any one know what could cause xp to fail to display hardware profile selection
at initial bootup.
any idea's appreciated.
thanks in advance

I need to use Sysprep to deploy an XP image to computers with
different IDE disk controllers. I run sysprep using the /BMSD switch
on the computer with the source image at it sits there forever and
gives me a "Grace Experation has expired error"

I had a harddisk crash, but I was able to copy it with ghost.  The problem is
after it boots I cannot logon on to it because its not the "C" drive Its the
"E" drive.  How can I change it to become the "C" drive??? Help!!!

windows xp home always use to fill my screen, now its four fifths filled (new
harddrive). i would like to know how i can have web pages fill my screen
again, especially yahoo pool tables

Sorry, this is the same post as under the "Upgrading from 'pirated' XP"
thread, but I wanted a title which better describes the problems.
I know I am paying for trying to get around buying the software myself!
I have Windows Me, which has seemed unstable since I first received it

My WinXP installation got corrupted due to reasons unknown resulting in my
PC not going beyond the OS choices menu.
Now I am trying to use my XP CD to repair the installation but it prints the
initial "setup is inspecting hardware.. " message and then all I see is a

I had to reinstall Windows XP.  Before when I clicked shutdown, I got a
shutdown screen with three icons.  Now I'm getting a dialog box with tabs
whch has the task manager, and some other stuff on it which I don't want.
Does anyone know how to get back the previous shutdown ...

I have a small peer-to-peer network in an office.
I replaced the router there with a Linksys VPN router.
I put in an identical VPN router in a remote office with 2 PC's.
Main office is 192.168.1.x

I upgraded Windows XP Home edition to Windows XP Pro edition to get better
features. During the upgrade I got a message that the file ALCXWDM.SYS was
needed. I couldn't find that file anywhere so I hit cancel. Why can't the
upgrade process automatically find that file? Anyhow the ...

I'm trying to upgrade my Desktop running XP Home Edition + SP2 to XP Pro. The
XP Pro CD is older and doesn't have SPs as part of the install.  When running
XP Pro setup, it thinks Home Edition is a more recent version, and doesn't
present an Upgrade option.  What's the best way ...

I bought an original win XP pro (full edition - no upgrade) which I
wanted to use to upgrade a Win98 PC at home. Since I know that full
install is better than upgrade I booted from the XP Pro CD and decided
to install it in a different directory (\WINXP instead of \WINDOWS

I am attempting to perform a "Clean Installation" of Windows XP Home Edition.
It continues to stop with 34 minutes remaining.  I have read Article 828267
and removed external hardware, and disabled the serial and parallel port, and
it still hangs up.  Being a novice, I do not ...

Just installed a new hard drive ,now the computer does not see any USB
devices(web cam,digital camera,memory stick).when I plug in the memory stick
the light on the unit comes on but the computer does not see it at all.Have
SP1 and 2.

Hi, are there any particular differences between the US version and UK
versions of WinXP Pro?
I assume regonal settings will still be editable.
I ask as I will be visiting US and there is a large cost differential.

I would like to build another computer.  For now, the plan is to
upgrade an existing Emachine computer with a new case and LCD monitor,
but retain the old 533 Celeron processor, OEM motherboard, and memory
for a short time.