I am in the process of downloading Office 2000
Professional to Windows XP and I continue to get this
error message and "win.ini not found.
what do I do???

I am having trouble installing a fresh copy of xp with the
boot disk program. every time on either the 2nd or third
disk an error comes up. I have tried different disks etc
but still hte same. It has an error code of 7 or 512.

Thanks in advance.
I was wondering if anyone has any tips about how i could
script installation of patches for windows xp such that it
would check to see if that patch was already installed and

A company I did some work for purchased a single license for an XP upgrade
and installed it on several computers. We are approaching the 30 day
registration cut-off and they need to purchase individual licenses for these
machines. How do I install the new product ID in these ...

I have a fully patched Windows XP HOME SP1 installation.
Recently something makes the computer reboot in the middle of loading the
OS.  I can't bring the system up in safe mode either - it dumps 64kb then
reboots before the Windows Logo Appears.  I've been able to pull up the

I have replaced OEM hardrive.  Followed Maxtor
installation instructions carefully/correctly.  IDE
controller and hardrive correctly recognized/formated.  
When loading Compaq restore CD w/Windows XP, at prompt to

Like anonymous, I have also been getting an error during
setup when using the bootdisks.
In my instance I get "error 14" on disk 3. I've tried
another disk, but I believe the problem to be a faulty

I have Windows XP Home with 4 users; each with password
protection for entry.  Each time a user changes the
Resolution, the changes made are saved and subsequently
impact on all other users.  I would like each user to have

Xp will not turn the computer off by itself. It worked
fine with 98 but now it just says the computer is ready to
be turned off?
Thanks

I did a new install of XP Pro because the dynamic upgrade
option did not work (various corrupt Win2k Pro files
preventing any web downloads). I now have both XP Pro &
Win 2k Pro installed (Win 2k Pro is unstable).

Reloaded/installed XP, and now cannot find old programs
like Office, Adobe, and AOL. How can I tell new XP where
the programs are, and make them run without having to re-
install dozens of programs from 3 years back. I do not

Some time back, I bought a new computer from a "supposedly"
reputable manufacturer over the Internet. I bought everything
new except for the monitor and the system was equipped with
Windows-XP Professional (version 2002). Part No. X08-33951

I'm having a problem.  I've activated Windows file sharing on my Mac, and
sure enough, the Mac "sees" all my shared Windows folders.  Now, how can I
get my XP box to see my shared Mac folders?  What am I doing wrong?  Thanks.

I bought a new computer last week that had preinstalled
Windows XP (Home Edition).
I followed the instructions to activate the windows and
register it with MS. However for some reason the user name

When the setup screen, it freezes on the "Installing
Drivers" part.