When running RIS to install several of our +/- 300 computers with a rippreped
Windows XP SP2 installation, we get the following error at the point it tries
to join the domain right after "installing network": 'An invalid domain was
specified'

i've been using my current pc and version of XP for almost 3 years. i've
recently had hard drive problems and had to perform multiple reformats, all
of which still allowed me to reactivate XP afterwards. however, i've just
installed and set up a completely new hard drive and am ...

I have a PC with XP Pro installed. The software says that it is activated but
when I go to Windows update it says the software is Pirated. I was able to
install SP2 and the EULA updates. I have a multi-user liscense and have not
exceeeded my number. How do I fix this problem so I ...

I'm trying to upgrade from Win98 SE to XP Home on an old Dell laptop. I've
run the XP Upgrade Advisor Tool and am warned that a SCSI device may not be
compatible with XP Home.
I've tried to run the upgrade and when there is about 34 minutes remaining

In needing to reinstall Win XP Pro, I reduced the partitions to one and so
couldn't boot up into Windows and apparently need to edit the boot.ini file
to reflect the number of partitions now.
I booted Win xp from cd and got into the Recovery mode(I'm new to this) and

i was given an old panasonic toughbook (cf25) for school. it has a 166Mhz
(pentium w/ mmx) processor, 48MB ram, 1GB HD, and is running windows 98. i
have a Nortel Networks 802.11b wireless lan pcmcia card that i want to
configure to use with my schools wireless access points.  ...

Currently I have XP Home running on my little laptop which I use for
developing ASP.Net websites.  That's fine because I publish to an IIS Server
at my clients' ISPs.
But now I'm looking to start using IIS on my laptop and for that I need to

I'm running WindowsXP SP2 on a Dell Dimension 4600, and when I attempt to
create a new power scheme, save it, and recall that scheme, it doesn't appear
in the list of saved schemes. Any help would be appreciated.
Ron Sheets

I know it's a strange request, but I need to add all XP keyboard layout.
There's a way to add them in one shoot  (cause adding one by one is too long).

    I give up(!) on keeping Windows
safe from internet sabotage.
    I'll settle for a directory of
files, setting, or re-setting, the

I am currently running XP and dual booting with LInux.
I want to delete LInux and use that hard disk space for windows.
I know how to delete Linux and format the second disk. I need to know
how to setup the MBR to boot without GRUB.

Hi, I've got a PC in which the HDD has crashed, I'm considering a full
reinstall with a new HDD and an XP home CD bought & used to reinstall another
different PC. Obviously I can't use the key from that install as it's
currently running, but can I use the key from the crashed PC? ...

I've just started a new contract working on an XP rollout for a client. They
have about 100 PC's to upgrade from Win98 to XP Pro and told me they had
developed a standard image and just needed assistance in planning the
deployment and the physical rollout itself.

How do I import all my mail in Outlook Express to Outlook 2003 program, and
visa versa??? Please advise. Thanks!

When XP SP2 is deployed it enables the firewall and disables the local Admin
account. I need to login to the pc locally to keep our SMS client from
installing.
Heres the Problem.