when i shut off my computer then turn it back on if i don't go thru the setup
utility all i get is a blank screen with my mouse pointer. But when i go thru
the utility by pressing F10 then F8 i can get my program back.  I messed it
up somehow because i wanted to switch from drive ...

I am attempting to perform a repair install or "in place" install to avoid
losing data but when I get to the screen which shows the exidting
installation, there is not"R" or repair option. I do not want to do a clean
install as the P.C. is my brother-in-laws and contains ...

For some reason when I installed windows it the drive was suppose to be the
c: drive but it came up as the d: drive. I have tried to fix this using disk
management but it wont let me change the boot drives letter. Is there another
was to change the drives letter so that I will be ...

I had recently reinstalled XP Home, and now I can't access any of my files
that were previously installed.  I believe that they are still somewhere on
the hard drive because the properties of the hard drive is still showing a
fairly full disk.  Is there any way to recover these ...

when loading windows xp from operation system installation cd
receive the following message
the option to upgrade will not be available at this time because setu
was unable to load the file D:\i386\WINNTUPG\NETUPGRD.DL

When attempting to install XP Home on a fdisked hard drive getting the
following message
"INF file txtsetup.sif is corrupt or missing status 32768"
Any help please?

I recently built a new computer and have kept the hard drive from my old one.
This has windows xp home edition installed on it.  When I boot up my new
computer windows starts up and brings me to my login screen.  I log in and
get a message saying windows must be authenticated.  ...

can one default outlook to aol and how does one configure the settings (
where is the incoming and outgoing e-mail server info.),aol suggests that
this is available with IMAP but not with POP3???
Even more confused as a novice and seen the film but not read the book!

OK.  Here's the situation.  Computer with Windows XP Home that we were
reformatting to XP Pro.  Ran File and Settings Transfer Wizard.  Took the
resultant files and moved them to a network share, reformatted the computer
and went to run the File Settings and Transfer Wizard again ...

First off i have two drives in my computer, a 20gb and a 60gb running windows
ME.  I first started out with just a 20gb and decided to get a bigger one for
more space.(60) With a 60gb just sitting there i wanted the OS on that one.
So i upgraded to XP and got SP2.  so i installed ...

we have new HP PCS with XP Pro. from one OEM -HP PC i run sysprep and took
image. Before sysprep i put all latest patches and SP2. now when i m running
that image on new PC it is not asking for new product key.
Now i want to change the product key on PC as per OEM license.

Why does parts of my computor are not accessible. What do i have to do to fix
it?

When I boot up normally I have a whole stack of little programmes which
automatically instal when I open windows - running in the bottom RH corner of
my screen..   including Virus-scan (which of course I want to keep all the
time) and other little programmes like HotSynch, BigFix ...

I'm installing XP home on a new PC with a SATA drive. During the initial
driver load, I pressed F6 and installed the needed SATA drivers. However,
after doing so and pressing "enter" to continue, the installation fails to
find see the installation CD. The CD is in the drive, and ...

I had to re-install my Windows XP. I did what I think is called a dirty
install (I installed over the same directory without reformatting).
My previous installation only had one user, named "Jeffrey".
During the re-installation, it required me to enter a user. It would not