I just want to briefly point out how to disable the Windows XP language bar from reappearing after every system restart, because it was bothering me for a long time. For some reason I assumed I would not be able to fix this for no good reason, and the pain wasn't so bad that I cared enough about it, but today I decided to look up how to do this and it was quite simple to do once the steps were laid out, so I wanted to pass this information along in case it helps someone else.

1. Click Start, select Control Panel, and then select Regional and Language Options.
2. On the Languages tab, under Text services and input languages, click Details.
3. Under Preferences, click Language Bar.
4. Uncheck the Show the Language bar on the desktop check box.
5. Press OK and the Language Bar will be gone

I had a really annoying issue come up after setting up Windows XP on my MacBook with Boot Camp, and installing some essential software I could no longer right click (two finger touch), or tab to click, because the Boot Camp service was not running.

At first, I went to the Control Panel and opened Boot Camp from there, once I did this I had to enable the trackpad settings I wanted, and everything was fine, until I restarted, at which point I would have to go through the whole process again. So after a few reboots to convince myself that was a dead end, I took a look for the Boot Camp executable on my C Drive, and found it at C:\Program Files\Boot Camp\KbdMgr.exe, but when I tried to run it, I could see it running in the Task Manager, but it was not working at all.

So finally I gave up, and uninstalled Boot Camp, then reinstalled Boot Camp, and after the reinstall reboot, I got a couple errors, and my Ethernet Controller device no longer had a driver.. The good part however was that the Boot Camp service was running again, and after I enabled my trackpad settings, and rebooted, it continued to work.

To deal with the Ethernet Controller driver, I installed the D:\Boot Camp\Drivers\NVidia\NVidiaChipsetXP.exe from my MacBook Mac OS X Install DVD, and I was all done.

I finally setup Windows XP Pro on my Macbook using Boot Camp over the weekend, and I hit some gotchas, because I did not read the guide. So I thought I would make a quick summary of the process. Although, I would recommend reading the installation guide to anyone doing this for the first time.

Setting up Windows XP on a Macbook with Boot Camp:

1. Run Boot Camp Assistant.
2. Create a partition for Windows (you will need at least 6 GB, I prefer around 20 GB).
3. Insert Windows XP Installation CD when it is requested, Boot Camp will restart the system and start the Windows installation process.
4. Follow the Windows installation instructions until you are asked to selected a partition.
5. Select the C:\BOOTCAMP partition.
6. Select "Format the partition using the FAT file system (Quick)". Do not select "Leave the current file system intact".
7. Continue following the Windows installation instructions until it has completed.
8. Insert your Mac OS X Installation DVD. If the installer does not start automatically, then run the setup.exe on the disc.
9. Follow the Boot Camp + Drivers installation instructions until the setup is complete.
10. Go to Start → All Programs → Apple Software Update, and run this to install the Multi-Touch Trackpad Update for Windows XP & Vista, which is very important.
11. Update Windows and your done.

Note: To manually select the Operating System that you want to use during startup, press and hold the "option" key after you hear the chime during the boot cycle.

Here is a short guide on how to setup Linklint windows machine using cygwin.

Setup Instructions:

1. Install Cygwin, and make sure that you install the perl package.
2. Create a folder for Linklint (mine is c:/apps/linklint/).
3. Download Linklint.
4. Extract the archive of Linklint to the folder you created in step 2.
5. Open Cygwin, and move to the folder you created in step 2.
6. run "$ perl linklint-x-x-x" (this will bring up some instructions & options)