, Windows XP, etc., but the 3rd line says "COMPILATION OR DISASSEMBLY PROHIBITED".
It won't load Windows XP. It just stays there. I tried F8 while rebooting but nothing. Any ideas?
Okay I figgered it out. XP validation. I suspect a grandchild went a-ga-ga with the keyboard & f-ed everything up. But I'm just guessing. Anyway she needs to re-install XP and re-validate at this point. Bastages!
Well I didn't fix it yet. I don't know anything about jumper cables or shorting battery sockets so I guess my sis will have to re-install XP. But thanks anyway Hazelnut.