Just wondering if anyone might be able to clarify a few
things with Sysprep for me.
1) What is the best way to run sysprep -clean after you
have imaged a machine. I am using a sysprep.inf file to

I have a slow computer and a fast computer.
I want to swap XP and all programs from the slow computer to the fast
computer.
What is the best way to do this?

Is it better to completely reformat the Home partition and start from
scratch, or just upgrade Home to Pro?
Diane

We're doing the right thing by having all our clients logged in as limited
users... but NAV2003 doesn't allow live updates unless you're logged in as
admin... which is never.
Having a look through Symantecs webby, they advise the use of their

What is the purpose of sysprep?  Is it necessary when you
are deploying images across your network?  

Does XP have any backup utility like Microsoft Backup in
Windows 98?  How do people typically do backups with XP?
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Thank you in advance.

I purchased Windows XP to upgrade from Windows ME.
The copy I purchased is an OEM version.
When attempting to install, I am not given the option to
upgrade; only to install this new OS on another partition.

When I shutdown my XP machine it does not auto shut off.
It hangs on the HP logo

My CD will not autoload.
How do I set it up so that it will autoload? XP Pro.
thank you happy jack

If I installed two separate XP partitions on one computer,
and have activated one, can I also activate the second one
and be able to switch back and forth without constant re-
activation?  I would simply like to have two copies for

When I start my cpu it starts fine, I see my cpu info.
Then before it gets to the welcome screen, it stops and I
get a black screen. If I touch a key on the keyboard it
starts and runs fine. What can I do to fix this?

My family has two laptops, both have Windows XP Home.  My
daughter upgraded hers to XP Pro for her college wireless
LAN.  We switched computers after hers locked up after I
deleted some spyware.  

I facing a big problem and holp you can help me.
I have a 40G hard disk installed Win XP Home. I need to
upgrade it to New 80G. So I use Ghost 2003 and select disk
to disk function.

when i start up my pc i get this message appearing
'nstask32.exe'
'windows cannot fin nstask32.exe make sure you typed the
name correctly and then try again. to search for a file

I have an AMD Athlon 64 on an Asus K8v Deluxe board.  I
have a Maxtor 120GB SATA drive on the primary SATA
controler (Promise 378).  When trying to setup WinXP 64-
bit for extended systems, I receive the following error