I just sold my laptop to a friend of mine, and in the mist of him playing around with it he did something to make the os/2 warp splash(?) screen show up before windows xp loads. This is not a dual boot computer. I had this computer for 2 years and never had this happen. Anyone have any ideas? please help!!!

He changed the XP logo screen. If you cannot find a ntoskrnl.bak or something like that (not ntoskrnl.exe) then do the following: Boot from your Windows XP installation CD. Then follow these instructions: When prompted, press "R" to "repair a Windows XP installation using the recovery console" You will be prompted to select the installation you want to repair (usually there is only one listed, so just type "1" and hit enter...) You will be prompted to enter the Administrator password. Now you will be at a command prompt. Assuming your windows directory is "C:\Windows" and the Windows XP CD is in the "D:\" drive type in the following command: expand d:\i386\ntoskrnl.ex_ c:\windows\system32\ntoskrnl.exe When that is done, type: exit and your computer will reboot. be sure to remove the CD from the drive, or choose not to boot from it. If this works, you will need to re-install any updates (like SP1 or SP2) that have been applied since you originally installed Windows.

thanks for the help I'll have to give that a try. But, how did that get there in the first place?