I installed the SP1 patch (Windows XP Home) and the
machine is
very very slow. Even reboot takes a long time.
What can I do to identify and fix the problem?

I get through a portion of the SP1 install and then am hit
with a message saying "access is Denied" while it is
backing up registry keys. If we choose ignore a few times,
and continue with the install, we get another message at

System hangs during conversion. Anyone know how to abort
convert command and leave @ FAT32?  Too much trouble at
this point.

We are planning to purchase 100 Compaq Desktops which
comes preloaded with Windows XP Professinal. From a
licensing standpoint, can we remove XP and install
Win2000, WINNT4, WIN98 on it? I'm being told that XP Pro

My father purchased a clone computer to a local computer
shop one year ago.  Recently he tried to re-install the
WinXP Home Edition that came with the computer but the
process was stoped when the setup required the Product key

i can not get the updates to install. i can't get anyone
to tell me what the problem

When I was having problems yesterday with my windows xp (
programs terminating because of rpc problems and also lost
the start button) I decided to reinstall windows and see
if that would help. WRONG! It started setup then gave me

I got hit with the blaster worm yesterday and was told by
my IT support to disable the RPC service, which I know
now was a mistake.  I am trying to install XP
Professional as an upgrade to try and get this and other

I've just repaired my Windows XP install and when Windows
XP loads and brings me to my desktop, in My Computer, my
second hard drive is not being detected and my CD ROM
drive is not being detected as well, this has just

Is XP home edition version 2002 32 bit or 64 bit
application?
I need this info to download a security patch.
Thanks.

My desktop was hit by the worm and I tried to re-install
the XP Pro, but it stopped after the HD partitioning.
Looks like it cann't go to formatting step. Any ideas?

I have had my DELL PC with Windows XP for two weeks.  Over
the weekend, it started going to the blue screen with
IRQL_NOT_LESS_OR_EQUAL and DRIVER_IRQL_NOT_LESS_OR_EQUAL.  
I was able to start in safe mode only.

Hi, i am currently using windows 98, i bought xp to
upgrade and it goes through all the begining and than at
the part where it tells me that i don't have a previous
windows and must verify if i'm qualified to upgrade it

First when my windows xp wasent working bec some file was
missing i installed windows 98 and then upgraded to xp
agian so now on my hard drive there are 3 oprating
systems. Is there any way to delete the windows xp that im

I've just re-installed microsoft office because the
factory ommitted the pictures for clip-art.  I'm trying
to re-register and I cannot seem to find the PIN (product
identification number) which the help scree says is in