I have had XP Pro on a newly refurbished computer. I started out with a
Compaq Presario that had a CPU failure. I purchased a new case and
motherboard with a Pentium 4 processor and 1 gb RAM. The old drives were
used and XP installed on it. XP on the 40 gb hd and the 160 gb hd as
storage. I cannot get the spell checker in Outlook Express to work Same for
MS Word. Also when I try to find the system information I get a "Can't
collect Information" message.
How can I fix this?

Msinfo32.exe Generates a "Can't Collect Information" Error Message:
http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=323209

http://www.kellys-korner-xp.com/xp_m.htm
Scroll to: Msinfo32 - System Information (Error or Missing)

Dick Hurley wrote:
> I have had XP Pro on a newly refurbished computer. I started out with
> a Compaq Presario that had a CPU failure. I purchased a new case and
> motherboard with a Pentium 4 processor and 1 gb RAM. The old drives
> were used and XP installed on it. XP on the 40 gb hd and the 160 gb
> hd as storage. I cannot get the spell checker in Outlook Express to
> work Same for MS Word. Also when I try to find the system
> information I get a "Can't collect Information" message.
> How can I fix this?