I've seen this subject several times but no one seems to have a good
answer. In my setup we have multiple labs of computers that students
and teachers log in to with unique usernames. I need all the users to
see and use the same user profile in each lab. Each lab will have its

I recently bought new components to put together ASROCK P4MV800, Celeron D
Processor 2.66 ghz, 1GB DDR DIMM RAM 3200, DVDRWDL, SATA 80GB Seagate
Barracuda harddrive. I put the components together and have been unable to
load winxp onto the computer from clean install (upgrade ...

After I do the initial setup of windows XP and it says it will restart it
turns of and comes back on but never leaves the black screen that says
something about detecting DMI pool data..... can anyone help me, this is very
frustrating.

I have removed Harddisk from my system and connected Flash drive using
IDE adapter. Then i installed XP home using cd.
After installation is over it says to "remove if any floppy is in
floppy drive and press ENTER to start".

I am trying to sysprep a Windows XP system that has a SATA drive.  Here is a
sample that I had tried but still get the blue screen after I image it on the
same computer with a different SATA HDD but from the same manufacturer.  I am
also using ghost 7.5 to do the image.  Any help ...

This is a follow-up question to a posting with the same subject as
above from Jul 25th 2004.
I am faced with the same problem. Specifically:
W2K RIS Server

I have a new computer from Dell and want to go to the setup program. But
pressing DEL on startup doesn't seem to work.
Is there a special key code for a Dell?

Hey All-
Is there a way to set link speed and duplex with a setup script using
c++ or vbs, or anything at all?  I'm trying to make a setup program that
will automatically set IP, link speed and duple, PC name, and a couple

I have a Gateway 7405 that came with XP Home already installed. I would like
to upgrade to XP pro and purchased a retail XP Pro upgrade version. I have
the product key.
I attempted an installation per the included instructions and the hal.dll

I have an old Dell Dimension XPS T700r PIII 700mhz system with 640mb RAM and
two hard drives, both Western Digital 120gb, NTFS, boot drive, and 100gb,
FAT32, slave. Also, it has a CD burner for creating boot CDs, and is running
XP Pro. There are several peripherals attached via ...

I have a new system that I bought as a barebones kit from TigerDirect.
Whenever I go to install Windows XP home editions SP 2 it gets past all
the driver install then when it goes to Starting Windows the computer
just shuts off. Any ideas? I have tried reseating the memory. No luck