Hi, how to manipulate which parts of WinXP is installed during
RIS-based installation? I put a [Components] section into my
ristndrd.sif but it work. Any help, please!

On all the XP machines I have seen, they start with the Windows XP screen.
However, on a newly installed computer, fresh install, the computer starts
briefly like Windows 2000 (A black screen with the white progress bar at the
bottom) and then switches to the XP screen.

I tried to run windows update recently and it appears in chinese ,or some
such oriental language . How do i change it back ?

I am trying to determine whether my USB is enabled in the BIOS , and I
beleive I can only do that in Set up -- Problem is that I had password
protected a few items on my system including the SET UP, and it wont let me
get past that point before rebooting without being able ti ...

Howdy,
I've never used Sysprep before and don't really know how it works.  However,
what we are trying to do is use Sysprep  to pull the serial number from the
BIOS of our Dell Laptops and then take that serial number and use it as the

I just received Windows XP full version (not upgrade) as a gift.  I'm running
Windows 98 right now and want to know if I can save some files & programs or
do I lose everything upon installation.  I understand that if this was the
upgrade version I could transfer what I wanted to ...

I have a Dell system with XP Home loaded on it. I also have a copy of XP Pro
that I would like to install however; I get a message that states the current
OS is newer than the one you atr trying to load.
How can I get around this and put XP Pro on my system?

Is there a way to keep your existing profile in XP Pro/Desktop when you
change Domains on a network?

Hi, I have a Dell 8300 system with WindowsXp Professional which started
acting sluggish so I started my system in Safe Mode, reinstalled WindowsXp
Pro and now have a  BLUE SCREEN of Death and can access my system.
The installation process appeared to proceed OK except when it got ...

I have a Dos CAD program that I can't afford to upgrade ($2500) to be
compatible with WinXP (most of the features like zoom that need extended
memory, do not work in the WinXP Command Prompt screen/shell).  It worked
fine on our Win95 machine until a couple weeks ago when the ...

Ever since I installed the latest Microsoft Updates for XP (the 12? new
security updates following SP 2) I've had a problem with my system suddenly
rebooting.
I don't know if the two are related but during the updating process I

Before selling my old computer, I have done a new format and reinstall of
Windows XP Pro. Everything was fine. Next I added service pack 2 from a
Microsoft disk. Now it literally takes several minutes for the computer to
complete its bootup procedure. All I get for these several ...

I've started setting this security policy on all my standalone XP
machines. I expect this is just another way to make settings in the
registry, right ?
For example:

I have set up my local login to use a roaming user profile.
The path is set to a directory on the server to which I have full access.
In fact I use the same directory to store my email and documents.
When I login I get an error message and the following information in the

When I logged into my WinXP system today, several standard Windows elements
were missing:
1. Taskbar: tray is visible on right, but the rest of the task bar appears
to be one big gray button with nothing on it.That is, all gray with a little