Ok Gang,
This one has me stumped this time....
My production pc has had issues with IIS running on it so I thought I would
uninstall and reinstall IIS.  Should have been a no brainer.

I am in Spain. My computer died and in an emergency I bought an ACER with an
oem version of XP in Spanish. I am trying to install my own version of XP Pro
(and then everything else) but it won't set up from the CD. I get a message
saying that I am trying to install an older ...

I have a boot disk on cd,but my laptop wont boot from it.
I have tried restarting it,and then pressing F1 and the delete buttons,to
change the boot order but it doesnt take me to those options.What are the
buttons to press other than the 2 mentioned ??? Those keys always work on

I tryed installing Windows XP on my new DELL from scratch. It is my own
version of XP and when it boots and I tell it to intall Windows XP on my Hard
Drive, it says that I have no hard drive. How do i get it to recognize my
hard drive? It recognizes it at boot, but not in setup.

I have installed Windows XP using a slipstreamed SP2 CD. Before making
an image I ran "c:\sysprep\sysprep -mini -reseal -reboot" using the
following sysprep.inf file. After restarting, setup prompts for the
Computer Name and Administrator password as it should. But it then

  When I am installing Windows XP SP2, using the CD, there are registry keys
that can not be backed up. Messages pops up saying that acess to the keys are
denied. I hit the Ignore button a few times, then in about the middle of the
installation a message pops up that just says ...

I tend to use long file names, so as to identify needed files readily.
If the file saves to my C drive in Windows XP Professional,
I don't pay particular attention to the length of the file name
that I've used.

I am trying to use the registry key
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\RunOnce to
install a driver and then run a configuration program.  However, when I
restart my computer, it seems that Windows is actually running my RunOnce

I need to have Messege Queuing in WinXP for a special program. It must be
installed from "control panel" > "add or remove programs" > "windows
components" by checking the box "message Queuing". But the problem is that I
do not have this check box -message queuing- at "windows ...

When I try to update from my XP home to pro, using an XP update CD, I get the
error message: "One of the components that Windows needs to continue setup
could not be installed.  Data error (cyclic redundancy check)...
It wants me to clean the CD, which isn't dirty.

I am having a problem with my lan and bluetooth internet connections,and I
think it is due to my bluetooth re-installation as the lan and the bluetooth
both do not work after the reinstallation,although i have done it many times
before,i think it somehow messed itself up as I was ...

I'm asking this question for a college student who is 350 miles from here.  
He has corrupted system files (one of which is Win32K.sys).  He's trying to
reinstall XP, but keeps getting the message that the existing version is
newer that his version on his install disk (the one he ...

My old computer's hard drive suddenly died and will
not boot into WinXP Home. The HD is making an odd
sound too. The HD didn't contain anything important so
I'm counting it as dead. Now I've put together a new PC

When I make images with Sysprep I usually change the drive letters for
CD/CD-RW and such to X:, Z: etc. This is because my logonscript maps up F:
and H: for other purposes. Plus, it is easier to keep track if i.e every
CD-ROM is at Z:

How do you copy a file from A: to a certain hardrive directory (e.g.
C:\documentsandsettings\mydocuments) using recovery console. I tried the
command:  "Copy *.*C:\folder\folder\filename*.*" but it still wouldnt copy.