CarlaSita27
Technical User
When I boot into XP, I get an error,
"STOP: c000021a {Fatal System Error}
The session manager initialization system process terminated unexpectedly with a status of 0xc0000263 (0x00000000 0x00000000). The system has been shut down.
This error was caused by me changing the boot screen to a customized one. These were the steps I followed taken from
1. Backup (copy) the file %windir%\system32\ntoskrnl.exe (most likely C:\windows\system32\ntoskrnl.exe - the boot screen)
2. Download the .zip to your computer
3. Extract ntoskrnl.exe to a directory other than %windir%\system32 (most likely C:\windows\system32)
4. Reboot your computer into Safe Mode (hit F8 before the boot screen) or into true DOS (from a boot disk)
5. Overwrite the file %windir%\system32\ntoskrnl.exe (which should have been backed up) with the extracted exe
6. Reboot your computer as you normally would
After rebooting my PC, the New Boot Screen does show, but then afterwards a blue screen occurrs with the STOP error. The same error occurs if I try to boot into SAFE MODE. I followed the instructions carefully and I'm pretty knowledgeable in computers, I just do not know what went wrong. I've done this before and it went smoothly. Does anyone have any ideas on to get me up and running without having to format my drive? Thanks!
"STOP: c000021a {Fatal System Error}
The session manager initialization system process terminated unexpectedly with a status of 0xc0000263 (0x00000000 0x00000000). The system has been shut down.
This error was caused by me changing the boot screen to a customized one. These were the steps I followed taken from
1. Backup (copy) the file %windir%\system32\ntoskrnl.exe (most likely C:\windows\system32\ntoskrnl.exe - the boot screen)
2. Download the .zip to your computer
3. Extract ntoskrnl.exe to a directory other than %windir%\system32 (most likely C:\windows\system32)
4. Reboot your computer into Safe Mode (hit F8 before the boot screen) or into true DOS (from a boot disk)
5. Overwrite the file %windir%\system32\ntoskrnl.exe (which should have been backed up) with the extracted exe
6. Reboot your computer as you normally would
After rebooting my PC, the New Boot Screen does show, but then afterwards a blue screen occurrs with the STOP error. The same error occurs if I try to boot into SAFE MODE. I followed the instructions carefully and I'm pretty knowledgeable in computers, I just do not know what went wrong. I've done this before and it went smoothly. Does anyone have any ideas on to get me up and running without having to format my drive? Thanks!