When my daughter returned from College I learned that she had a "friend"
install a unliscensed copy of Windows XP on her PC.  Of course this copy of
Windows is not registered and therefore can't recieve software updates etc.  
My question is if I purchase a legal copy of Windows ...

Ok, so here is the deal. My mom got me a computer for my birthday while i was
gone with my dad. She built me the comp, with the help of one of her friends.
I dont really know any of the specs, but apperantly they used the windows xp
that i used on the old computer, and used it ...

I am about to deploy some XP syspreped images at my location and I ran into
a strange problem related to my network boot disk.
I have a share on the new Win SBS 2003 called images, with the permissions
set up for administrator. and a subfolder containing my ghost program,  as

Salutations!
I'm trying to find a way to deploy XP Embedded using a USB stick (thumb
drive). Currently we are using the HP USB boot utility and restoring a
Ghost image to do this but it takes really long and we need a quiker

When setting up a computer you used to be able to copy NTUser.dat of a
configured user to the Default User. Apparantly this is not supported in
sysprep. How can you accomplish the same thing AND use sysprep? Could it be
as simple as setting up the user, installaing the apps, ...

Hi to all
I have tried to install XP in my new hard disk  but I allways get th
message that the file \i386\ntkrnlmp.exe can't be loaded. I have no
the faintest idea of what is it due to, since I have tested all m

doesn anyone know where i can information that tells me how to create a
unattended windows xp pro install CD. (also looking for Office 2003).
Also does anyone know that if an unatteded install will install windows both
as a upgrade from an win os and also as a clean install for a ...

Before I embark on a "system recovery" on my daughter's computer I would
like to ask some questions about broadband/LAN.    System is WinXP HE.
a.  Where are the settings of a broadband connection located?
b.  If I do a system recovery will copying this setting to the newly

I installed a new PATA hd because my SATA hd was damaged.  The problem
that now my bios does not recognize the new hd.  the computer runs
fine, but everytime I turn it on it tells me that I have 0 devices on
my primary master.  Then it gives my a choice of F1 to continue and F2

I have Office Small Business OEM and Office 2003 upgrade (PowerPoint
included) installed on my Micron Millennia TS.
If I purchase a Dell with WordPerfect installed, is it possible to install
the Office 2003 upgrade or install the Micron OEM  on the Dell and then use

I handed my college class assignment on a flash drive from IBM PC to
professor who decided to RENAME the volume on his MacIntosh computer.  Now, I
can't access any of the files. The Windows XP no longer recognizes the USB
device.  

I'm experimenting with BDD Standard edition 2.5.  I've run config.hta and
gone through the appropriate steps and I'm now at the stage where I'm
building my lab Windows PE 2004 CD.  I can make the ISO and burn it to a CD
but it seems when Windows PE boots it resets the system ...

Original Hardware: Dell Optiplex GX240 (Celeron 1.8, IDE, XPSP2)
New Hardware: Dell Precision 530 (Dual Xeon, SCSI, XPSP2)
Ran ntbackup on C: and System State on Original system, and then did clean
install of XPwSP2 on new system.  Used ntbackup to restore C: and system

I have a COA for Windows XP home. My problem is that when I am trying to
reinstall XP, I receive the message that it is an invalid  key. I do not have
an original disc, because I bought my computer from a small business that
simply purchased COA's for their systems. I know this ...

This might not be possible, but it's what I'm trying to do.
I want to do a fresh install of XP on my system since my C: drive is full,
and dying.  I have a new drive that ended up being my K: drive that I want to
do this install on.  I inserted my XP Home disk and restarted to ...