I'm trying to install Visual Studio.NET on my XP Pro
machine (Lap Top).  At first I could not install it at
all.  If I wait for approx a week or so, the install will
get a good way through.  However it always stops and give

while trying to reformat hard drive fron ntfs to fat 32
(wanting to delete xp proto and install win me)
error reads-
format cannot run because the volume is in use by another

Can anyone tell me how to go about seting up user groups in win xp pro, I
want to restrict access to some files.
Drew

I have installed XP professional and now have 2 operating
systems on my PC, the other being Windows 2000.
How do I delete Windows 2000?
Will Windows XP work with other software already loaded on

I am trying to install windows xp on a computer with
windows 98 2nd ed already installed.  I encounter an
error during installation,the problem is a file called
framebuf which causes the installation to go into an

I purchased a computer that had been registered &
acitvated by the previous owner.  Is it possible to
change the registered user to myself?  Or is it something
I should learn to live with?

Is there a way to tell if the SYSPREP command has been
issued to a given image by using an image viewing tool
such as PowerQuest ImageExplorer?  
I know there are entries in the registry I can check but

I syspreped a machine using a sysprep account that i had
created. However upon ghosting the machine to it's new
destination, it lost all of the desktop folders of the
users on the machine. Can anyone help me get them back?

I cant get Windows XP Home edition to recognise my BT
Speedway ISDN line although the other programs available
with Speedway do (Phone Fax Answerphone etc.) and
obviously I can use it to get onto the net. As I want to

I am trying to deploy a Windows XP Master disk image (using Ghost) that has
been created using Sysprep,  onto machines that will be used as part of a
commercial product.  When I duplicate my sysprep image onto another
computer, the computer boots properly, and the mini-setup works ...

I have two copies of win xp for my computers. I have
upgraded one of them and am doing a clean install. THe
problem is I don't remember which serial number
correlates with the systems. Does it make any difference

I recently began experiencing problems with my hard
drive.  Short version of the story:  I installed a new
one, copied the old drive to the new but couldn't boot
from new alone.  Ended up installing WinXP on the new.  It

I've got experience with Win2000Pro syspreps, but am
unsure about WinXP.
I run "sysprep -pnp" to for forcing a full hardware
plugNplay on the next reboot for W2K.

I need to turn on my xp firewall but dont know how! Please
help!

  I am attempting to deploy an xp image onto multiple
machines.  They all work with xp and DO NOT require
additional drivers, setup, etc.  Except when I sysprep the
master machine and deploy to another machine it doesn't