is it possible to upgrade from WinXP Home to WinXP Professional? I found out
that taking the Home Edition made networking too easy to be secure and don't
want to buy another retail version.
Is it also possible to upgrade using an OEM CD?

Just installed XP professional now whenever I am
connected to internet the laptop shuts down after
displaying the Remote Procedure call... What have I done
wrong????  Thanks

im tring to install an upgreade of (english)windows XP pro
over my japanese XP home edition. its not working.... can
anyone help?

I am using Windows XP Home.   I need to be able to boot my
PC in Safe Mode.   The instructions say press the F8 ket
while Windows is starting.   I have tried this by holding
F8 down throughout the boot process but nothing hapens,

This is what has happened. I have a windows 98 machine
that everything works on and I upgrade to Windows XP. When
I do this the system, once the new install completes,
can't see the modem. I have tried several different things

On Window 98 I would always create shortcuts on my Desktop
for my Floppy Drive, CD Rom Drive and CD Burner, (A,D and E
Drives)and used them extensively without any problems.
With Windows XP Pro, when I creat shortcuts for my A,D, and

Installing xp on existing machine that was running 98.  
Installing full version of xp, not oem or upgrade.  Upon
installation, get through formating hard drive. Files
start copying, gets to shell32.dll(about 2%) and I get an

I have installed RIS in teh lab with a dutch and an english flat CD image.
Tehs erver is English.  I can only see the English images ....
Can any one guide me to some real world RIS solutions.  All I can find is
basic lab stuff ....

Is is possible to keep old programs and files in Windows
XP Home Edition when:
An evaluation copy was installed and expired;
Windows '98 was installed to get IBM Thinkpad to boot to

I performed a successful upgrade to WinXP Pro from
Win98SE.  I noticed that the files & folders I had in 'My
Documents' are no longer there post upgrade.  It seems as
though Windows deleted them on the upgrade.  Any ideas?

When the computer has to be rebooted, the display comes
up at a low resolution.  Then when I do a system restore
to an earlier date, the prefered 1024 x 728 comes back.
What do I have to do to keep the 1024 x 728 as the system

PIII 500
Abit Be6  mobo, latest bios
Matrox G400   video card
Using Win 98 for awhile. Want to go to Xp. REformated

Dear all, I have a RIS installation on a domain system
drive. I have compatoble PXE boot device.
When I connecvt my new system to network for installation
it cannot access the RIS installation folder?

I have two hard drives C and D.
I have Me on D and XP on C.
Since ME only wanted to load on C, I disconnected the C
drive and installed ME on D.

How can I ceate a short cut on my desk top to my screen
saver?