My current OS is Windows 98. I bought a Windows
Proffesional XP disc. Everytime I try to install it an
error message appears and it doesnt load. I tried to boot
it from the CD but ther's seems to be an error. It reads

I've tried booting from the CD and it hangs on the blue screen step of "Windows is starting" (before it copies all application files... after it copies the install files).  I've also tried booting from boot disks, but it hangs with a "Please wait" after obtaining everything from ...

OK, I guess I'm starting to narrow down this problem.  
Obviously, a 2.5GB OS installation on a 3GB hard drive
just plain won't work.  No room for programs.
My initial installation was 980MB and then I made the

We have Windows 2000 server with XP workstations.  I need
to update my XP workstations with a microsoft security
patch.  Do i have to visit each workstation to do this, or
can i deploy it through group policy?  I f anyone could

I had XP SP1 working perfect till I got Blaster Worm mid
August; I didn't know it was a virus getting me these
reboot msg so I decided to reinstall XP ... bad choice!
Afterwards I patched XP and get rid of Blaster worm but...

How do I make my machine show up as a WIN2000 machine on a
network.  I am currenlty running a WIN XP Pro.
Any help would be greatful
Thank You

I've recently been bugged by a lot of low virtual memory messages, which is
puzzling me somewhat.
I've got a PIII 500 with 256mb ram, and two sizeable hard drives, each of
which has 256mb of virtual memory allocated.  I wouldn't have thought that

error code 7 also displays.  New XP Pro install on new PC
with no current OS... Any suggestions?

I'm kind of new to admin work so I appreciate any help on
this. My users have a complete XP Pro network with NT 4.0
servers in the backend. We use a lot of 3rd party software
and I'd like to simplify software installation as much as

I did a reinstall of XP Pro in place to try to resolve
performance problems.  It gets to about "34 mins. left"
(It's talking about Movie Maker) then ends with a
bad_pool_caller error message and an explanation it is

I am running a Windows XP Pro installation (eng) with SP1
installed. On my system, there are 3 normal user accounts
and 1 administrator account. The administrator account has
of course no problems accessing for instance the CD/DVD-

Hello.  I bought a Dell Dimension 4100 about three years
ago, which came installed with Windows 98SE.  I
subsquently upgraded to Windows ME and the Windows XP
Home.  Recently I started having problems with the system

How do I protect myself on the Internet?

We just bought a MDG desktop with Windows XP Home Edition
installed.  We tried to enter the product key on the
package included with the computer...the software was
already installed but it was asking for the code to

I want to skip the login, and have my computer go straight
to my desktop when i turn it on  how do i do this?