How can I inport an existing address book from a PC using Win98 to a new PC
using XP

I just installed XP Professional on a machine that has two
AMD Athlon processors.  Does XP automatically configure to
use both processors or do I have to manually configure XP
to use both processors.  Both processors showup in device

Setup aborts during installation saying "setup cannot
find windows version to upgrade."  I have rebooted and
tried reinstalling several times.

I've looked back through other post and this is what I
think I have to do, but just want to be sure.
I install XP Professional selecting the "Upgrade" setup
option, and type in the new product key number etc. Then

How can obtain a Spanish version of Windows, specifically
Windows XP?
Is there a download available or do I have to purchase
different version of windows?

Does anyone know of a way to change regional settings
automatic? Either from a command prompt, script, GPO or
whatever. My scenario is as follows:
I use HP t5000 thin clients and Altiris Deployment server

I downloaded SP2 full edition onto a CD-R.  I am running XP Home Edition and
when i try to install the service pack i get a Service Pack 2 Setup Error
saying:  Setup could not verify the integrity of the file Update.inf.  Make
sure the Cryptographic service is running on this ...

I have upgraded 2 pc's, one with XP Home and the other with Pro.   Both were
retail uprgades and have SP2.  I'd like to swap the installs though so the Xp
Home pc runs XP Pro.  
Can I do this and re-activate the OS? I know the pc with Pro will need a

After updating WinXP on my laptop I have numerous extra
directories (eg. xf349gghiwseeeedg45) which contain a
subfolder referencing SP2 with a single file in each. Are
these "temp" folders and can I safely delete or move

We have a domain with around 1000 PC's, all users are "normal users", and
they don't have access to the power management settings in Windows XP, now
after upgrading some to XP sp2, the power management has been turned on, how
to turn that off again with out having to give the ...

I am working on a nasty repair. (Please reply via news NNTP - email
address above is bogus).
The PC's Motherboard died (Windows XP), so I replaced it, but was not
able to replace it with the exact match (MB or CPU).

Please help!!!
I couldn't start any program under Control Panel after
installed XP SP2 and I even couldn't uninstall the SP2
since I couldn't startup Add/Remove Program.

I have my computer setup to run Windows at a time my
cumputer is never on, but Windows downloaded the SP2
anyway. I did not want it installed until I was ready for
it.

I'm use to using the older version of sysprep with Win2k
and usually don't have any problems.  I'm now trying to
use it for WinXP and used the setupmgr prgram to create my
sysprep.inf file.  I run sysprep -forceshutdown and it

When I try to install, I get to after the computer restarts
but I get error 0x00...07B. I've tried 3 or 4 times to
install XP, each time i get this.