Just want to make sure I got that straight.  
We've got a computer we ordered a couple of years back, and (purely my
fault) we ordered it with XP Home instead of XP Pro (no difference in the
price from Gateway, as I recall.)  

When I turn my desktop on, Iget the black error screen, I let it choose safe
configuration startup mode etc.
I see the Windows XP page but it stops and keeps going back to the black
screen?

Hi, hope someone can help steer me towards a solution here:
I bought my Compaq Presario laptop almost a year ago; all works fine; but
just this week, I've been attempting to open up some of the "included"
Microsoft Office programs that were already installed on the hard drive;

Had to replace a bad hard drive.  When attempting new install of Windows XP
Home, Setup loads files, I agree to the licensing agreement, then I get the
following message:  
Setup cannot find a previous version of Windows installed on your computer.

I have a very small network on which all the machines are running Windows XP
SP2. Some have Home edition some have Pro. Is it possible for me to
configure the desktops and start neues of all the machines from an admin
machine.  I do not want to have to individually change each ...

I have multiple hardware profiles on a laptop.  I am trying to get s specific
IP address configured for each profile.  I copied the original (current
profile 1).  When I boot up with one proifle and change the IP address, it
seems to follow all the profiles.  I thought I should ...

After installing Windoes Xp Service Pack 2, I get a DNS error and cannot
connect to the Microsoft Web Update Internet web page.  If I use automatic
updates and install a few more auto installs, then my computer will stop
being able to connect to the Inteenet.  At that time I get ...

I recently had to swipe this computer, but before I did that I saved my
settings. The original computer did not have service pack 2. This one does.
Now, the files and settings transfer wizard says that the file is old and I
need to run the wizard on the old compter. Seeing how ...

When I go into Outlook, Word, Excel and go to detect and repair a window
installer patch appears and tells me I am missing a patch.
How do I get that patch and how do I run detect and repair to run
successfully?

Is it really true that I need a diskette station to load the raid drivers
during windows install? I tried several alternatives, but either the install
program doesn´t recognize my hdds at all, or something else went wrong.
These things don´t cost anything, but i think it is crazy ...

I have just upgraded my mother board and when booting up got a blue screen
flash up and then a re-start, the screen was too fast too read.  I then tried
to reinstall windows but now either get stuck with the setup program saying
"setup has performed maintanence on your disk and ...

Have a Dell desktop that came OEM installed with ME. If I don't care about
the data on the PC, and prefer to format the drive and do a clean install.
Will the upgrade flavor of XP give me the option of a clean / format install
or do I need the full version? I read the box ...

Is it possibly to create multiple Windows XP Pro installation on a single
computer to different partitions and HDD's whilst making sure that each new
installations partition is referenced as the C drive?
I'm pretty sure I managed to do this under Win NT (although my memory is a

there are 2 users on my computer. not all programs are need or wanted by
both users.
how do i remove the automatically installed shortcuts from the non admin
user's desktop?

When I want to save a file from an email, I'd like to get the 'save
attachments' menu to go to 2-3 OTHER locations that I use often, to save the
files.
How can I change the 'look in' menu of the left on the save attachments