I just bought a new computer.. that came with Windows Xp Home.  I have a
Windows XP Pro disc that I'm trying to install.  When I click on Install
Windows Xp I get a pop up message that says
"Setup cannot continue because the version of Windows on your computer is

Is there a way to change the name and company to whom Windows is registered
to and the computer name, other than reformatting the Hard Drive and
reinstalling Windows?

I'm using USMT  v2.6.1 to move user local profiles from XP workgroup to
an NT domain.  I run scanstate as follows:
scanstate \\fs1\migrate\<username>  /user:<username> /I:sysfiles.inf
/I:migsys.inf /I:miguser.inf /I:migapp.inf /Q /s /u /v:6

When you first turn on PC, all the users names are shown, and some show that
there are (eg 6) email messages waiting. How is this set up, and can I turn
it off?

Is there a way to slipstream ALL of the current WindowsXP updates into an
installation disk?  Also, is there a way to add additional (updated or new)
device drivers to a WinXP installation disk that windows will automatically
install on a fresh install?

I´ve got a fujitsu-siemens notebook with a sata disk.
I've the drivers.
The problem is that the windowsXP setup looks for floppy drive and I haven't
got one.

I need to upgrade a media center pc to XP pro (i need terminal
services/remote desktop), I have tried running an upgrade from the disk
(XPPRO-XP2 ) but I still get a media center windows when its done. It did
prompt me for XP Pro CD2(which doesn't exist) and was looking for the ...

I'd like to upgrade my now ancient computer's hardware to something more
modern - and that involves reinstalling Windows. I bought an Academic Upgrade
version of XP Professional to upgrade from Windows 98. When I set it up, I
didn't note down the activation code for Windows or ...

I'M TRYING TO INSTALL XP HOME EDITION TO REPLACE WINDOWS 98, SAVING MY
EXISTING FILES.DURING THE INSTALLATION, I GET AN ERROR MESSAGE:MISSING
FILE:ERROR COPYING USETUP.EXE TO C:\$WIN_NT$.~LS\i386\SYSTEMS32\SMSS.EXE. ANY
HELP IN EXPLAINING WHAT TO DO WOULD BE APPRECIATED.

Hi, I've got a number of questions regarding RIS and Windows XP Home. I've
got a RIS server setup.
Layout:
Windows 2000 Server w/ SP4 and associated RIS fixes along with updated

There seems to be some confusion as to whether I can use sysprep with
Windows XP Home.  I've seen both comments out there.
The reason why I am asking is that I am helping a non-profit set up 9 PCs.  
To save time, I was hoping to get one of them in a "golden form" and image it

My XP Pro system will not boot correctly.  (Message pops up that the system32
directory is corrupted, run chkdsk.)  Running chkdsk (either from the
recovery console or while attempting to repair the installation via XP setup)
hangs the pc at 13% of the first pass "Checking drive ...

I preinstalled XP SP2 and activated it for my customer. In syspref.inf I
entered the CD-key in section [UserData] as ProductID (I also tried
ProductKey)="xxxxx-xxxxx-xxxxx-xxxxx-xxxxx". Then I resealed with sysprep.
Now my problem is, that XP always prompts for the key during ...

I have Windows XP Home 2002 SP1 and my hard drive crashed, need to reinstall,
but cannot because I cannot reactivate the product.

I tried activating my version of Windows over the internet, but it is not
recognizing my product key, even when I retype it and click "retry". I was
then going to activate it by phone, but both the toll and toll-free numbers
given to me by my computer do not work. As a last ...