I need help fast please.  I had problems with the system and after doing
system restores through system restore it didn't seem to totally fix it.  I
did a repair install of XP Home Edition.  I am getting the ASMS error so
apparently it is not finding the CD drive.  I tried the ...

After booting off of the XP Home install CD, it begins
loading the necessary drivers, etc. so it can complete the
installation.  However, it stops after one driver and says
this:

How do I back up the registry for Windows XP Home Edition?  I have installed
the backup utility from the CD.  I have also copied all files as a backup to
my desktop.  I want to be sure the registry is backed up before I start
removing adware files.

I have a machine running XP Pro SP1 with NAV. Suddenly I
can't log in, either as user or administrator or boot to
safe mode. The machine starts to load normally but at the
user prompt, it takes the password then says shutting

Twice in nthe past two days I installed and rolled back
(using add/remove programs) SP2.  First time relied on
Automatic Updates, second time used 272MB download from
MS support site.  After SP2 finished installing and

I need to install both Windows XP and Windows 98 on my
computer, and I need these operating systems to be
seperate. How do I do this?

I am trying to upgrade a copy of Home Edition with SP2
installed. The Pro upgrade I have is SP1 and the setup
says the version on the system is newer.
Is the solution as simple as unistalling SP2 on the Home

I was having some performance issues and wanted to
reinstall Win XP.  When I did, I thought that I was
installing over my current installation.  Turns out that I
have two copies on my HD and when it boots, it asks which

I purchased a lightly used IBM thinkpad with XP
professional.  It was represented as brand new, but had
actually been used a small amount.
I'm trying to eradicate all the original owners

simply I am trying to install full home version of
windows xp on to a new clean hard disk on a computer I
have assembled. I go so far with install and then get
message 'file setupdd.sys could not be loaded. error code

I need to create a custom CD which will have Service Pack 1 slipstreamed
into the Windows XP Professional installation CD.  Anyone know of any good
websites that explains how to achieve this ?
Take Care & Stay Safe

can I use this unattended method with an XP Pro Upgrade disc? I'm trying to
move the Docs & Settings, Program Files and Program Files\Common Files to a
D drive.
I've tried to do so twice but in fails on line 12 of:

Corrupted my profile.  Must re-install XP.  When booting
from CD, install/repair/delete options do not appear.  Boot
process takes me directly through sign on process.  Can't
run set-up from CD because SP2 has already been installed

"Outlook Express could not be started because MSOE.DLL
could not be initialized. Outlook Express may not be
installed correctly."
Upgraded from 98 to XP.  Receive message when attempting

I just bought a new dell 8400 with window xp home edition
and was trying to upgrade to window xp pro, I got this
stop error message. "STOP: 0X000C2
(0X0000007,0X00000CD4,0X00340045,0XE17C211C)". Can