I have a desktop with 2 partitions. My C: partition (4 GB) is low on disk
space.
I have moved the page file to D: to free up disk space. It helped for some
time, but now i have low space again. I checked the sizes of different

My hard drive went bad, but I was able to back up to an external hard drive.  
Then I ran the Files And Settings Transfer wizard and copied the settings to
the external hard drive.  Whew!
Removed old internal drive, installed new drive, loaded WinXP Pro sp2,

As I couldn't find the OEM Windows XP CD that came with one of my other
computers, I tried to use an identical CD thinking that I'd be fine if I just
enter the correct key noted on the CoA machine I'm reinstalling. However, I
was surprised not being asked for a key at all. Now, ...

I am doing an unattended setup using syprep and XP SP2.  I have 2 parameters
that I would like to set up in the sysprep.inf file so I do not have to
change them on every PC.
First I would like to disable system restore.  The other thing I would like

how can i set up a wan between two computers over the interent for free using
winsows xp and calbe/dsl internet?

Im trying to install win xp pro tended with pnp drivers.
the pnp drivers are located on a network share.
im assuming i have to write a bat file to install these drivers.
what do i have to do to install these drivers unattended while

I am trying to clone XP SP2 pc's that are purchased from HP with Windows XP
OEM licence. (Atleast it think so because there's the -OEM- part in the
product ID.)
All PC's have the XP product key sticker with the original product key in

I have a Windows 2000 Server machine, onto which I have extracted the
DEPLOY.CAB files from an XP Pro SP1 disc for the purpose of running the
Windows Setup Manager.
When I run Windows Setup Manager, I am able to complete the wizard without

How can I install Windows XP on an external disk ?
It seems that Windows recognize the external drive, but when I select that
particular disk (partition) it says that isn't possible to install Windows XP
there ...

Heres my situation:
1) I installed winxp sp2 on a machine, sysprep v 1.1. The machine is
Standalone, no domain.
2) I created an account (student) with limited permissions using Shared

Our source machines have two partitions, C and D. The target
machines only have a C drive.  What I'd like to do is re-root
files found on the source machine's D drives onto the target machine's
C drive.  I have tried rules such as:

How do you change the logon background in Windows XP (once a user has entered
their logon credentials)?
After a user has entered their logon credentials on a Windows XP computer,
logon begins.  During this process a background is displayed between logon

Sorry for repetitive posts, but so far, nobody has the answer, short of
re-formatting and re-install. Which, while a pain, is OK with me. I just
cannot believe that there is NO other alternative.
Situation:

My hard drive recently shut down and failed to boot up again.  I have
recently replaced the hard drive and I am intending to install XP Home using
the same disk and product key I used on my original hard drive.  Will
microsoft recognise this same product key when I go to register ...

I have read the documentation on powercfg.exe which states that you
should be able to run the executable in a post installation script.  I
want to know if anybody has had success executing in this manner.  I do
not want, at this time, to attempt to execute it as part of an