I just purchased a computer that had XP home edition
already installed (Compaq S5100NX).  It is replacing an
older computer (HP with 75Mhz pentium) that has Windows 98
on a 20GB Maxtor drive.  I have put the old drive in the

On upgrade or Fresh Mode , Apparently Im reading theres an
issue W very nice Ide controllers  That intel is using on
Embedded Chips  that Xp cannot deal with on install , But
is ok once up and running ??? Is this as simple as

Install finally took, but the sorry thing won't let me log
on. Asking for GUEST ACCOUNT and password. How in the hell
do I get started to even log on and CHANGE the user
accounts? Us there some kind of default setting not known

I'd like to install XP Home Edition (full program, not
upgrade) on two seperate machines.  Will XP allow me to do
so?  Thanks in advance.
Andy

i want to know , can window xp be formating again?
this is because my 'OS' already full with some heavy
application that my computer slow...
Can you help me to slove this problem?

I am trying to install a clean install of xp home
edition. the computer got all screwy and nothing is
working right so i just want to wipe it out and start
over.

I purchased windows XP Pro to install on a Laptop that had
Windows xp home after about 6 weeks the laptop died am I
allowed to Install this XP Pro on a new Laptop I just
purchased Which also has xp home or must I buy another

PC hangs opening MS Word, MS Excel, IE 6, other apps.; Task Mgr will not
close them - PC needs reboot to unhang and open apps.  I have rebooted 3
times today!  Rebooting drops many settings.
Sometimes I will find that my home page has been reset.

I have a SCSI disk that was giving access problems. Today
I connect the machine and windows XP has unable to write
and read the disk. I when to manage disks and I
reactivate the disk... :( and I lose everything !!! Can

Have a 3 yr. old Dell system with ME. Tried to upgrade ME
to XP. Installation went through OK until the final one
minue mark when it stalled. This is the point "Removing
Temp files used" during FINALIZING INSTALLATION.

I had the wrong start up disk in my cd-rom.  kkkkkkkkknow
I cannot load my o/s. How do I fix this?

HELP!
XP Pro System restore does not work but I do have a
complete backup of my HD,  can I just go to backup and
restore the whole HD what files need to be copied before I

I am trying to load an OEM version of XP onto a computer
with a PII @ 333Mz, new motherboard and a new harddrive.
During the "Installing Devices" phase of the XP
installation, the screen will blink out (screen goes black

How do you limit how much disk space XP will use. I have installed only
XP on a 5gb hd and its eaten it all. There are no other software in that
area.
TIA

now, there is only the windoes xp blue screen after
reboot, help!  (because I just installed 98 after xp and
they are both using C: