Hi,
I'm a computer Tech and a customer brought in a computer with a virus that
tore up windows pretty bad. So we repaired windows by installing over the
top. After we got done it asked us to activate it. So we did. That went fine.

I'm tring to create an autorun file. it needs to:
1.on autorun do nothing
2.when dubleclicking on the drive it needs to go to the root of the drive as
if there was no autorun file

I recently deployed about 60 Windows XP Pro PCs on my Windows 2003 network.  
I hired some temporary help to deploy these PCs.  Now that the temporary help
is no longer working for me, I need to change the local Administrator
password on all these PCs to something that the ...

i just installed the full version of WindowsXP home via regular procedure,
that is the one dictated by bootable CD. But it did not format the whole hard
disc, even though I selected that option.
would like to know how to install it via BIOS, i've heard that way it

I need to install a font (TTF) file to all Windows XP PCs on my Windows 2003
network.  documents .  I cannot simply place a copy command in a logon
script, because copying a font file into the Windows\Fonts folder requires
local administrative privileges which my users do not ...

Okay, I have an OEM copy of Hope Edition XP. Now, I got back my ol
computer from a friend who fixed it, I popped it in and starte
installing it. Now it got pretty far, but see I got up to the par
where Installing Devices comes up with the 39 Minute Timer, it go

Just wondering if this years Technet Plus subscription includes Windows PE?

I've been trying to install the XP Pro 2 Upgrade on my wife's machine.  The
first attempt pretty much wiped out the HDD (IDE FAT32, 32 MB Partition).  
The machine would not boot from the HDD, and constantly cycles through the
initial setup screen when booting fom the CD.

I am going to be installing a new version of WIndows XP home and I
want to get rid of my old Windows XP Pro on the home machine.
I want to place the new installation  in the current C:/ partition
which is 100 GB of a 250 GB hard drive. The system partition is

I am a home user, so I apologise in advance if I am address the wrong
newsgroup; if I am, can you point me in the right direction.
I just went an overhaul of my system and in doing so opted for a new C
drive. I re-installed Windows XP Pro SP2 seemingly with no problems until

I have created an .iso of what I thought would be an unattented installation
of WinXP using nLite. However the text mode portion of setup stops at the
point of selecting a  partition and file system. Can some on give me an
example of an answer file that sets up XP on the first ...

I have just installed windows xp pro on 6.05 hard drive on a pentium II. It
is taking up 3.77. Is that correct? I did a full install and not an upgrade.
Tmb867

I have a windows + linux dual boot machine. Over last few months I have
moved to windows exclusively. I was wondering how I should go about making
the system boot directly into windows, without any menu or delay. Is it
possible ?

I'm wondering if there is a way for me to control which users have the
capability to write to a CD.  I want them to be able to read, but not write.  
I need control over the actual CD Drive, not any specific CD.  Is there a way
to do this in XP Pro, and if so, how?

I have a couple of software CD programs that can't install itself after its
download. So, I get an error that says, "Director Player 6.0. This program
requires at least 3MB of free virtual memory to run."  And yet, I have lots
of MB space on my Local Disc {C:}  What exactly could ...