I have a computer with a Windows 98 OEM installation.  I
need to reformat the hard drive and start over with a new
operating system installation.  Can I buy an upgrade
Windows XP and install on a reformatted system?

I'm currently working on an unattend deploy - which is currently working - but I need to have a custom INF file which needs to be processed during the install phase. Below is an example of my INF file with bogus info.
I'm aware that I could update the HIVESYS.INF, but I would ...

I had to do a repair install of win xp and it hangs at 34
minutes asking me what program I would like to use to
open rundll32.exe.  Someone said it may be a virus.  Any
idea of which?  I cannot get into windows because the

All:
When I initiate a search using the search companion, I
get a box with an error message that says "A file that is
required to run Search Companion cannot be found.  You

I have a trouble some lap top that requires frequent
reformats. I need some 48 Win Updates. Can I purcase Win
Updates in disk form? It would save me a lot of down load
time.

How can I cancel installing WinXP Home?
I booted my PC with the WinXP Home CD in the drive by
mistake.  Now, to my horror, I see it has already finished
the first 3 steps:

Yesterday, I purchased Windows XP profession and installed
it on my laptop which was running Windows 98. We did not
activate or register the software.
Since, my wife and I have determined that Windows XP

Our company has more than 100 users with WinXP & Win2K.
Other than manually or client base automatically update.
Are there any other ways to centralized update/control/ensure all these
updates can be performed in timely bases ?

I have and old gateway with Win 3.1.  for what ever
reason, it is now asking for the setup disk to continue
and run windows, of course I do not have one, can anyone
help me get one of these setup disk?

I just added a second account to my XP Pro machine. Whenever I log into
the new account, the password for the old account gets erased. I have to
reset the password of the old account from the new account. Every time.
The reverse is not true. Logging on the old account does not ...

I have an english windows xp professional version ,how
can it correct my german spelling when I type e mails in
german

I had to reformat my hard drive, and when I reinstalled
windows XP, it wouldn't let me register because it told
me that the # had been used too many times already, but
it was not in use anymore.  Does anyone know how to fix

I tried sending this to MS directly, but since I don't
know the PID, I couldn't!  I bought XP Home Edition (full
not upgrade).  I put it on my laptop (Dell Inspiron 7000)
and after it goes thru the whole shebang w/ loading, my

wjview file app inadvertently deleted when much garbage
from a download appeared.
On boot receive -- wjview error -- main file not found or
something to that effect.  

I uninstalled Norton Anti-virus 2003 and reinstalled
about 5 times and still can't get it to work. Can someone
help me?