I am trying to upgrade from 98 to xp pro. I keep getting
this error message "Setup cannot continue. Contact
Microsoft Technical Support. (error 3E6h). Well we all
know there is no Microsoft Technical Support so I will

I am upgrading from XP home to XP pro. (PC came with XP
home) I have plenty of disc space and memory. I go
through the preparing for installation screen then it
restarts to the startup screen, which now says XP pro,

When typing Shift / @ produces inverted commas; when
typing Shift 2 produces @ --- How so ?
Carole.

I'm in the process of replacing the mother board in my
computer, My programs run with windows Xp. When replacing
the mother board do I need to have the Windows XP
Software?  

RECIEVE ERROR MESSAGE WHEN INSTALLING WIN XP SERVICE PACK
1A. REQUIRES BUILD 2600. CURRENT BUILD IS 2505

I purchased a computer system and a windows xp home
edition (original) cd accompanied it. I have since sold
the computer, but forgot to remove the sticker with the cd
product key. How do I go about recovering the cd key?

Could antone help me. I can't restart my computer either
by way of start menu (restart/warm boot) or when
installing software. The computer just shuts down and i
have to cold start from power button all the time. If you

does anyone know when a cpu faster than 3.2 GHz is coming
from Intel?

How? Is it possible? Doesn't look like it. Do I have to do
a total new install?

I'm trying to install windows XP HE over ME and I get a
message saying the language for installation is
incompatible- can anyone help...........

I have two computers, each with its own XP CD that were
activated 2 years ago. i am replacing the hard drive in
each computer. I can only find one of my XP CDs. I have
the code for both CDs. Can I use one CD to instal EP on

Hi Group,
I have a machine which is not online and running xp home, so I decided to
download SP1a  and burn to a disk on my main machine and then to load the
first machine with the updates.

When I wet my paging file to drive C, the OS puts it on drive D. When I set
it to drive D, the computer will not boot (except in safe mode). I can set
to no paging file on either disk. I want to remove the second drive, so I
need to put the paging file on drive C.

I would like to know how i can make my own WIN XP designs.
I mean Designs with own Textures(Skins). Do i need a
Software for that?
I don't want to change the Font or the Textcolor. I want

It's a Compaq laptop that came in with a bum XP home upgrade.  I uninstalled
XPhome back to ME and corrected isssues like removing EZ CD Creator 4 and
NSW 2003.  The reinstall refused and the compatibility said the blocking
issue was that I had more than one operating system ...