Continuous reboot problems during Windows XP Pro installation.... Once I am
prompted to reboot the system the computer continuous restarts the
installation process instead of continuing witht the XP install....

Every time I try to logon I get a message 'The copy of Windows must be
activated with Microsoft before you can log on. Do you want to activate
Windows now?'
I then select 'Yes' and get a box saying that Windows has already been

When I install windows xp professional, I get message, saying 'windows xp
setup does not support upgrading from microsoft windows 2000 professional to
microsoft windows xp professional'.
I don't want to install a new xp pro. I just want to upgrade windows 2000 to

Where can I find a list of all the system variables and an explanation of
what each of them does.?
Thanks,
Bob

ive tried installing SP2 on machines here at work and cannot get the SP to
reboot clean. It hangs and will not reboot unless i hard boot the machine. We
are not using SMS or SUS to deliver apps because thats not in the scope at
this point. Ive tried disabling the automatic update ...

I went through and installed linux into my notebook and I now want win xp
back into it when i put  the recovery discs in they run and when they go to
reboot it pops up saying kernel error and thats all it does i can reinstall
linux but not winxp what should i do  that doesnt ...

Some days ago my computer started to show the message "boot failure, system
halted", but trying to reboot four or five times ended in a sucessfull boot.
Yesterday I tried to re-install windows xp rebooting from the cd, my
intention was to format and clean my system. But at the ...

What frustration using the Files and Transfers Utility.  Obscure information
and difficult to find -
1.  Why doesn't the utility allow the FastWiz file to be created from the
new 64 bit machine on any media but a FD?  Fortunately with 3 new notebooks

Hey Folks. I may already be headed in the right direction but I wanted to
make sure I had any specific steps necessary to do this properly before I
tried to do this tomorrow on my own. I have dsl/cable router at home that I
plug 2 pc's into the ethernet ports for internet access. ...

Lets say that I have a 50Mb FAT partition right at beginning of my HDD. And
the rest of the HDD is 75Mb NTSF partition.
Anyone know what options I will be given on clean installing? Will I be
prompted to install on D:?

I needed to test a different hard drive on an XP machine.
I disconnected the two hd's (master 40G slave 120G, XP
installed on 40G) and hooked up an 80G for testing/
formating purposes (didn't work out but that's another

I have three different XPHome OEM machines
with three different legal coa numbers.  One of
them (after I messed with the hardware) is now
asking for the Key ID number, reactivation.

I recently bought a laptop (Toshiba) with Microsoft Home Edition on it
and didn't receive the Home edition software along with the laptop. But
I have a Toshiba Application and Recovery CD. I then upgraded it to XP
pro. Is there a way to change it back to Home  without the Home ...

When I try to start Windows, I get a text message saying that the file
\windows\system32\config\system is missing or corrrupted. It suggests that I
use a recovery CD and press "r" to enter the Recovery Console. I've done
that, but have no idea what to do at the prompt. Please ...

New computer build- as listed in my signature. I have installed already and
seemed to have no problems. Didnt install any drivers and the install went
without a problem. Recognizes my drive with correct amouont of formatted
space. And my computer works fine when I use it....until ...