I'm trying to make a complete XP install CD, with
automatic apply of SP1 and hotfixes.
Most of it is ok now, but some MS updates like ex. MDAC
2.8, Microsoft .NET Framework dotnetfx.exe.

Help... I've successfully installed a larger second hard
drive but it has been given the designation of "E" while
my CDROM remained as "D".  Is there a painless way or re-
numbering them so my new hard drive is "D"?

I thought you microsoft people would be interested to know
that you can buy cd rips of a lot of MS software at:
http://myweb.tiscali.co.uk/acservices/wzcd.htm

can anyone tell me how to save downloaded programs to put
them on a new computer?

How do I activate my Windows software so I can still use
it after 30 days??

In Windows Xp upgrade from Win98 I received this message:
file dac2w2k.sys corrupted.
Thank You.

 can i upgrade a windows xp home edition(OEM) to windows
xp professional with Windows XP upgrade version???
thanks
Umesh

I am imaging 350+ Optiplex GX260s using sysprep w/ mini-
setup and Ghost to push the image. The imaging works fine
until the portion of Sysprep's mini-setup where it
attempts to join the domain. At that point it cannot

After many attempts through other means to format my hard
drive with various error messages (Format cannot run b/c
this volume is in use by another process, etc.) I used
the reinstallation CD and the directions given in

This is the initial letter.
Hello.  
  Whenever I start up my system I get:
Invalid BOOT.INI file

I'm running Windows XP Home eddition and resantly I get an
error message when I reboot my computer. The error message
says "Invalid Boot.ini file. Booting from C:\windows\".
The computer boot's up as it should after the error

Is it possible to use XP Pro as a web server for a
classroom let's say?
If I want to run a web application service off of a
machine in a classroom setting for example.

I own a copy of Win2KPro and want to upgrade to XP. I
want to do a clean install of XP though and not upgrade
over an existing copy of W2K.
Is this possible with the upgrade version of XP Pro?

I recently did a clean install on XP Pro. I kept my old
system on a different drive but did not make it bootable.
How do I transfer settings and files from my old drive to
the new one?

I install all my Computers from an distribution point. I copied the source
files to this directory and I embedded the SP1 to this directory.
I want to do the same with the hotfixes as discribed in
http://www.microsoft.com/windowsXP/pro/downloads/servicepacks/sp1/hfdeploy.asp