I have recently installed Windows XP on my laptop and have applied all the
necessary Hotfixes and Service packs.  However it is behaving very strangely.
When the laptop is booted, the majority of the standard services that are
set to start automatically do not start.  Because one ...

I am trying to install Windows XP on two hard drives (on the same computer,
of course,) so in case one of them fails the other disk will boot instead.  
However, when I do so, only one of them is bootable.  Even if I detach one
hard drive when I install it on the other, and vice ...

I am running a small server using XP professional, I wish to a copy of
Exchange server V4 withSP1 to form an e-mail client, when I run setup for the
I386 folder on the disk I get a message say the installation will not carry
on as the system cannot join to a windows NT domain, ...

I have a bunch of computers and partitions setup with windows XP and windows
2003 with either MSDN product key, or OEM supplied product key.
1)
Is there a way to find from what product key a system (XP or 2003 server)

I use Altiris Deployment server to deploy images. I was forced inot using
Sysprep by XP SP2. After syspreping and pulling the image I can check the
boot.ini file and it is correct, but after deploying the image it runs
through the mini-setup and cannot find the Windows forlder ...

Originally I have a PC with XP pro now I have installed XP pro using
the same CD on another computer at home. I did that out of emergency
instead of purchasing another copy. During the activation peroid i
ordered another copy of XP pro and want to use the license key of the

I want to create a shortcut to a file with a batch file
Can someone tell me how to do that?
regards
pierre

I have a laptop that came with windows xp home.My dad bought windows xp pro.I
installed it on my laptop went to register it and it said it was already
activated needless to say i forgot to delete it and the other dasy the
Evaluation ran out.I went to log on to my computer and it ...

I am trying to upgrade a 98SE machine to XP.  I need to gather the info about my hardware compatibility but when the install is analyzing my system the install crashes with the following error:
"Migisol caused an invalid page fault in module Kernel32.dll"  
When you try to cancel ...

I have a huge problem.  I had to rebuild a laptop so I bought a 160GB
external drive and ran the migwiz to backup the settings and put them on the
external HD the total was about 12GB.  Now when I try to restore them it
takes about 40mins while saying organizing your files and ...

Hello Friends
I have a dual boot Windows XP and Linux(Ubuntu edition). I decided to
create an extra partition using Partition Magic. Everything went well
until Partition Magic asked me to reboot for the changes.I did a reboot

If I own a computer with an OEM version of Windows 98, and install a retail
XP Home upgrade, am I allowed to transfer XP to a different computer?

Is there any way to tell if the XP Product Key on the sticker of a machine
will only work with an OEM disk or any generic XP Install disk?  I have a
situation where I have a Compaq Evo with a blank drive (formatted to remove
private data) and a valid Windows XP sticker on the ...

I'm currently trying to install a clean version of Windows XP, but after all
the files are loaded from the XP-cd and I press enter to continue, it says
that windows can't find any hard disks. I know my hard disk is connected,
turned on and working, because I can boot from it. Do ...

Has anybody else come across this?
The sound drivers for our new Dell Dimension 3100 computers include a MS
Hotfix - 835221 - the High Definition Audio Driver Package.  I cannot get
these drivers to pre-install on the computers.