My boot.ini is reported as faulty and I wonder if this is
causing frequent crashes on start up. Where can I get a
non faulty boot.ini if I have only 1 partition and use
only Windows XP home edition?

I have run out of characters in my "path" environment.
What can I do?

Can I reactivate a machine running XP Pro with a different
product key, without reinstalling the OS?  I have two
scenarios where that would be useful:
1. Machine is running retail copy.  I acquired an Action

Can you use Windows Synchronization to sync between 2
mapped network shares?

I just got my new computer with XP.  Have the user
accounts set up for all the kids.  Is there anyway to
limit access to what programs they are able to access
formt he desktop and start menu.  Thanks

I'd like to get an MS Trackball Explorer (finger tips on
trackball, thumb on scroll wheel, corded).  The specs
don't mention WinXP or WinXP Pro as an OS.  Will
WinXP Pro find a driver for this trackball?

How Do I copy a XP installation to my clean hard drive? I
have a XP startup disk with smrtdrv, but the CD is still
very slow and I need to know the necessary commands to
copy the cd to my hard drive and install from the hard

I am trying to copy a user profile from one user to another and I get the
error message
"failed to set security on destination profile access denied"
The destination folder is the user directory under "Documents and Settings"

I just purchased windows xp home edition upgrade for my
computer and installed it.  Everything seems to work fine
until I got to install office xp or nortons systemworks
2003.  When I go to install these programs I get an error

To all:
I am trying to network 4 pcs at home, I was able to log
them all with specific IPs, I am able to log into the
internet, however I cannot see the other computers on my

A friend of mine on his Win XP machine has this problem. I
found the MS Q307545 with the solution, however I have the
following problems:
1. We cannot use recover console since the Admin password

I just got a used computer that has Win XP installed on it and it has a
license sticker with product key on the side of the case.  No manuals or
documentation are with the computer or any restore disks.  I want to wipe
the HDD clean and re-install windows.  If I have my own WIn XP ...

After repairing XP by installing the original over the
original install then choosing repair XP. XP copies all
required files then reboots the machine and after 2 or 3
minutes a message saying "setup is being

I had Windows Me, I purchased the full version of Windows
XP home edition in hopes of reformating my hard drive and
starting anew.After loading the full version I find that
a lot of junk was left over from Windows Me. Please

I get this when I try to to either upgrade or try clean
install:
Windows XP Professional Setup Setup was unable to verify
drive C:. Your computer may not have enough memory to