Had some time to kill and wanted to experiment w/ which CD/key
combos work and don't work, prior to being in a rush to finish a
given repair job.  In addition to the BIOS locked/SLP wrinkle, I
also have confirmed something else.  In fact, bef I wrote this,

Hey there! My Time pc froze and so I had to switch it off at the mains. Upon
switching it on I received an error message when logging on to my desktop. I
have windows XP. The message reads as follows:
Nv.Vid.exe - No disk

  This all started because I was having problems installing Money 2006
Deluxe. After working with MS and Dell support here is what I've done and
where I stand...
  MS and Dell said I couldn't install Money 2006 Deluxe because of security

I recently ordered XP Pro from MSDNAA and installed it on my (aging...) HP
Pavilion.  While attempting a clean install, I went to delete the recovery
partition which was hidden as well as the C:\ partition but couldn't do so
with the C:\ drive (apparently there were some setup ...

hi. i have windows xp and bought it from my local shop. i have the genuine
number but i don't have the disk because it snapped. is there any way of
getting a replacement or what can i do?? please help

I'm looking for some reference material in regards to windows xp for an
example :
Advanced Windows NT
Jeffrey Richter; Microsoft Press.  1994.

My comp have recently started to freeze and software stop responding. I have
checked for viruses and spyware but I'm clean. Often when I start IE6 it
freezes and the CPU starts to run on high temp, when I check my process
activity it runs opun 90%.

I've just bought XP Pro upgrade for XP Home. It gets to copying system files
then comes up with an error that it cant read or write to drive C, suggests I
disable virus program which I do along with all the other security features
but it still wont install and gives the same ...

I am trying to upgrade with a SATA drive on my ASUS P4PE mb system and
have extracted the Promise drivers onto a floppy, and attempted to load
them using F6 command.  When I do that, I receive a message  that says
The file textsetup.oem could not be found.  Press any key to ...

I have used WipeDrive on a hard drive in a system that previously had the
same Operating System installed that I am attempting to re-install now.
My problem is that I continue to get an error "Stop:0x0000006F" along with a
SESSION3_INITIALIED_FAILED error message displayed on the ...

I have successfully (after a number of glitches) upgraded Win2K to XPPro
  today.
I have tried without success to do an update of files.  I have
downloaded some preliminary updates through Microsoft Update, including

I've just replaced a faulty hard drive in a second-hand laptop, which sadly
never came with it's XP Pro install CD-ROM.  On the underside of the laptop,
is the Certificate of Authority sticker, with the XP Pro Serial number. I
tried using this serial number with another XP Pro ...

The problem is this. On a network. Upgraded from NT to XPsp2. Used old
profile - desktop admin.
When XP startmenu (simple) is used, clicking on the All Programs does not
pop up all the rest of the programs (they are there, in the right place).

I have just upgraded my Win2K to XP moments ago.  It went through the
whole cycle down to 0 seconds, rebooted, and then I ended up at a black
and white screen that apologizes for the inconvenience, but Windows did
not start successfully (rather obviously, I might say!)

It's been a while since I've set a new machine from Dell. I did
yesterday and *wow* what a boatload of crap.
Is there wany checklist for what can be uninstalled?  
FWIW, it'a laptop which means it's got WiFI stuff, too.