I have two copies of Windows XP Pro. The first one is an earlier release that
does not contain Service Pack 2 embedded, the second one has Service Pack 2
built in.
Currently, the first version (without SP2) is not installed on any system. I

i faced a problem when try to upgrade my xp home edition to xp prof. the
error "problem detected & need to shut down to prevent PC damage" during
installation progress. i failed to log out the application and system
continuously reboot & retain at same screen "system detected  ...

I have just gotten a new motherboard for my Pentium D system as I had a bad
PSU and problems with my old MoBo. I want to put a clean install of Windows
on my system since I have a completely different brand and model of MoBo. The
system BIOS detects both my HDD and Combo-Rom and ...

Help, my display is upside down all of a sudden. Tried restarting and
shutting down. Still upside down.  This makes life difficult! Whats up?

About 6 months ago, my old company closed down. Before they closed down, they
sold everyone the computers that we were using. So I bought my IBM thinkpad
laptop from them. However, recently the computer crashed. I tried to use the
windows xp home cd from my dell laptop but it did ...

Hi guys, dont know if this is the right place to post my question so sorry if
its in the wrong place...
I just need to find out ways to Install Windows XP Pro on my laptop.
I brought I toshiba Qosmio laptop and it comes with Media Centre and the

I seem to have a major problem with DirectX 9c installed on XP Pro with SP2.
DirectX diagnostic tool is reporting that all the files are there and are ok
but under the display tab direct draw, direct 3d and agp texture are all
being reported as unavailable. I have tried to ...

My user has updated the Display Properties in the Settings and changed the
Color Qaulity to 32 bit.
Now the LCD monitor displays a message of "Out of range" with a black
background How do I fix it?  How do I revert back to the previous settings?

Just wondering if anyone has this scenario.
I have just put together a windows network with some remote offices. I have
users who at one office who dont have a local server so they must map drives
and authenticate back to head office.

Hi!  A couple of years ago I changed my system into a dual-boot (Win XP Pro
and Fedora Core 2 LINUX) by re-partitioning the HD and using GRUB, the boot
loader supplied with the LINUX implementation.  I played with FC2 a bit, but
didn't find it aas useful as I thought it would be, ...

I formatted my HDD on PC A. Half way through the setup window for xp pro, it
froze. I tried it 3x but it froze at exactly the same spot. So I took the HDD
out of PC A and put it in PC B and started with the XP pro cd like last time.
This time, it was working normally and I had no ...

HELP!  I've just upgraded my ME to XP Home and when I try to logon I get a
message window on screen with 'userinit.exe - No Disk' in teh top left
corner. The message is 'there is no disk in the drive. Please insert a disk
into drive\Device\Harddisk2\DR4'. There are three options ...

...don't laugh, just help...operating on hand-me-downs, here...
Why can't I get XP Home Edition to load successfully without bluescreening?
Tried everything including pulling out all cards, disabling/enabling settings
in BIOS, etc.

The question I have is a simple one. Is it possible to reinstall an "Upgrade
Win XP Home" without having to go back to install the original Win 98 first.

what is required to read a multi-session dvd?
It was created by Nero express 6.6.0.4 bundled with the DVD writer.
The PC in question is running XP Pro Sp2 with all the latest critical
updates but no highmat driver.  Right now it seems to treat it as blank