I am installing WXP slipstreamed to SP2 to a new hard drive.  As usual, the
installation process does not see my audio hardware (Realtek AC'97).  The
drivers that came with my motherboard do work OK, but I'd like to try the
Microsoft WXP drivers.

If I buy a copy of Windows XP Pro OEM from a local PC store I understand
that it must be purchased with a piece of hardware like a mouse, keyboard,
video card, mobo, etc.  My question is that if I purchase the OEM copy with
a movable item like a mouse, will the license be tied to ...

Trying to install xp home edition .
Screen has paused on a blue screen that says windows setup in top left hand
corner.
Has been stuckthere for quite a while.

A Win98 computer has lots of fonts installed on it and our customer wants to
move them to a WinXP machine. Would it work if the Fonts directory is copied
and then put in a shared directoy, then the XP machine installed them from
the shared directory (being sure not to overwrite ...

How would I use a single installation operating system  that has been
installed on an old computer, on a new one? Do I have to release the
registration before using the operating system on a new computer?
Thanks.

I just upgraded a computer from XP home to XP Pro w SP2.  Administrative
Tools does not show up in my program list.
Does anyone know why?

I have a computer running Windows Xp with a Samsung CD-RW drive and a Lite-on
Cd Drive (both are fairly old). Until 2 days ago everything worked fine. Now
neither drive is working and I have a yellow exclamation mark on both drives
in device manager and get a code 39 error ...

i guess i have a dud i have checked the product key but it doesnt accept it
is there any tricks?

Hi, I just bought a AN8 Ultra w/4600 x2, BFG 6800PCIe
I deleted the old system partition and went to do a fresh install of XP Pro.
When I get to the screen where you create a parition, I get a message saying
that the disk does not contain a Windows XP compatable partition. They ...

During set up, getting message "Untranslatable meesage, WIN32LastError is
14001.
Can't get any further.  Anyone?

I am going to install sp2 but have a ?  I've read on the Dell website that I
should update my BIOS before I install sp2, is this true?  I am running XP
Pro on a laptop.  I've heard that updating the BIOS can sometimes cause
problems.  Pleas let me know what would be best for a ...

Does anyone know where I can get the Vista Deployment Tools??
I downloaded Vista from MSDN yesterday and installed it, works perfectly but
I was looking for the deployment tools and specifically for the wim imaging
tools. I attended a session at TechEd on longhorn deployment and I ...

I Installed a new hard drive and WIN XP PRO on the computer. I copied the EMAIL
MESSAGE FILES (*.dbx) to WIN XP and it shows in the directory on the new
hard drive, however: it does not show these messages in Outlook Express 6.0
on the new hard drive. What am I missing in this ...

Hi, we seem to have lost  a system file, and i have not been successful at
repairing it... anyone help?
the file is \system32\hal.dll
Thanks

The windows registration wizard fails to connect to Microsoft.Any ideas.