Something very strange has happened. I did a power off
shutdown of Windows XP. After rebooting, when I try to
logon to any of the 5 accounts that I had defined to my
PC, the account screensaver appears but then I get a

I've partitioned a drive into four areas (system, scratch, program and
data).
How can I do an unattended install so that...
Windows folder goes to the "System" partition (C:\)

an error occurred copying file cdrom.inf to
C:\$Win_NT$.~LS\I386\cdrom.in_.

I'm trying to do a "clean" installation of Windows XP Home to a laptop
computer that doesn't have a CD-ROM drive.
So far, I've been able to install it by using the cd on my desktop machine
and linking the two via ethernet cable.  The laptop previously had WinME,

Recently I reinstalled Windows XP Home.After that,our computer will not boot
automatically.We have to use the reinstallation CD(XP Service Pack 1) and
press F1 every time we use the computer.Please tell us how we can set it
up,so that,once again,we don't have to use the CD.Thank you ...

I'm operating under XP Pro w/SP2. When I first installed XP eons ago, I
installed it over Win 2000. Every time I rebooted I'd be asked to choose
between 2000 and XP. I posted a query here on how to eliminate that question,
and I dimly recall it had something to do with deleting ...

i am installing windows xp pro edition on my dell latitude
cpxj system.
i ran the upgrade advisor on my system before doing so,
and received the following message.

I've created an XP-Pro image, and i've gotten everything to work sofar,
except for the adding to the domain part.  Here is my sysprep.inf so far:
;SetupMgrTag
[Unattended]

Publisher is not working correctly; specifically, you
cannot click on the tab corner to change or set the tab.  
Going through "format tabs" is not working either.  I
think I need to reinstall Publisher, but when I go

On this fine morning, I am unable to boot my HP Laptop
(P4) with XP Pro. (I haven't done any S/W upgrades etc)
After powring ON the screen displays a blinking hiphen ("-
"). That's all! Some observations:

I am an ASP with a web based application that utilizes
popups for our customers.  Since some of our customers
have installed SP2 we've been receiving reports of
problems in several areas:

I have XP Home Edition on a modern Compaq notebook.
All works fine so far, but I cannot install the SP2
update and do not know why.
I have downloaded the file from microsoft.com without

Event Type:    Warning
Event Source:    WinMgmt
Event Category:    None
Event ID:    5603

I'm installing a fresh copy of XP Home SP1a, the
standard "Setup is inspecting your computer" begins and
all the files are read, but it stops at the message "Setup
is starting Windows" and does not continue.  The BIOS

I installed XP on my computer and now I cannot open OE.  
It asks for a password for my identity, but none was ever
set :(  I have tried entering nothing, and just in case
tried every password I have ever used, but I know for