My problem is that I've got numerous versions of XP - both Pro and Home, and
a file in Excel with the CD Keys.  I was in a security snit one day and
grabbed all the CD's and removed the keys from all the CD holders.
Now I want to install XPPro on a new system with an old copy of ...

Whilst cleaning up a friend's Windows XP Pro (I know, they all start
like this), I discovered his Windows licence isn't valid (SP2
installation stopped and suggested going to howtotell.com).
Unfortunatly for him, the shop he bought the computer from has been

I'm trying to copy a profile from one domain account to the another on a
local xp pro box.  Oddly enough, I can copy the newly created one, but the
old domain that I was using, is grayed out.  No matter if I log on as that
domains administrator, the local machine admin, or the new ...

Whenever I attempt to reinstall Windows I receive a stop error warning about
a possible virus to instructing me to remove any newly installed hard drives
and/ or controllers.
I elliminated hard drives disk by disk but was met with the same results.  I

I have a small business where there are 25 PC's but they all have XP
Pro, we don't have a server and are looking to purchase one, set up a
domain, etc, but need to upgrade all the PC's....so I am wondering
what is the best way to go about this, strategies, tips tricks,  any

Im trying to figure out a way to setup power management for my users. I dont
want to have to go around to the network after it is setup and change the
power options for each different profile. Can someone tell me how I can do
this before I image a machine? The problem is the ...

I have an emachine (C1641) which has xp home sp2 installed.  Motherboard
died (ECS L7VMM) and since emachine does not sell mobo anymore, I researched
and bought a new motherboard (ASROCK K7VM3) with hardware and chipsets as
close to original as possible.  Swap went well but when I ...

I have just built a new machine with a maxtor 200GB SATA HDD and installed
Windows XP Pro SP2 fine.  However, the drive is labelled G: and not C: as I
had expected.  Two USB card readers have C: and D: and two (IDE) DVD drives
have E: and F:.  How did I manage this?  Is there a ...