I posted this on Help and Support.  It hasn't shown up there yet .  Lets
see if it works here.
I am currently on my 3 rd hard drive and my second motherboard since
purchasing my Windows XP Home OEM version.  and today , you guessed it,

Whats the consensus on creating a standard image for a pc, say xp pro sp2,
office 2003 and a couple of other apps.  In years gone by, I used ghost for
this.  Does this still work, is there any gotchas (tech&licensing)....how
would you go about this

Recently after returning to my computer which working
fine I had a failed to boot screen.  I rebooted and the
compter went through a chkdsk reountine on the boot
partition of my hard drive.  It found some errors and

HI,can I change my video card drivers to XP version b/4 I upgrade to XP from
98se?? Will the video card function in 98se with XP drivers? TIA

I have installed an application locally to a machine (logged on as
Administrator). When I log back onto my network domain I cannot run the local
application (it says access denied).!!! I have lots of local applications
running (office) with no problems. Any suggestions?

I have two computers that have Windows 2000 on them; however, I would like to
try to upgrade them to Windows XP Pro. I have the full versions of the disc.
But when I put the discs into the drive, it pops up and states that it's not
compatiable or something for upgrade. Is this ...

I found that I will be unable to maintain Windows XP Pro on my PCs at home
because of the cost.  I have a Domain server and all that jazz, but I just
cannot justify the extra money just for the network security features and
domain logons and such.  So, what is the easiest way to ...

I am running into a problem installing XP on a machine which has a 17
inch Samsung LCD monitor [connected with the regular/old-style vga
cable].  I am doing a FRESH install of XP Home w/ SP2, just purchased
today.  I boot the computer off the CD-ROM and the blue Windows XP

Folks,
I need some assistance in getting my new hard drive to be bootable in
XP. Here is the background.
I have a Sony desktop (PCVRX572 purchased in Thanksgiving 2001) that

How can I solve the problem of this error [0x80244001]

I just tried to wipe everything and do a clean install now when I reboot I
have a choice on 2 xp which I want to use, now I have to get rid of one of
them. Please help

Using a variable in a logon script, is there a value or a registry key that
I can query which will tell me whether an XP computer has SP2 installed?

I have the job of setting up and maintaining a group of 20 computers that
will be used by elementry school kids.  My network is a jumble of various
hardware but all will be running XP.  I have installed XP on all and set up
their hardware drivers etc including SP2.  I would like ...

Would appreciate any help in resolving conflicts after upgrading from ME to
XP without first uninstalling Norton AntiVirus. Cannot reinstall HP Deskjet
printer. I have installed and uninstalled NAV 3 or 4 times, and now it won't
install properly again. I've changed registry data ...

Is there a suggested way to change the motherboard
on an existing XP ssytem (without re-installing XP)?
I guess what it boils down to is: how can I force
XP to re-detect the hardware?