I had a PC crash on me.  I have the Windows 2000 CD and the Product ID for
that PC.  When I install Win2K and it asks me for the Product ID I enter it
in and I get an error message saying that the Product ID is invalid.  
I have another Win2k CD and reinstall from that CD and When ...

Alright, I have to upgrade to XP Pro for my new job, and I started the
process several hours ago. The process went along fine until "Preparing
Installation...", where it got almost finished, then rebooted. Now every time
the system starts you see the XP Pro logo, then it shows a ...

Trying to remove a WindowsXP patch to resolve future update.  Looking in the
"Add or Remove" window, I only see about 12 applications install where it
should be listing about 30 applications.  How do I get the missing apps to
list, remember I want to remove a patch but can't ...

I am using a single xp sp2 image for deployment. Once in every 10 or 15
times this image is deployed (using ghost) to a machine I get the error
"Windows cannot find '/idlist,:528:620". Click ok and the message goes
away.

A new one to me!  I assisted a friend with a clean Win XP Home install.  
After the installation, two anomalies:
1. Upon completion of the installation, and now whenever he reboots the
computer, popup windows appear titled "Windows Message Server", advising him

In a nutshell: We have MS volume licensing, and Enterprise Ghost, 1400
users in one division and 3500+ in another.  For the 1400 users, we
have always built our images in house, and deployed, using GhostWalker
to change the SID before booting up the freshly-imaged system and

I think I know what the problem is but I am wanting to get some confirmation.
I have a Windows Server 2003 RIS server running that currently hold like 10
images. We have a Customer Service Image that I built last year when we
purchased the entire department new computers. We ...

I had two drives C:\ & D:\ on the HP PC. Everytime when I turn it on
that appeared message : "Norton Antivirus can't protect C:\ Access
denied" .
So I think the C drive was infected by virus and I try to re-format the

Out of nowhere, and even after reverting to several restore points, my Help
and Support Center only shows the green boxes with arrows.  When I place the
mouse pointer over any of the green boxes I can tell what it does and it
works; however, no text appears on the Help screen.  I ...

I just upgraded from XP Pro to XP Pro with SP2.  I had three hard drives that
were working fine before the upgrade.  After the upgrade I am unable to see
my third (80GB storage) drive in XP (My Computer).
When I first boot up I able to see the 80GB drive in the BOIS confiuration

We got a computer donated, it has windows home xp on it we don't have the
orignal disk operating system so I'm trying to install Windows xp pro (oem
version) ,that I own, on it and It's telling me that the XP home I have on my
PC is newer then the XP Pro I am trying to install, ...

We'll this is fun. A user over wrote his registry with one that someone
gave him.
Is there anything that can be done or is it wipe and install fresh
time?

It's telling me that the XP home I have on my PC is newer then the XP Pro I am
trying to load. What I Have is XP Pro 2002 and XP Home with service pack 2.
It say I can load it but will lose all my files. What should I do?
Thanks

I have a number of laptops I need to riprep, the problem is they need
windows activation afterwards and so do subsequent ris'd laptops. I
have a volume license disk that I could use but i need the software
that comes with the laptop eg dvdplayer etc.. The vendor of the laptop

I'm trying to deploy WinXP Pro using RIS onto my SN85G4v2. I've got a
working RIS server and have deployed OSs to other machines, however
when attempting to run an installation on my shuttle I don't get very
far.