Has anyone installed Windows 2000 Pro over XP?  My
organization has standardized on Win2K and Dell, but Dell
is no longer offering 2K as an OS option (Or is making as
difficult as possible).  The XP system will have NTFS file

i. Ive had a problem with a secondary hard drive, which in
turn has effected my main, installed XP drive. When it
boots up the screen says there is a problem with the
installation and needs to repair the files. Not a problem,

I have installed SP2 on a number of machines at work and all seems OK. I
have now installed it on my home Dell PC and in general things seem OK
except I cannot now get upgrades as the machine tells me I'm not an
Administrator - but I am.

I'm planning on buying a barebones computer system without floppy, CD, DVD
burner, keyboard, or mouse as I have spare ones already. My question is this,
should I order it without Windows XP preloaded and install it after I install
these or deal with the authentication issues with ...

I would really appreciate some help from anyone who has
successfully installed SP2 on a machine with an AMD
Athlon 64 processor.
After installation, my machine constantly reboots as

where do I go to change the user account log on name
without losing the desktop settings I have created?
I was able to change the password, but I'm having trouble
changing the user name. Please help. Thanks.

where in Regedit could I go to change the Win XP
registered name?

I've tried this upgrade several times, via download(IE
windows update or AutoUpdate) or CD, and the process fails
at the same point no matter what. The install message box
has gone thru most of the install script and gets to the

I bought a copy of Windows XP Pro.  I had installed it to
my computer.  I recently got a new computer, so I gave my
old one to a family member, and removed XP Pro from that
computer.

Hi NG,
I hate drivers that bring extra tools with them, like ATI Video Cards or
some Sound Drivers. Now I want to modify the INF File to delete the Registry
Entry. I also want to restructure the driver file layout (put all files

I am trying to do a new install of Windows XP on a newly formatted hard drive
on a new computer that meets all of the requirement. And I am trying to
install is from the CD. But I get an error message when i am in the install
process This is what it says:

I just reformatted and reinstalled WinXP but forgot to
install Recovery Console before installing SP2.  Now, when
I run [drivedirectory]\i386\winnt32.exe /cmdcons I get an
error message: "Windows Setup \n\n Setup cannot continue

I mistakenly ordered a PC with Windows XP Professional in
Spanish.  My question is, since I have copied of XP Prof
in English, Can I use one of those copies to install XP
Eng to the computer that came with Spanish without

I am trying to install windows XP to replace my windows ME
that has been a mess since the day of purchase.  I have
closed all active applications; deleted programs and
anything else that I can think of to install XP.  The

When trying to update to SP2 using the windows automatic update, the
installation starts does the checking, does the back-up, when doing the
"creating restore points" it hangs and I have to reboot.
Does anyone have any ideas?