I have 4 sites all running windows 2003 server and RIS.  
At 3 of the sites, RIS runs great and takes very little
time to upload or download a RIS image.  However, at one
site, RIS takes a very long time.  The server with RIS

When I tried to install the slipstreamed Windows XP Home Edition with SP2, I
got error messages saying unable to copy certain files (ex. hpt3xx.sy_,
utopia~1.wa_).
This might be because of the DOSNET.INF file which was not updated when I

I bought a new Western Digital 160 gig hard drive and decided to just go with
it and start clean (planning to copy over files later from my old drive).  I
pop it in, put in my Win XP Pro CD and start the install.  I went with just
the single partition and had setup start.  It ...

i had windows xp installed on my computer and it is just to big for it and i
want to put my win 98 back on... when i tried doing this. it said it could
not format the c: drive that is on it now.. so my question is how do i get
windows xp off my computer and put my 98 back on ...

I'm trying to install XP Pro on a virgin computer(AMD Athlon 3500+ Winchester
on a new Gigabyte motherboard/brand new Seagate 160GB UltraATA hard disk).
Nothing on the hard drive as yet. After booting up from floppies and
formatting the hard drive, Setup stops and I receive the ...

I have a new system with new two 160gig IDE disks.  I put a WIN XP CD in and
boot.  It hangs after I hit any key when it asks if I want to boot from CD.  
It looks at the system then asks me if I want to run ASR.  Then it hangs with
Windows Setup at the top.  I tried formating the ...

I have looked everwhere for my start up cd & can't find it, how do I get a
new one, or download it? It is saying I need it to update my devices...cd
rom. It stopped working after 2 years & I barely used it & never to burn cds.

Can anyone tell me how I can update my windows installer or re-install it..
I'm having conflicting issues with installing program software and game
software...It will install some and not others..?  I might be missing some
files when I was registry fixing when I was infected with ...

Just wanting to check something ....
I'm developing our new XP SP2 standard build.
Naturally, I'll be creating a default user profile.
I'm doing this by making the necessary changes and overwriting the 'default

Windows xp home edition....installed a new hard drive, it came with xp on it,
reinstalled xp from my xp disk...now given the option of choosing which one
when pc is started.....How do I delete one operating system?  The one I want
to delete (the one that came on the new drive)  ...

I am installing a new HD in a laptop and want to know what process i use to
uninstall and reinstall XP on trhe drive

I work in a public access environment and need to find a way to prohibit
applications from being installed and being able to write to the registry.  I
am using windows xp pro for the clients and windows 2k3 ad for the group
policy end.  I am considering using the Desktop Standard ...

I'm creating a slipstreamed sp2 cd with a winnt.sif file for an unattended
cd installation.
I would like to use the oobeinfo.ini file to avoid some of the following
screens after the 1st boot:

I have the necessity to install Windows 98 and Windows XP.
My computer has 2 fisical disks:
a. Primary disk is SATA
b. Secondary disk is SCSI

SESSION5_INITIALIZATION_FAILED blue screen error always shows after loading
the drivers in the windows recovery