I am trying to change the name on my computer: All I can do is change the
computer's name (on, for example, a network) from 'CompaqPres1200' to
'livingroomcomputer' by using the change computer name utility at Kelly's
Corner

How do I change ALL system folder names during an unattended install
like I would the following folders... ?
   TargetPath=
   ProgramFilesDir=

Hello I would like your views, I have recently purchased an external hard
drive to help increase storage space but it is presently formatted as FAT
format, whilst my other drives are NTFS. I am running Windows XP Pro and
wondered if it would beneficial to format it to a NTFS ...

Following format and clean install of WinXP Pro, all okay until
installed SP2.  Get "Page Cannot Be Displayed" when try to
connect to most websites (Google included) unless disable Norton
Internet Security 2003, yet able to connect for updates to Spybot,

I have recently purchased a brand new Fujitsu Siemens Lifebook S 7020, with a
SATA drive, Windows Xp had come pre installed but I like to do things right
and totally wipe the hard drive and start a fresh. When put the xp cd in at
boot it booted fine no problem, then when it goto ...

I upgraded win98 to win xp and planned to use a linksys wireless card in my
pc.
The upgrade went well but in trying to set up the wireless card I
encountered WSANOTINITIALISED 10093 error.

I have just rebuilt a PC for a friend (well, he was before we rebuilt).
We installed a new WD drive as the master (jumper 5&6 selected on a 40
wire ribbon cable), and the WD drive from his old Win 98 PC as slave
(jumper 7&8 select), both on the primary IDE controller. I checked the

My startup tab in msconfic lists a command to a program (spyware, grrr...)
that I've removed.  How can I edit my startup (and not just ticking the
corresponding box so it dosen't load) so that the command is completely gone?
I.e where does startup look for those commands - ...

Hi,
I am a recent (forced) convert to XP. There are bits I don't mind and there
are bits I positively dislike. I've managed to stop most of the screens
looking like a kids toy but there are still some things I haven't managed to

This is driving me crazy.
No matter what I do, I cannot get a customized power scheme to 'stick'
after sysprepping a system. It always defaults back to the Home/Office
setting.

I'm trying to upgrade my current 2000 system with XP Pro, however I want to
do more than upgrade, I want to reformat and reinstall the system from
scratch.  When I run the CD I don't get the option to reformat or reinstall.  
When I choose to delete ore create a new partition I ...

I would like to create a slipstream CD/DVD with SP2. I was wondering since a
DVD has a lot of space if it would be possible to slipstream xp pro - sp2 -
security patches - office 2003 - sp2. Maybe I am asking to much but it would
be great. If you know any sites where I can find ...

I would like to set up a RAM disk in Windows XP.  I have 1.5 GB of RAM, and
for certain applications, I want to allocate 500 MB to a temporary RAM drive.
There used to be a nice utility (I think called ramdrive.sys) that did this
in DOS.  Is there still something like this ...

I'm a Mac person trying to help my Mom with her Dell running XP Home.  I used
Windows Update to install Service Pack 2, and now her PC has gone batty.  
When I try to get to the internet, I get a Remote Procedure Call error, and
it shuts down the computer in 60 seconds.

I need to either re-install an XP Pro workstation each day or at least
rollback and remove any changes made to it each day.  This is to insure
security and reliability for a PC in a semi-public area at my company.  I
also need this to be an automated process.  Any suggestions out ...