I am the 2nd owner of my laptop and would like to know how can I remove or
rename the previous owner's folder in Documents and Settings. When i try I
get the error message that it is a Windows system folder and needed for
Windows to operate, and wont allow me to rename or delete ...

A computer has Win XP Home. The computer has the OS that came from the
factory - all updates from MS have been installed.
I want to boot using the XP Home disk that came with the PC and re-install
Win XP. I get the following message:

   I'm having some difficulty with Windows media player 10 with XP SP2 and
sysprep for image creation. I get everything configured they way I want it
and ensure the Default User profile is updated properly. I tell sysprep to
"Reseal". Upon deployment however, the Media Player ...

I am in the process of upgrading one XP Home Edition (Dell Laptop) to XP Pro.
I insert the CD-ROM and click on install windows. I receive the following
message:
Setup cannot continue because the version of windows on your computer is

I have a project booked to upgrade 20 W2k Workstations to XP SP2 on a
windows 2000 domain.
Half are identical machines with various software installed on each, and the
others are all different machines that obviously couldn't be CLONED as

  I installed SP2.   It killed the VS.Net 1.1 debugger.   Any time i try to
run my application in the debugger i get an immediate hang.   Too late i
read some info about SP2.   SP2 would not uninstall until i did a Safe mode
boot.   After the Safe boot uninstall my VS.Net ...

I need to install XP on an ME laptop. I don't want to do a clean install
because I can't back up some of the owner's files. I need to know if I can
use an XP OEM to do the update. I need to purchase some hardware and can get
the lady an OEM copy a lot cheaper than the upgrade ...

When trying to install the 64bit beta version it asked me for a product Id,
which is supposed to located in the email for the download link.  I am unable
to locate the product key code... can anyone help?

I upgraded my hard drive ( got a 200 Gb).  When I installed XP, it only
recognized 137Gb.  From what I have read, that is the largest size that XP
will recognize until you install a Service Pack so  I went ahead with the
install anyway.  Now I have XP installed, updated to ...

So, I created a dual boot image of Windows 2000 and Windows XP.  Each OS is
installed in its own partition on the same drive (Installed 2K first and then
XP).  Everything is working fine.
Then, I used Ghost and created a Disk image to a network drive.  Still, no

I installed sp2 and, even though I elected to be notified of updates first,
Windows Update automatically downloaded 2 further updates (of 4Mb & 2 Mb). I
was then told to install them, so I selected to install them separately but
when I did it just hanged for hours with no ...

I thought I had set it up correct, using the app that is held within the
deploy.cab
but when installing, I am still asked for...
Computer Name

I'm loading several utilities and want all users to have access and see them
on the desktop.  Easiest way to do this?

I have looked around but not seen anything to mention peer-to-peer being an
availble option with this version.  Is it possible with this version or
perhaps on-board for a version later down the road?  
Having an intermediate store is not always an available option.  I imagine

I upgraded a Notebook with our WindowsXP Pro-CD (SP1) which is a cooperate
edition, now after the setup I can enter my username and password for the
domain and Windows returns the following error:
"Windows-Productactivation" "Unable to check the license for this computer,