i am using XP home edition. I have installed visual
studio dot net. I am unable to host my web application
since IIS is not built- in with home edition.
How do i install IIS on XP home edition. Any downloads

If I call support will I be able to buy another license
for xp pro for a different machine. I bought my copy at
the Microsoft store.

I am trying to perform a clean install of XP home on a HP
Pavilion 8586C (PIII 600 w/128 mg RAM).  I am using the
boot floppies from MS Website and everything goes fine
until I insert the XP CD.  I get the following

I have both win 98 and XP Pro installed on my computer.
Since yesterday, whenever I try to load XP, I get this
error message : Windows XP could not start because the
following file is missing or corrupt: \WINDOWS\SYSTEM32

I'm having a very strange problem installing WinXP, when
booting from the CD-ROM and going into the text setup,
one of two things will happen.
Either A)  The system will completely hang when it

want to unistall xp and then install it again.  this is
not an upgrade but a new system. having viruses and bugs.
how do i uninstall xp? thanks.

Hi there. Our company is mostly running Windows 9x, and
we're just starting to bring in XP Pro. We install
software on the XP desktops as administrators, but
sometimes when users log in they can't access those

I installed Windows XP over Windows ME. But now that my
new version of Windows is installed, all of my installed
programs don't show up in the start menu, nothing is on
my desktop, and I can't find a lot of personal files.

Receive this error when trying to upgrade from 2k pro to
XP pro,
"Windows XP setup does not support upgrading from
Microsoft Windows 2000 Professional to Microsoft Windows

I once heard that Windows XP can emulate older versions of
Windows, making this OS a gamers dream.  Can this be done
and if so, how do you do it?  I'm not trying to do any
gaming, but get Net Express version 3.0 to run on XP Pro.  

How can I convert/transfer my email account from Outlook
Express to Outlook (put another way, make Outlook the
default email choice.)?  I'm not a techie so I need
layman's explanations!

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Every now and again, I like to blow away my XP installation and do a

Hi. I currently have windows xp professional installed on
my computer. Now, I just repartitioned my HD using
Partition Magic. All is well. However, Im not sure how to
configure the boot.ini file. Any assistence would be very

I've abandoned trying to learn Linux for now.  Unfortunately, I have the
GRUB boot loader coming up every time I restart.
What is the quickest and most painless way to remove it?
I believe it was installed on C:   I've got Windows XP PRO.

The problem I am running into is I can not find any
information on how to install the upgrade from Winnt 4.0
Workstation to XP PRO, without installing the games, ie:
Solitaire, Internet Checkers, Hearts, etc.