I just got my XP Pro disk. I put the disk in and select install upgrade. I am upgrading from win 98se to xp pro. It will ask for the key and it takes that. Then it gives a message box thats says I have to restart my computer before installing XP Pro. When I shut down and restart ...

I am running Windows XP Professional, up to date as of today (July 22,
2004)
I used the Start | Programs | Accessories | System Tools | Backup
program to backup the Cookies directory for each of the users on

How do I copy a file from my a: into a file that I have
already copied to my c:

my hard drive with windows crashed recently, i was able
to get it to work as a secondary thinking that i could
possibly recover my pictures documents and such, but every
time i try to open my old user folder i get an access

Im not as impressed with Window XP Pro or any of them. For systems with brand new processors with a gigahertz or more it's great but for those with 800 - 333 mhz processors it's very sluggish. I had Windows 2000 Pro and had better performance from it than I have now with XP. Is ...

How do I run this utility?
I understand there is a "meter" that will show cpu usage.  How do I run it?

Upgrade to winxp home won't install from win98 with new
motherboard and cpu. What should I check? went from AMD
300 to AMD 2200 Pro and SIS 740 chipset, new 256 DDR, old
HD and peripherals.

I installed Win XP over Win NT and ended up with a dual
boot.  How can I uninstall Win NT without wiping my
disk?  Do I need to uninstall everything, go back to Win
98 then upgrade to Win XP?  I would really rather not do

I have a laptop AMD 500 mhz, 192 Mb Ram, 6 Gb Hdd, win xp
pro. since last week when i start it, i found that cpu
always 100% and the memory keep rising. I try to fix it
with everyway (edit registry, scan trojan-cwshreder, etc).

COMPUTER SHUT DOWN AND RESTART  BY IT'S SELF SOME TIME CAN NOT CLICK ON TO THE START BUTTON UNLESS I AM ON LINE SOME TIMES RAN A ONLINE SCAN NOTHING RAN A  AD WARE PROGRAM NOTHING RAN A SPY WARE PROGRAM NOTHING

want to format and reinstall used dell.
have windows me disc(full version) that came with pc.
have xp upgrade disc(upgrade)that previous owner
purchased.

Hope anybody could help me, before this i had a win xp pro installed in my new pc, then i just bought a new hard disk to be added in the system. The hard disk is unformatted, so i decided to use the xp cd to create a partition on that hard disk and later on format it. But i ...

Shutting down Xp is doing normal. "It is safe now to shut your comp down". I am looking for an automatic shutdown. Any help?

I have a Gateway 510 with XP home edition.  When a program starts, a "ding" is heard to let the user
know.  Lately, I have noticed that "ding" to sound at the oddest times.  Is there someway that I can
determine what is/was running on my PC?  I have run Norton A/V update and check ...

Can't get Pinnacle 9 to recognize my TV tuner for
capture, or recognize my vcr input for same. Using the HP
media center 873n.
Any help out there?