Hello,
I get a message during start-up that c:\widows\system32
\sndcompat.exe will not run because it is not recognized
in the registry, please rename, or delete. I can't reboot
XP because I have a PC that the system was installed on
at purchase. please advise, Tim

"Timmay" wrote:

> Hello,
> I get a message during start-up that c:\widows\system32
> \sndcompat.exe will not run because it is not recognized
> in the registry, please rename, or delete. I can't reboot
> XP because I have a PC that the system was installed on
> at purchase. please advise, Tim
>
What do you mean you "cant reboot XP"? If by "reboot" you mean rebooting windows via the button on your computer or via the windows GUI than - yes you can, theres always a way, you could also mean that you cant reinstall windoz, but in either case - you can. In the meantime however you might want to consider buying or trying a registry fixer to keep that annoying message from coming up at start up.