For XP Pro, click Start, Run and enter GPEDIT.MSC Go to:
Computer Configuration, Administrative Templates, System, Verbose vs. normal
status messages. Double click this option and set it to Enabled.
For XP Home:
Click Start, Run and enter REGEDIT Go to:
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\policies\system
Look in the right pane for a value called VerboseStatus. If it exists,
double click this value and set it to 1. If it doesn't exist, right click
in a blank area of the right pane and select New, DWord value. Name it
VerboseStatus and change its value to 1.