I bought a copy of XP Home from the computer store and happily used it for
two years on my old PC.  Now I have a new laptop and would like to install
and activate XP Home on this laptop.  I've seen everywhere that I'll have to
call Microsoft's Customer Services to get a new ...

I have made a mistake in buying this machine too early and find nothing to
run on it so I'm stuck.
What I want to do is load XP [sp2] as a dual boot so I can use 32bit and my
software while waiting to have 64bit programmes developed. But I'm not being

I am installing WinXP Pro on a desktop with a new hard drive.  This is the
only hard drive on this machine (i.e. it is the master).  So, I do not have
ANY system software other than the one I am trying install (so far to no
avail).  The message is this:

Recently I tried adding a second cd-rom drive but when it failed I lost files
on my hard drive. When I re-installed windows XP home edition my computer
works but I cannot restart it unless I put the disc in. If the disc is not in
I get a black screen at startup that ...

It's time to do a clean reinstall.  My manufacturer supplied a "product
restore" disk that will get me back to as-shipped condition.  That was before
SP1, and every driver and utility on the product restore disk has also been
updated.  I would rather install Window XP SP2 alone, ...

Well I finally got the ram to go into the slot but I think I pushed too hard
because now I'm getting a blank monitor screen. Darn it. I tried to take out
the one piece I origanlly took out and just use the one I didn't touch 128 .
But no luck. I think I damaged the motherboard ...

Trying to re-load XP Home onto my hard drive.  The hard drive had to be
re-formated and I am using the original cd that came with the computer.  I
get to the point where the XP files are to be installed.  The windows xp
messages continue to flash on the screen and all looks ...

For the life of me I can't get this ram back into the slot. One side goes in
but the other won't . I'm pressing really hard too. I shouldn't have to do
that. If there is a trick to installing ram please tell me.
   Thanks Daniel

I have windows XP home edition installed in my laptop. since in my office we
have AD network, when i try to make this home into AD, after that , i came
to know that XP home edition can't joined to AD domain. so i thought of
doing upgrading it to XP professional to get acess into the ...

I was using Windows XP Prof on my PC, and was supplied with a Recovery CD
for Windows along with my PC, and the Hard Drive crashed, Now i wish to
install Windows on a new Hard Drive, but the CD is a recover CD.
How do i install Windows to new Hard Drive without encountering the ...

Sorry if this question has been asked a thousand times - I've searched for an
answer and not found one.
I bought a version of XP Home Edition that during the registration process
sends a key to Microsoft obtained from the computer's hardware configuration.

A neighbor tried to install XP to my sister's computer. Now she gets the
activation window and cannot log on. How do I remove XP from her computer for
her?

How can I avoid having to create that first user during windows xp pro
setup? I don't want to create any local user accounts. The machine will wind
up on a domain and only domain accounts will be used on it. I want to just
leave the already present local administrator account and ...

This is probably an easy question, but I haven't been able to figure out how
to turn off the information bubble that appears at the bottom right hand side
of the screen whenever I'm printing stuff.  
I find it very annoying and so does a lot of my users.  How can I turn that

Ich möchte nach einer UA-Installation von Windows die IP-Adresse eine
NIC abhängig von seiner MAC-Adresse setzen. DHCP ist nicht möglich muss
also statisch passieren.
Kann mir jemand einen Hinweis geben? Vielleicht gibts auch ein