Control pannel am using windows xp professional sp2. when i click on the start button i do not see "control Panel" i have "Set programme access and defaults". when i click on this i am told "This operation has been cancelled due to restrictions in effect on this computer. Please contact your system administrator".I am unable to download any updates as a result of this How do i reinstall "control Pannel"

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Hi, re-install the softwareand run the programme again, if it does not install,use another Microsoft windows XP SP2..

After doing this,get back tome...

1- open "control panel" from start menu.
2- click on "Windows Update"
3- click on "Check for Updates"

Yes, click on :-

Start - Control Panel - Regional & Language options.

Set your language of choice.

Oh ......... You should upgrade to SP3, via windows updates.

Virtual Memory is used by the operating system as an extension to the Random Access Memory (RAM). When the RAM does not have enough space to accommodate the entire running program, the inactive parts of that program are temporarily shifted to the Virtual Memory. These parts are then swapped back into the RAM as and when needed. If the Virtual Memory set on your system is not enough for the computer operations to run smoothly, then you will get the "Virtual Memory Is Too Low" error message.If operating system is xp then this problem can be easily overcome by increasing the Virtual Memory size.This is how you can do it by following instrutions:

1. Click on "Start" and then click on "Control Panel.
   
2. Double-click on the "System" icon in the Control Panel.
   
3. Click on the "Advanced" tab in the System Properties dialog box.
   
4. Click on the "Settings" button below Performance.
   
5. Click on the "Advanced" tab in the Performance Options dialog box.
   
6. Click on the "Change" button below Virtual memory.
   
7. Click on a drive_letter below "Drive [Volume Label]" in the Virtual Memory dialog box.
   
8. Click on the "Custom size" option.
   
9. Click in the "Initial size (MB)" text box and type a larger value (for example, 600).
   
10. Click in the "Maximum size (MB)" text box, and type a larger value (for example, 1500).
    
11. Click on the "Set" button. Similarly change the Virtual Memory on other drives.
    
12. Click on "OK" and then restart your computer.
    

Go to the start button, then control panel, when you open control panel
if you don't see Region and Language, look up in the top corner and switch to classic view.

In region and language is where you change the language and keyboard.

If Chinese is not there, you might have to have the windows XP disk,'
to install the language, so times they are not all installed to save space.

Also, go to windows updates, its also in control panel, check for updates, you might find that you can load the language from there .

Step 1 
Create 3 folders - C:\WINXPSP2 C:\SP2 and C:\XPBOOT 
Step 2 
Copy the entire Windows XP CD into folder C:\WINXPSP2
Step 3 
You will have to download the SP2 Update, which is 250MB.  Rename the Service Pack file to XP-SP2.EXE  Extract the Service Pack from the Run Dialog using the command:  C:\XP-SP2.EXE -U -X:C:\SP2
Step 4 
Open Start/Run... and type the command:  C:\SP1106\update\update.exe -s:C:\WINXPSP1 
Click OK 
Folder C:\WINXPSP2contains: Windows XP SP2


How to Create a Windows XP SP1 CD Bootable 
Step 1 
Download xpboot.zip  Code:  Code:  http://thro.port5.com/xpboot.zip 
( no download manager !! ) 
Extract xpboot.zip file (xpboot.bin) in to the folder C:\XPBOOT 
Step 2 
Start Nero - Burning Rom.  Select File > New... from the menu.  1.) Select CD-ROM (Boot)  2.) Select Image file from Source of boot image data  3.) Set Kind of emulation: to No Emulation  4.) Set Load segment of sectors (hex!): to 07C0  5.) Set Number of loaded sectors: to 4  6.) Press the Browse... button 


Step 3 
Select All Files (*.*) from File of type:  Locate boot.bin in the folder C:\XPBOOT 
Step 4 
Click ISO tab  Set File-/Directory length to ISO Level 1 (Max. of 11 = 8 + 3 chars)  Set Format to Mode 1  Set Character Set to ISO 9660  Check all Relax ISO Restrictions 



Step 5 
Click Label Tab  Select ISO9660 from the drop down box.  Enter the Volume Label as WB2PFRE_EN  Enter the System Identifier as WB2PFRE_EN  Enter the Volume Set as WB2PFRE_EN  Enter the Publisher as MICROSOFT CORPORATION  Enter the Data Preparer as MICROSOFT CORPORATION  Enter the Application as WB2PFRE_EN 
* For Windows XP Professional OEM substitute WB2PFRE_EN with WXPOEM_EN  * For Windows XP Home OEM substitute WB2PFRE_EN with WXHOEM_EN 
Step 6 
Click Burn tab  Check Write  Check Finalize CD (No further writing possible!)  Set Write Method to Disk-At-Once 
Press New button 
Step 7 
Locate the folder C:\WINXPSP2  Select everything in the folder and drag it to the ISO compilation panel.  Click the Write CD Dialog button. 
Press Write 
You're done. 

go to control panel, add/remove programmes, then click set programme access and defaults on the left hand side