Whenever I startup windows, the System32 folder opens up
on my desktop. Best I can tell, it just started happening
one day for reasons unknown to me. I have looked in all
the places that I am aware of to try to find what is

I have a laptop with a 10GB drive running XP Pro (Dell Inspiron 2500).  I
just bought a new laptop, with a 40GB drive, running XP Home (Dell Inspiron
8500)(I could upgrade to to Pro if necessary).
The old laptop's drive is 90% full.  Ideally I want to connect the two

Here's my problem start to finish:
Reinstalled Windows XP today. It's something I do often
cause im picky about stability and it doesnt tend to take
long before stuff starts acting weird.  I average a

Does the winXP OEM license allow a user to install the
same license on his/her laptop computer, just as long as
they are not using both at the same time? My manager wants
to install winXP on his laptop for when he goes out of the

I heard that windows doesn't like it when you uprade your
motherboard and re-attach your hard drive since it wont
necessarily recognize the new chipset, motherboard
drivers, etc. Can you just install the motherboard drivers

i was wondering if i can make a back up cd of windows
Xp...because when i bought the computer it already had Xp
on it..and i dont wanna go and buy the Cd...if soemthing
would ever happen to it..pleae enail me at

When I go to  control panel then system it shows my name
twice  under register to.  It used to show it only once.
Does not seem to cause a problem.

Can I upgrade WinME to WinXP Home with a full WinXP Home
version. Or will I have to Nuk the drive first.

I'm a systems administrator.  I am currently doing a
compliance audit for a company, and need to see what CD
Keys were used on each system.  Is there any way to find
the CD Key that was used to install Windows XP?  Please

I have a two year old dual hard drive Dell 4100 system.
It originally shipped with Windows ME and one hard drive
(c).  Right after I received it, I added the second hard
drive (d) out of my old machine.

I have formatted my hard drive on an older computer and
am attempting to re-install WindowsXP. Immediately after
setup does the hardware inspection, it starts to load
files. During this process I get a "file PCMCIA.sys is

I was unable to register WindowsXP when installing it.  
Now when I view Windows "about".  Only the serial number
is displayed.  How do I register Windows XP without re-
installing?

I tried to re-install Windows XP keep getting
message."Window setup will restarting becuase it is in
safe mode. Cannot get system out of safe mode to get re-
install to continue. Keeps restarting over and over again.

I just built a new rig and am attempting to install WinXP Pro SP1.
Hardware wise everything seems to be working. The BIOS sees everything
(except for the Serial ATA drive--read on.)  On boot-up, the screen detects
my one Maxtor Serial ATA 80GB. I also have access to the Intel RAID ...

Win98 has a "Wait for dial tone" command that you can  uncheck to over-ride
odd dialling tones (like when there is a 1571 message waiting (UK
specific)). In XP I cannot find anything similar.
Any ideas ?