I have XP Home Edition today on a new PC and would like to upgrade to XP Pro.
Do I need to buy XP Pro Upgrade @ $199 or buy full XP Pro Version @ $299?  
Thanks.

Hi, gurus.  I have a question about MBRs.
Is the master boot record part of the system partition
or separate from the system partition?  If I delete the
system partition, does the MBR go with it or does it

I recently learned that the XP Pro I bought on ebay a couple of years back
(for a new PC I built from components) has turned out to be one of those
corporate ones that generates the bad product ID so it won't upgrade to SP2.
Obviously I've been using it for a long time so I've ...

For our production enviroment we build a XP-Pro image finished with sysprep
and saved with ghost.
Now, when we set up a new pc, the XP product key is visible for 5 seconds
during first setup.

I gifted a new laptop with WP to a friend who asked me to install it.  Now
that it is his, my name appears when he sends files to the printer or when he
emails.  I would like to replace my name with his.  Can it be done?
tct at usa . com <please convert to standard formt when ...

I have done a clean install of XP home OEM onto a system.
I intend to have a number of identical systems.
I wish to ghost the complete image (drivers, additional
software and configuration) onto the 2nd 3rd systems (and so

I'm putting an image down on a PC that is slightly different but uses the
same HAL file as the original. The image I created with SP1 works with no
problem. The image I created with SP2 Blue screen  "Stop your computer was
shut down to prevent damage ..... "

I want to reinstall IE6. Downloaded IE6 from microsoft and edited the
registry changing a 1 to a 0 so it thinks IE6 is not installed, as instructed
KB318378, but it still keeps telling me that a newer version is already
installed.

I have a user with Windows XPpro (OEM). He shut the system off Friday due to
maintenance in the building on Saturday. He powered the syustem up, logged
on, and the Windows Activation dialog box popped up, and stated his copy of
XP wasn't activated, and would he like to do that ...

System is having problems with other software. Decided to reinstall OS but it
hung at first restart screen. Canceled out since problem was not with OS.
Existing installation is still fine; however, now every reboot wants to
continue aborted setup. Can be worked around to start ...

I'd like to make my company's Outlook Web Access my default browser.
By right-clicking on the toolbar/properties/start
menu/custtmize/general/E-mail  there is a drop-down list that includes
Hotmail. How can I add my company's web-based email browser, which is

After I install SP2 for my XP media center, when I open Control Panel, I got
a error message for c:windows/system32/netsetup.cpl.
Please advise how to fix it.
Thanks! Ricky

First I expierenced a problem playing the game. It hanged and I got some
nVidia error message. Happend before, but this time I can no longer log in to
the game. After that I couldn't run the game any more.
Removed it and tried to reinstall it with the zip (self-extractor file) ...

Good Morning,
I am trying to upgrade a Dell Dimension L933 series with 256MB of RAM
running Windows ME to Windows XP Home Edition.  The upgrade is from a CD rom
of Windows XP Home that comes bundled with SP2.  I have run upgrade advisor

thanks for any advice
clean install of XP pro as a test on a machine for sale,
installed all drivers etc to test working.
OEM XP disks have now arrived, is it possible install XP