I purchased WIN 98SE Full Version, WIN ME & XP from an honest private party
on ebay.  I was able to install & register both 98SE and ME but the seller
only had the product id # for XP and not the CD Key code.  It IS a genuine
copy (due to the hologram on the cd).  How do I find ...

The situation I've got is 2 machines which came preinstalled with Windows XP
by the manufacturer.
One machine I've had to replace the motherboard, and so reinstall XP Home on
it - the OEM sticker is for XP Home (no service packs) and the system restore

Hey Everyone,
I am trying to pull an image from my 2003 RIS server and I am getting an
error saying there is not enough disk space on the hard drive.  Now, the
image is only 4 GB and the drive is 20GB.  The drive is recognized in BIOS.  

I cant seem to get into Safemode or normal mode the system just keeps
rebooting with out fully loading. I get as far as the windows XP screen then
the PC restarts over again. It is a continuous loop. Can anyone offer any
seggestions on why this is happening or what would cause it

Can somebody tell me how to empty your "recently opened files", which can be
found (at the top right side) when pressing "start"?

I have just installed Windows XP Pro with SP2 and all of the Microsoft
Updates for Windows XP and Office 2003.  When choosing the option to shutdown
my computer, my computer will go through the process of shutting down but
when it gets to the point to physically shut the computer ...

I've put a new Asus motherboard into my system and performed an 'in place'
instal of XP Pro.  I added SP2 and all other updates and loaded the drivers
from the software CD that came with the motherboard.  In the BIOS setup I
enabled 'onboard SiS USB2.0' and set the USB controller ...

Hi I'm thinking of reformating my computer but I cant find my xp cd
If I reformat and install using my friends xp cd and my own cdkey would it
work??
Is there anyway around having to reinstall xp and still format

Hi all.  Several years ago I bought two copies of XP Home w/SP1 for computers
that I built for myself and my wife.  Over the past weekend I had to reload
both machines for various reasons.  I could only find one of the CDs, and one
of the product keys, so I went ahead and used ...

I installed a knew hard drive in my computer and had problems transferring
previous install of windows so I decided to reinstall windows. However when I
start my computer with the cd in it begins to boot from the cd and gets to
where it says windows is checking the hardware and ...

My support contract people are slow getting me this hotfix, any chance I
could get it from someone in here?

What is the cheapest (legal) way to do either of the following?
(a) Upgrade Windows XP Home to Windows XP Professional?
or
(b) Install Remote Desktop Access onto a Windows XP Home machine?

I'd like to create an image of Windows XP pro for several PC's. The PC's
currently have alicensed OEM version of Win XP pro preloaded. When I have
created an image in the past using sysprep, For some reason, I have to
activate Win XP pro from the image of an oem system. Since the ...

 I have a friend with a laptop (Gateway) and he would like to know if there
is a way to disable the touch pad when he's using the mouse ??  He ends up
touching the pad by accident and causing problem executions.
 We live in different states, so I can't access his PC.  It's running ...

I am the only user of my home pc. Hence I am the Administrator.
When I switch on the pc I am automatically logged on as Administrator (no
password), with no other accounts (except "Guest") showing.
However, I am getting confused whether this is correct (specifically in