I've tried to re-install windows on top of pre-existing XP
professional.
After setup, I get the error message "Windows XP Setup
cannot run under Safe Mode. Setup will restart now."  If I

Had this error message during install, SXS.DLL Syntax
error in manifest or policy file "E\1386\asms\6000
\MFST\windows\common\controls\ controls.man on line 0
Can't go any further with install, can anybody help?

installed windows xp last night at home. now get message
system shut down by nt authority system. remote procedure
call service and then counts down 60 seconds and reboots.
did not install as nt used fat32.

After installation reboot, I get the message  "File
\$WIN_NT$.~LS\i386\ntkrnlmp.exe could not be loaded.  The
error code is 14"  Tried everthing.  Any ideas?

I always get not enough disk space error, even after
cleaning of the requested amount of space.  The installer
just says more space is needed next time you run it.
Upgrading Windows 98 with 2 logical drives partition on

Greetings Windows wizards,
do you know how to disable simplified sharing and Password-Protect a Shared
Folder in WinXP home?
I just can't believe the words in this article:

Would anyone know how long the in-place upgrade reinstall
action should really take???  The computer lists the
amount of minutes each process should take, but my
computer is taking hours more and is still not finished.  

I got an error on an existing XP system.  The error said
something about not finding a winsys32 file and  to put in
the installation CD.  As ever, I couldn't find the
original installation disks so I went out and bought a new

Used the cd to load after re-format of harddrive. Will
not go past Installing windows at 39 min on interface.
Tells me Error: Intallation failed : D:\I386\asm.   Error
Message says The volume for a file has been externally

Problem:  After I upgraded to Win XP Home from Win ME, I loose access to my DSL connection
Details:  I have a Dell Dimension L w/ a 700mhz Celeron processor, 512MB RAM and 11GB free of a 20 GB hard drive.  I access the Internet via a SBC DSL connection through a Linksys BEFSR41 ...

Win XP Pro: I was in Setup and hit F9, the "Restore Setup
Defaults" key. This disabled my ability, when starting up
the computer, to see anything at all on the screen prior
to Windows beginning.  Thus I can't restore my system or

HP doesn't send a recovery disk with their PCs.  I need
to do a recovery because my machine boots to an
unreadable error message and then reboots.  It continues
in this loop ad infinitum.  HP instructed me on how to do

Win xp pro sp1
A while ago while trying to do a repair install, I
accidentally started to intstall another version of win
xp. At least that's what I think I did because now when I

A friend of me have problems with their pc it started when
the elektricitie fel out when there pc was on . And now
windows XP don't work anymore.
When i tryed to instal windows xp again it always fails .

NAV deleted a couple of XP files (HOSTDLL & SVCHOST) after being infected by the Welchia worm. My system is running fine at the moment. How do I re-install these files & are they important ?