I run a DOS CAD program on several computers running XP with no problems. But
one machine freezes the mouse when the program loads. Mouse otherwise is ok.
I have tried different mouse, different drivers different screen following
install of flat screen, re-installed CAd software. ...

I have seen several posts similar to this, but not exactly the same.
Built a new PC and have set up the boot drive to be a striped array of 2
identical SATA disks.  The array is setup via the bios and all seems well.
Start xp pro setup, Hit the F6 to install the array drivers - ...

Can I use the microsoft floppy disks to boot from my floppy and then clean
install XP Home from CD on an EXTERNAL CD drive? My internal drive has a
fault but the OS still thinks it's OK. Alternatively, can I start up my
current XP OS and run a clean install from the external ...

We are using RIS on a 2003 Server and deploy both XP Pro and 2000 Pro.  All
machines are fairly new and all have PXE cards.
I have a Dell Lattitude laptop which is a few years old.  It has an
aftermarket Xircom REM56G-100 10/100 RealPort card.

I uninstalled Pinnacle Studio and then tried to reinstall it. The system
failed to boot after this (Similar to current problem). I have tried
reinstalling XP, but it goes through the initial process and when it reboots
it stops with the blue bar barely moving 1/4 of the way and ...

I plan to use the backup utlity in XP to backup my files on two seperate
internal drives to a Lacie 500gb external hard drive through Firewire.  Is
there any special setting that I need to set given that I'm backing up to a
firewire device?

Start > Settings > Control Panel > System > General tab
There's a "Registered to:" information.
During the installation of WinXP, I'd wrongly key in the registered
user information.

when i start up my computer all i get it a black screen on icon's or anything
no taskbar    no start menu  nothing  
just wondering if any boddy has any info on this cause it's a pain in the
butt

When updating my system the computer downloads KB887742 update then just
keeps running the update never finishing.  I have let it run for an hour or
more and the download screen never closes and moves on to the next screen.
What's the problem?

Several months ago, I ran into this problem with the first set of MVLS
XP Pro CD's I recieved, trying to xcopy the entire I386 directory to
the local drive of a PC I was trying to build an image for, the XCOPY
would fail around the \ASMS folder, with "path not found".  I recently

I did look thru the forum and cannot find the answer to this question. How
does
the
microsoft activation system know one xp disk from another? I do know a code

To have some kind of "Cold Standby" for a production system running XP Prof I
want to have identical XP systems on two PCs with same HW-configuration.
Every PC consists out of a system disk (XP, application programs) and two
mirrored external disks with data only.

Hi there, I'm starting to experiment with using Remote Installation Services
in Windows Server 2003 for our company instead of the current system we use
for new builds.  The one hassle however is the fact that for every computer I
deploy Windows XP to, I have to manually enter a ...

Some relatives have just gotten an old machine (Compaq Presario 7360 Desktop)
with Win XP on it.  It works with a handful of applications, but not with
browsers.  The machine is connected to a router then to a DSL modem, that
part is working fine.

I have a new PC and it seems that even all the settings are the same with my
old pc I have developed some problems.
I'm using Windows XP SP 2. I was having some Virus issues as soon as I set
up my PC and than loaded Norton AntiVirus and fixed the problem. After