I have XP Home installed now and I just bought the
upgrade to Professional.  When I didn't notice until just
now that XP Home is not listed as one of the products to
upgrade from.  It lists Windows 98, Windows 98 second

I have had the same problem as marcie and michael s
today...never had it before ...computer gives u 60 seconds
or whatever to find problem...computer being shut down
because of remote procedure call service and authorized by

I just installed a second Nvidia video card into my
system to run a second monitor. The problem is that when
I move my mouse from the primary monitor to the secondary
monitor, it leaves monitor #1 at the edge of the screen

Last night I install xp on my desktop pc (it had
previously been installed on my laptop but the laptop is
no longer functional so it is junked).  After the
installation, I am unable to activate it because xp says

Hi all.  My husband's computer won't boot up.  It goes
immediately to a black screen that says Windows did not
start correctly and you have options to start in Safe
Mode, or Start Normally, or Use Most Recent Settings

Hi I've just built my new PC and do not want to use the
install tool from MS. As I know I will most probablt have
to re-install XP later on ..
Does anyone know where I can find the correct ftp URL for

Is it possible to upgrade from the trial version to full
version of XP with out reinstalling???
Ive obviously got a product key.
Cheers

I just reinstalled windows xp, whilst leaving the file
structure intact to ensure i did not loose any data.
However, I overlooked the fact that i set my documents as
a private file! Now, despite setting the same username, i

Appreciate any help on this.  Did a reinstall of XP Home,
(reformat HD) and after Activating and Registering when I
launch Internet Explorer 6.0 within 60 seconds I get a
dialog box stating that "The system is being shut down....

Hello, this is an XP question. I was having issues with XP so I did a
reinstall. [ugh] the root of all my new troubles. I'd loaded the automatic
updates, including the express service pack 6 etc. So I backed out and
reloaded XP [twice now]

athlon 2400+, gigabyte m/b, 128M ram, win98SE (upgraded
from win95b), no anti-virus software
installed...compatibility check lists some software
issues...Juno dialer, AOL messenger...no hardware

I had a NT Authority Service shutdown issue.  I disabled
the RPC and remorte access services and was able to make
the computer run for more than 60 seconds as defined by
the shutdown screen.

Is there a way to rename drives other than reformating
partitions. Thx

I currently have two desktop computers with Windows XP
Professional installed on each.I purchased both XP
upgrades and both were activated.
Recently Computer #2 received a virus that caused damage

I bought the upgrade version, but before I open the box I
want to make sure the program will recognize the win me
that is currently on there and thus know I am ok for
upgrade?  The box says it can get the info from my current