I tried to install windows XP Home on a reformated 40
gigabite hard drive.  The program started downloading from
the cd-rom drive and got to the point of re-booting and
stalled, I waited more than an hour and it never started

Where can I get info on how to set up system and file
DSNs.  I am trying to deploy an Access application using
KB 287668 examples to create to required DSN on the user
machine.  I need to connect an access (xp) database to

We have purchased  Windows XP Home Edition.  We have a 4
computer wireless home network.  We can't afford to buy 4
copies of Windows XP.  Is there any way we can load it on
all 4 computers and use it more than 30 days?  Currently  

I support 180+ laptops that are running Windows XP. I
need to keep them up to date with the XP fixes. They have
no internet access to get the updates from the Microsoft
Website. Is there a way to pull the updates from

I installed Windows XP Pro on a new system yesterday.
When I try to run the windows update, I get sent to the
following address:
http://v4.windowsupdate.microsoft.com/en/default.asp

I want to eliminate the Media Player shortcut that
appears on the desktop for each user.  I am using sysprep
and Ghost to creat images.  Even if I turn off the icon
desktop setting in the registry I still get the icons

when i run win xp setup, at the end of copying files it
says " can't copy from specified path", and when i reboot
my computer and run win xp setup it says "hal.dll missing
or corrupt"

I am having trouble accessing any javaScript web pages
ever since I installed XP. The websites say that my
Javascript is enabled. I have downloaded what I thik is
the javaScript fix off of the sun.java.com website. Does

Hi all, I have xp pro and i had to format my computer.
When I reinstalled all the software, I downloaded the
java from SUN web page, but now I found that there are
some pages that don't download properly or sometimes they

I should have mentioned.  This is a new disk drive.  I am
trying to install Windows for the first time.  There is
nothing on the disk.  The only article I could find in
the MS Knowledgebase said to use the boot floppy or CD-

Will older Office 97 programs work properly when
installed in Windows XP Pro O.S.?
Do I have to run it in compatability mode?

If I set up a new user account, do I need to install
updates, or do they carry over from my original user
account?

I have heard that upgrading to windows xp causes some
issues when you upgrade from win98 second edition because
of how old it is is this true? Do I need to do something
special like format the computer before installing XP?

Running XP Home SP1 and running the latest fixpacks, I am
experiencing a problem with a lost or corrupted user
profile for the user joe.  I can see the profile joe that
I want to use in the C:\Documents and Settings\joe folder,

I receice a error message,
he error message is: IRQL NOT LESS OR EQUAL
The stop code is; 0x0000000A(0x7FFFFFFF,
0x00000002,0x00000001, 0x804E414E).