i currently have windows 98 installed. can I install
windows xp also, without problems?  I tried installing xp
previously and received a prompt telling me that I could
not do this, but all the 'exterts' said I could.  Help!!

hello all, i am having a problem and i dont know how to
fix it. i got my computer a couple months ago and have
had no problems with untill i tried to install the new
enter the matrix game. i now get an error message every

I have created an XP pro image for deployment within our
company.
The issue I am having with it is when a user logs on for
the first time, the theme switches from Classic to

I have a compaq with OEM XP home and upgraded to XP Pro
and was going to set a system restore point before
installing DirectX 9 and got the following error when
clicking on the My Computer Properties Tag:

I have one PC with WinME installed at the original HD. I bought
another HD and intend to install XP on it but I don't want dual boot
configuration. I asked the computer shop staff to format the HD for me
& he created 2 NTFS partitions for me. I have a CD set (3XCD) of

I am currently using Win Xp Pro with service pack 1 and
would like to reformat my hard disk (Clean Install)and
reinstall Win Xp Pro with service pack 1 again. My hard
disk is in NTFS format.

Dear Friends,
1) My system runs on Winxp Professional. and Motherboard with Intel 845E
chipset.
2) I wish to check out the version number of my Intel 845E chipset driver.

I have purchased the OEM version of XP home and the only
option that I am allowed to choose is the full reformat of
the hard drive, therby losing all data.  Is there a way to
upgrade from the current OS (win 98se) to upgrade to XP

upgrading from W98SE: I have followed the suggestion in
Knowledge base to rename this file to setupapi.old, but
still I get the same msg on trying to upgrade.
What is the next option?

Dear Friends,
1) My system runs on Winxp. Recently, I installed Norton Ghost 2003 on my
system.
2) I thoroughly enjoyed the friendliness of using Norton Ghost to do

I have oem 98se on my computer.  I am thinking about
installing xp home edition upgrade and also changing HD.
Can I install upgrade copy of xp on a new harddrive or
will I have to have 98 on drive to be able to install?

when i start the computer it loads all the bios ok and
the computer still looks fine after the loading screen.
When it should show the Windows Xp welcome screen all
that is there is a black backround and a mouse pointer

I want to swith to a new hard drive and copy the exact
hard drive contents and etc. that I have on my current
hard drive to the new hard drive. The original hard drive
operates using Windows XP Professional.  Is there a

Installing MS XP Pro PC reboots during installing devices
I am installing the upgrade.. I looked at MS Website.. It
has the problem listed ... Butthat driver and file is not
on this system neither is this hardware.....

I recently rebuilt my sisters computer and got her xp
home edition confused with mine and now don't know which
cd belongs to wich system.  I think there is a way to
match up the key codes to the jackets but am not sure