I installed Win XP over Win 2000 choosing during the installation procedure the option
preserve existing file system.
Now I can see all the folder structure as before under Win 2000, but the files are gone.
Can they be recovered?

I am trying to install Internet Infromation Services on
my computer when prompted for the Windows XP disk I
insert it and a dialog box pops up wanting to know the
location of admxprox.dll.  I assumed it would be on the

i work for a large facility. we have a large network and
recently purchased 400 new PC's configured with XP Pro.
We have multiple users connecting to each device 24 hours
a ady 7 days a week. We have programs and applications

I want to mount my main hard drive in a portable external case so I can use
it when I travel on other's computers (I don't have a laptop). We all know
how much XP likes trying to boot when it finds a new motherboard :(
Is there a simple way to get around this without having to do a ...

Can anyone tell me how to register Windows XP without
being connected to the internet?  I have a dozen machines
that have XP preinstalled by Dell but Windows still asks
me if I want to register with Microsoft.  I'm not sure how

I was installing some windows automatic updates, and had
to leave in a hurry, so i quit the installation from the
task manager.  Now when i try to boot up my computer, it
starts booting windows, gets to a certain point, and then

I just got a new computer with xp pro on it.  My old computer is ME.  I have
backed up all of my data on my zip drive.  Is there anything special I need
to know or do to get my date from the ME computer to the new XP one?

Greetings Can somone tell me where to change the default
installation source in the Registry. XP keeps looking in
the CD but I need to point it to the network share,
In 98 we used Poledit for this.

I have created a bootable slipstreamed Windows XP + SP1a
ISO image. What I would like to do is embed my Volume
Licensing Key into the ISO? Is it possible? Thanks.

OK, I have had a computer now for a little over a year now
and recently I have been having troubles with it.  I tried
to reinstall the OS, but every time I do (using the XP Pro
CD, of course), it gets through copying all the files, and

in doing a clean install helf way through its brings up
please enter path cant find file "ASMS" so i set the path
and kicks back saying the same thing?? help urgent

When I download a patch using Windows update the download
finishes but patch doesn't install....
What's happening?

i don't even know if this is the correct place to ask for
help. so I'm going to ask and just see what happens.
I went to turn my PC on today and it came up with
something about missing or corrupt system32\ntoskrnl.exe

How can I make or download a new one?

XP home edition, would not boot due to a missing or
corrupted file, Dell Dimension 4400. During re-
installation , per Dell Tech support, doing a repair
operation, received the following fatal error, causing the