If I were to upgrade my computer that is currently running
Windows ME to Windows XP Pro, using the upgrade version
would all of my infomation such as documents,
applications, pictures, songs etc. remain on my computer

I installed a second copy of Windows XP Pro under a
different folder (Windows1) for system redcovery purpose.
But I found out the more accurate procedures for my
purpose and my problem is being corrected.

If you download and save the various critical updates,
does it matter in which order you install them?
And, do you have to reboot after every one?
Thanks

Does anyone know for a fact that Windows XP Professional
purchased from a Canadian reseller will work correctly in
the U.S ? I have been advised that cross border software
sales in systems built out of Canada with the MS/XP Pro

Running XP PRO SP 1 standalone. I'm still playing around a bit with this
feature. I'm not quite sure how to use it. I can add the snap in to MMC, but
then I'm not quite sure "what does what". I can run a security analysis
against a template, so the differences are shown. That's nice ...

I have a computer running Windows XP Professional.  It
started making some clicking sounds at which point I
tried restarting the computer.  Now, everytime I try to
restart it gives me the message "disk read error, press

In order to overcome computer downtime in the event of a
computer failure or theft, we are thinking of purchasing
Nortons Ghost 2002 to create a clone image of our hard
drive. My question is - will we have to reactivate all

I purchased a computer with xp pro pre-instaalled and it
worked fine.  I did a re-install from the disk supplied
and discovered too late that it was not the same as the
one originally used.  I now cannot set up dial-up or dsl

I installed an update for . NET Framework 1.1 that forces
me to log on to Windows even though I am the sole user. I
found a work around the sign on but it doesn't work for
me. Would there be any harm in deleting this update via

I booted to WinXP Pro.  Formated with NTFT.  It finsihed,
rebooted...now it has an error:
Couldn't open drive multi(0)disk(0)rkisk(0)parition(1)
NTLDR missing...repeats above about the drive...

My Windows XP home edition on the laptop does not boot
properly for the past 3 days.
On boot up, it gives this message:
Autochk program not found - Skipping AUTOCHECK.EXE

Should I use upgrade or new install option? I want to completely re install
.I have a dsl so updating via windows update will be fast.
Does either option keep all updates? I want to start from the beginning.

I purchased a license for XP Professional, and want to remove the
installation from my computer, and install it on my new machine.  Is
this possible?  It would still only be present on one machine.
Thanks,

I have a laptop with a touchpad option (XP professional),
which I hate. The touchpad is turned on. How can I turn
it off? There used to be an icon to turn it on and off
next to the clock on the lower right-hand corner of the

Can anyone help  either remove a partial installation of
Windows XP home edition or
complete installation.
My computer now has Widows 2000Pro.  I tried installing XP