(1)I am ready to do a fresh install of my Win XP operating system.
 I understand that after installing Windows there is a way to set
msconfig to stop all unnecessary background operations for the best
environment when installing additional software.  What is the procedure?

After a user has entered their logon credentials on a Windows XP computer,
logon begins.  During this process a background is displayed between logon
and the users’ desktop displaying.  This is the background which is displayed
while logon scripts are running (the background is ...

Windows 2k3 Server (no service pack) acting as the DHCP server with the RIS
service running on it.
I have a pretty standard .sif file created of which the [Identification]
section is as follows.

Nice to meet you guys. I think i am going to enjoy the company
according to what i read so far. BTW, can any one of you give me a clue
about this strange phenomenon that is happening to my computer after i
reinstalled windows? Maybe some of you will think I am a nerd because

First of thank you for reading my note.  I know that sysprep can not install
for all 5 different types of computer hardware.  I am looking for the step by
step guide that will at least get me close to be able to install xp on one
computer and then have it RIS image and be able to ...

THE BACK STORY:
Yesterday (1/23/2006) our company experienced a power outage that
ultimately brought our network down in a not so graceful manner. Don't
ask why the UPS system failed as we don't have an answer to that

For Windows Server 2003 Enterprise x64 Edition, what are the elgibility
requirements for the academic version? Could a student purchase this version
(for non-commercial purposes)?

i am trying to help fix a friends computer.  it has windows xp home installed
from the factory (emachines).  it has been updated with all current updates.  
the system will not start windows.  it loads as far as the loading windows
screen, displays the moving status bar, then ...

Just a month every thing work on my computer for the past 1 year. But for
some time I noticed that my CD is not reading the the CDs. I run the windows
updates but I don't konw exactly when updates really happend and if they
could affect anything. Any way, on under the Device Manager ...

Because of a serious pc crash, I am having to do a clean install. The pc is
set to boot from the cdrom, and everything is until until the pc has to
reboot. If I "press a key" to boot from cd, the installation restarts from
the beginning, if I let the pc boot from the hard drive I ...

Because of a trojan horse, I had to redo my hard drive. I tried to reinstall
HP home. It freezes up. I have swapped out the hard drive, system board, and
the CD-rom ( all XP compatible). Still freezes up. Reinstalled an old copy of
Win98 2nd - works fine. Bought an update disc - ...

Does anyone know if there is a way to retrieve the product key from the
numeric code that is shown under the "Registered To" in General under control
panel?
When I first installed XP, I wrote that number on my XP cd, thinking it was

An error message just started to pop up when I try to start, or restart, my
computer. Error message reads: Application has failed to start because
MFC71U.DLL was not found. Reinstalling the application may fix this problem."
I'm new to Windows XP, and have no idea what this means. ...

New Seagate 200 gig Hard drive
Fresh/New first time installation of Windows XP Professional.
I probably should not have used the CD that came with the Seagate.  It
divided the hard drive into 132 gig section then added the rest after windows

I have created a sysprep.inf and unattend.txt file for windowsXP, with both
of them having in the Unattended section; "OemPnPDriversPath" with the
correct driver path and all the drivers located correctly.
The rest of the Unattended Installation occurs as designed.