I actually posted this in the New Users forum but then I
realized that this one might be more appropriate so sorry
for the double post!
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Currently using Windows XP Home edition. Would like to
upgrade to XP Professional.
Question:
- do I need to re-install my existing programs after the

I have a copy of Windows OfficeXP on CD that was
installed on my system.  I had to reload my O/S and
required a re-install of OfficeXP and other
applications.  When I installed OfficeXP, my office1.cab

I have just installed the xp and now get all these popup
text messages. How do I configure the xp firewall to stop
all this junk?

I have a computer with windows XP on it that will not
start. When I try to start I get a blue screen that tells
you to try a safemode boot. I have tried that but it
still goes back to the blue screen. This is a HP computer

Here's the problem, doing a clean install of WIN XP Pro,
evertyhing goes smoothly until the ned with "approximately
7 minutes to go" the system seems to hang right at that
point no matter what i do... any ideas?

I had a cpu burn out and corrupted windows.  Now I have a
BSOD but the screen does't appear long enough for me to
right down the error, it reboot itself.  Can I stop it
from doing that??

I am getting the message "OE removed access to the
following unsafe attachments in your mail" with all
emails with attachments - and can't open the attachments.
I have sent myself mail and attachments and get the same

When I did a WIN XP Pro install after installing a new hard
drive (only hard drive on system) the system called it
drive (f:) I can not seem to make it drive c: even though
there is no drive c: on system

I had installed a new Windows XP upgrade on my laptop.  
Subsequentially I had to remove it due to some suspected
problems.  I had Windows 98 SE restored back to the
laptop.  Now, all of the problems I had have been resolved

Hi, I just finished putting together a computer using the socket A
motherboard for AMD K7 type processors. Everything is working, except the
onboard audio. There is  a setting in the BIOS called the 'Onboard AC'97
Sound' which is enabled, but I still can't get any sound.

Wondering if someone might be able to help out,
I'm trying to upgrade to Windows XP Home from Windows ME
and at bootup I'm getting the error
message:  'C:\Windows\System32\MSGINA.dll is not a valid

How do I change the MBR to reflect only one OS login.  I
had a botched install on a second hardrive of XP and now
I'm getting a prompt for "Which OS would you like to use"
when in actuality only the second OS option works.  I'd

Greetings to all XP users.
Here is the scenario:
What if I wish to upgrade my Hdisk from 40Gb to 180Gb? I
have updated XP SP1 to the utmost using Windows update

We have a corrupted 200GB WD drive.  We have moved it to
a slave position so that we can run a data recovery
program from a new hard drive.
However, XP Home Ed. insists on running CHKDSK on that