are these problems related?

[Ninety-9 SE-L]

I'm wondering if these 2 problems are related and how can I solve both of them?

Ok, Everytime I start my computer it asks me which OS I want to use:
Windows XP Professional (bootscreen)
Windows XP Professional
Time remaining: 30 sec

I only have 1 OS installed and both choices lead to the same OS. It's not a biggie, but it's an extra 30 sec on my startup time if I'm not there to hit ENTER. Kinda annoying....My first Q is how do I fix this?

Now then, I'm trying to install the SP2 slipstream, and I get the following error:
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v160/jsaxophone/other/error1.jpg

I don't know what this is all about, but do you think it's possible they're related? It mentions the system startup file, but I don't know what to think.

Either way, I'd like to knock out both problems if possible.

[[aXe]]

I don't know if they're related, but the only time I've seen the OS list several versions of itself on the boot screen is if windows is installed on top of itself incorrectly. Win2K/XP will often, by default, just add itself to the existing boot menu if it detects another 2K/XP option there.

So, let's say you've got the machine, it has windows in, you've got it listed once in the boot menu. It's the only option, so it just goes right to it. Errors start to pop up. You boot from the Win2K CD, and instead of trying to repair or update your current installation, you just tell it to go ahead and do a brand new installation of Win2K. But, you use the same directory as your existing Win2K directory. The effect is pretty much the same as repairing corrupt installation files, but it will add that extra option to the startup menu choices.

[hafa]

You should be able to edit the list of operating systems in your boot.ini file on your OS drive root. The default setting is:

[operating systems]
multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1)\WINDOWS="Microsoft Windows XP Professional" /fastdetect

Yours probably looks like this:

[operating systems]
multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1)\WINDOWS="Microsoft Windows XP Professional (bootscreen)" /fastdetect
multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1)\WINDOWS="Microsoft Windows XP Professional" /fastdetect

or something similar. Edit the file, leaving only the default entry, and you should be fine.

Notes:

1. Make a copy of the original file and name it something like boot.old. That way, if you mess up, you can rename/copy the original from a command line in the recovery console.

2. If you like, you can edit the file by going (right click on my computer)>properties>advanced tab>startup and recovery...click on settings, then click on the edit button on the top of the window. Note that other options within the boot.ini file can be changed here through the GUI.

[Kaso]

Did you even read the KB article?
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;327101

Its because you've used a Custom BootScreen software thingy

[Ninety-9 SE-L]

Ahhh, that must be it. It's funny b/c I have styleXP on both systems and I never use the boot screen feature on either. It installed just fine on the laptop. I never really thought it had to do with the bootscreen changability.

[pik4chu]

the boot screen changed for XP modifies the ntoskrnl.exe file to add the startup bitmap. generally it makes a copy of it and stores it in the same place as the original. the Service pack could be reading this other file and therefore sees it as corrupted. Uninstall the Style program, or atleast disable the bootscreen changed if you can and have it remove old unused files. ;)

[Ninety-9 SE-L]

it's all good now. StyleXP allows me to restore all files. SP2 is on there just fine, now.