I have Windows XP Pro and I bought a new disk, I used a Disk to Disk Copy
Program to copy the partition from the old disk to the new one (the only
difference between the disk is the speed, they are the same size, bench,
everything is the same but one is 5400rpm and the other 7200). ...

Greetings to all ...
Under windows 2000, Control Panel, User accounts,  the administrator
has the ability to uncheck the "users must enter a user name and
password to use this computer" checkbox.  This feature disables the

i have to install a clean xp installation onto my
computer  i have to access my bios to make my cd-rom
drive to boot first  how exactly would i do that?thanx
bill

Does anyone know if it is possible to disable the "Simple File Sharing" that
is enabled by default in XP Pro?  I would prefer to do that as part of the
unattended installation instead of having to perform the install and then
toggle the option using the Tools->Folder Options in ...

Windows XP Pro can be installed on one PC and also the
laptop computer used by the user of the one PC.
Is this true or false?

Hi - I'm attempting to install XP Pro over an old server
that ran on NT 4.0 and keep getting a STOP error saying
the hard drives are not configured correctly. Am I not
able to install over NT or do I have some other problem?

If I want to install XP on a second computer can
I later buy (when time to validate) a new copy and
use the number from it?
Thanks : -)

when it prompts me to type the admin. pass. i enter it
and it says that it is invalid. anyy comments?

Can anyone tell me if I can install office 2000 on a new
XP Pro based laptop please
Thanks

Having a real problem.  I had XP pro on my pc, it
developed a problem so in the end I formated the hard
drive to start again.
My problem is that when I try to boot from the CD it

I putted xp into cdrom to install it on new hdd ( after
winME del and formatting) ,but after setup information
- proper key !- there was only blank screen with printed
" setup bla bla bla please wait ".And nothing more for

attempting to install xp home on new hard drive in compaq
5170 computer.. ok thru formatting step but when computer
reboots it constantly returns to beginning of setup
process.. any thoughts?

I do not have the backup wizard listed in my  all
programs\accessories\system tools.  One of the critical
updated recommends that I do a backup and the
instructions say use the backup wizard located in the

I am attempting to upgrade my laptop from Windows ME to
Windows XP. The upgrade software I purchased says it can
not find a version of Windows on the machine. This is an
error; it was there yesterday. I don't have the Windows

I recently built up a PC for the first time and am having problems
getting Windows XP Pro to install on the machine.
My configuration is as follows:
Motherboard:ABIT IC7-G ;upgraded Bios to version 17 (9/11/03)