I bought an OEM copy of Windows XP at the same time as I purchased a new HDD
to try and get my home PC up and running again (long story). I formatted the
HDD and started to install XP. during the installation process the kernal
debugger installs then a message appears telling me ...

I would appreciate some advice to solve this problem:
A custom-written program at work refuses to work with the mdac version that
is installed by Office XP, but does work with older versions of Offic.  The
programmer has communicated with MS and at the moment there is no ...

I'm looking for any feedback on how sys admins are doing this. I have a
network of around 60 workstations and would like to start using some kind of
disk imaging  technology to help the speed of rebuilding desktops.
I have looked at Ghost, v2i and they both seem to do what I want, ...

I have several WinXP PCs and on some of them the User logon cannot click on
the system tray clock/calendar, and/or cannot change the screen saver power
(turn monitor off after _____) settings. I don't know where to look to change
these permissions. I've tried someone's suggested ...

My Win98 is FAT32.  I intend to use PartitionMagic to create WinXP partition.
Can that partition be NTFS?  The booklet that comes with WinXP says to"use
FAT32 if you want to install more than one operating system on your
computer".  Is that true, or can I keep my Win98 partition ...

I have over 900 fonts installed, and I'm told that having
so many may cause performance problem:  slow boot because
they all have to be read, and strange things happening
otherwise.  (One strange thing that happens to me is that

Attempting to make a long story short.... awhile back tried to
reinstall/repair xp - instead it did a new install so the logon screen gives
me two operating systems to choose from (both xp home edition - one takes me
to my C drive the other to my D drive.) I have continued that ...

I recently purchased a desktop computer that came with an XP Home OEM disk.  
I installed my copy of XP Pro and activated it - all works fine.
I rebuilt my old computer (which was running Win 2K Pro) - basiclly put all
the components (and a new CD R/W) in a new case - for my son.  ...

I am reformatting/reinstalling XP Pro. I changed the boot device to the CDROM
and booted off the install CD. Setup proceeds to load many files and then
gives a message at bottom of screen "Setup is Starting Windows". It then
hangs. I've disconnected any superfluous devices that ...

is there a free/small downloadable program to tell me
what MHz the cpu is running?
thanks,
charles

I have a laptop with new WinXP Home on it given to me as Xmas gift that I may
wish to resell.
I'm not using it now, and don't want to activate it in my name.
Today it tells me I have 4 days left to activate.

I recently purchased a PC (new) with an OEM Windows XP Pro preinstalled.  I
was not supplied a CD, but have had several problems that point to a bad
installation.  If I buy a retail version can I buy an upgrade and will it
install with the OEM version resident?

Had to reload xp, It is stating that xp needs to be activated, when trying to
activate, it states that it is already activated,  when exiting out of
message, it goes back to logon.  This is just in a loop...please advise

I have a computer with the fulll version and one with the upgrade version of
XP.  I am planning on installing new HDs in both computers.  Can I use my
product key from the upgrade version with the full version software?  I do
not  have the 98 disc so the upgrade software is ...

I brought my HP pavilion to the office, XP home pre-installed. To work
properly with the exchange server, the administrator told me to update to XP
professional. I have a CD and proper code (the software was a gift two years
ago, never installed).