I have just installed window XP SP 2 to my new PC, everything goes fine, but
when I try to run IE , window will automatically restart. What should I do ?

To make a long story short, I had to reformat my hard drive this past weekend
and reinstall a clean copy of Windows XP Pro. Fortunately, I didn't lose any
files as I backup frequently.
However, after Windows XP was installed, I found that my drive was now

My action pack subscription for XP Pro has expired so I purchased MCE to
convert the system for Media Center activities. Are there any issues with
installing MCE over Pro so that the current applications will be retained?
Will the upgrade install even work or am I forced into a ...

my keyboard is a uk one, but the charachters come out as if it were a US
keyboard, and i need to type a pound sign ito a password feild, but cannot,
and pasting has been disabled in the feild (plus it's rrrreally annoying).
i would be really gratefull if someone could tell me how ...

I have 2 hard disks and have 98 installed on one.  I get xp installed on the
other and it shuts down installation and gives me an error message.  I have a
promise controller.   Is this my problem?   How do I get xp to complete
installation.  The dual boot ini file is there ...

We've sold 30 older computers to our employees and need to format &
reinstall Windows before sending them out.
I'll be using the newest OEM CD I have, which includes SP2. But there's
still about 45 minutes of Windows updates to be done with multiple reboots.

trying to install XP. getting the following error message. someone help.
setup cannot load the keyboard layout file KBDUS.DLL
Setup cannot continue. Shutdown or restart your computer.

I just want to make sure I have this straight.
I have a Windows 98 SE upgrade disk. That means I can purchase and install
the upgrade version of Windows XP Home, correct?

So, I allowed an old roommate to convince me to try Linux on my system. And,
well, I'm not ready for it.
So, now I just want to get my computer back and I'm hittin loads of speed
bumps.

New build w/Abit AN8 Ultra mb. Using 2 seagate 80 MB SATAII HD. Bios set up
for a Raid 0 in the bios w/32bit stripe. The bios sees and accepts the raid
array, status OK. When I attempt to load XP Pro using the F6 function to load
the raid drivers, it comes up missing or unable to ...

I have just upgraded a laptop from Windows 2000 Service Pack 4 to Windows XP
Service Pack 2 and since doing so I cannot get access to WMI data.  I've also
noted the following symptoms:
- Can't see any Network Connections in the Network Connections folder.

Want to perform install on 2nd drive as a 'just-in-case'. Ideally would like
option to choose between drives for boot. Can I do the install without any
hardware removal of the primary (current boot) drive?  Can the system be made
bootable to either drive by selection?

I am installing windows xp professional to a new hard drive. My new hd is
250Ghz which my computer reconizes as being that. But when I went to set up
windows xp and create a new partition, windows would only let me partition
127.98ghz (97.65 ghz in drive c: and 30.33ghz in drive ...

I recently had to repair XP Home on my PC, I am now trying to install SP2
but keep getting an error of:
"Setup cannot copy the file wmplayer.chm" (Where wmplayer.chm varies with
each time I try and install SP2)

I have seen many threads on Mail Merge and this question does not request
"how to" for Excel database and Word.  I want to use the exact same function
in Excel and get the same results if you were inputing data from excel to
word.