Is it possible to change the security of registry keys via command line?  In
deploying certain applications I would like to go through and set security on
particular keys in one swift swoop rather than log in as administrator and
then open up registry editor.  Any ideas?

I'm planning to redo my HDD and have a few questions about reinstalling XP:
Once I complete the primary install process from my "Setup Disks" my system
will have XP Home and most of my applications installed ... at this point I
usually start "updating" things and would ...

I'm having a hdd with 2 partitions. I had an installation of windows xp in
one partition, and it was working fine until it got infected with a torjan
virus. Now I have correctly installed windows in the other partition. I had
to do this because I don't have the driver cds with me. I ...

Hello...
I've done a fresh winxp pro install on a freshly formatted and partitioned
drive.  The install went completely smoothly, and I got to the screens where
it walks you through 'setting up your computer'.....

We had a machine running XP pro for over a year, but we had bought this
machine from someone that supplied us with an install disk that was not
original MS. We purchased XP pro sp2 from a retail store yesterday so that we
could upgrade to the latest version and use the online ...

Hello,
I'm trying to install Windows XP on two SATA drives(raid 0)and of course it
doesn't recognize the hard drives... So I got my motherboard support cd (I'm
using an ASUS A8N SLI Deluxe) and looked in the files... Extracted what it

I have a situation that I am wanting to fix and I am needing some assistance.
Appoximately one month ago, I purchased a used laptop and wanted to test it
out to see if it was worth keeping.  It was a Sunday evening and I was not
able to get another Product Key for Windows XP so I ...

i upgraded from windows 98se to windows xp.  i have lost all my email
(outlook express) and all my addresses.  is there any folder containing a
backup of outlook express and contents?  (and no, my husband did not back up
my info before upgrading, AHHH ! )

Long story ... Dell desktop Dimension 2400 running XP Home ... It appeared
to 'lose' a few files Saturday evening. I spent until the early hours of
Sunday morning searching for and downloading disk utilities with undelete
and file rescue programs (on a second PC so's not to alter ...

I lost my old XP cd and thus had to get a new one. I reformatted the hardrive
to wipe everything clean due to some nasty viruses. The XP install goes fine
until I get to the point where it asks for the serial code. It does not like
the serial code from the new cd. Is the computer ...

I am trying to install Windows XP Pro OEM on a newly built pc.  The disc
boots to setup fine, I created a new partition and proceeded to install.  
Setup copied some files over and then rebooted.  Upon booting, setup
continues and within a minute or two I receive the error "Data ...

I am running XP Pro and whenever I start the PC the volume setting for the
Wave sound output is set to zero. I can easily increase the volume but how
can I make it so that it is set to maximum whenever the PC starts or is
there some script I could run on startup to set this volume.

When I image a device, I find when I bring the system back down the boot.ini
file gets changed. The system still boots, but a strange line appears. I put
2 boot.ini in this email. The first is the one that it keeps changing two,
and the second is the original. The original gets ...

I have 2 winxp in my computer, I deleted folders contain windows, so one of
them is not working,
I want to eliminate prompt asking to select windows

i got strange problems with that:
RIS on Windows 2003. Theres a flat image of Windows XP Volume License with
no SP. I installed a client with it, everything works fine. I created a
RIPREP image of that client and install it on a second workstation.