I have a HP Pavilion comp. original drive is partition for c drive and d
drive.  D drive is for the HP recovery program.  the computer was already
loaded with Windows XP Home ed.  so I dont have a cd.  I have installed a
second hard drive G into my computer and formated for files ...

I reformatted my harddrive with the intent of a clean install.  All went well
with that until product activation.  My product key was declared 'invalid'
despite several reinstallings.  I tried MS's activation line, who would
forward me to tech support, who would then forward me ...

Can we install Windows XP on Flash Drive, if yes than does Microsoft support
it.
One of my customer wants to install Windows XP on a Flash drive. I searched
on the Microsoft Website but didn't find the answer. i would appreciate if

How do I change the default profile so that new limited use accounts
have the association I want?
Background:
Using WinXP SP2, have several accounts, some admin, some limited use.

We are a small company so we have no power to dictate Dell, HP or our
whitebox vendor to hold harware configs for us so we have to get what we get
at the time.  I have been purchasing whiteboxes for the past couple of years
regularly so I have quite a few configs.

My company has purchased dozens of pc's over the years and right now we have
30 or so that run Windows XP. They are all HP's and came with XP Pro and
restore CD's along with Windows CD's. For the most part the restore CD's suit
our needs fine for imaging and then we customize ...

Trying to slipstream KB888111 (High Definition Audio class driver) into a
windows XP sp2 unattended installation with the /integrate switch.
kb888111xpsp2.exe tells me eveything is OK...
When starting an installation, the setup complains: "Cannot copy hdaudio.inf"

I have the same computer and i had to have it repaired and they had to erase
all my files. Starting over but it seems all,maybe all wont reinstall.why or
how do i fix this.

I joint a new organization that has about 40-50 clone PCs just purchase. My
task is to set up a server and keet the workstation connected. I am trying
to find a way to quickly roll out the Windows XP to each workstations (they
come with any OS). I have all the license here (for ...

Hi, I found a topic on this EXACT issue shortly ago but it was ended or
closed without much closure to the problem.  To refresh on the issue,
this is what happened.
I chose to format do a fresh install of xp pro.  During the copying

My computer is switching from Macs to PC's.  We purchased about 150 HP
desktops, laptops, and servers for the company.  I want to setup one
of the desktops, laptops, and servers and image the drive after using
SysPrep so I can easily copy the image over to the over computers.  I

I can’t get my hp dvd writer / cd-writer combo (i.e. hp dvd writer 400c),
which is my dvd/cd burner, to recognize any blank or otherwise dvd or cd.  
Since I’ve tried just about everything to get my Windows XP Home Edition,
using Nero 6, PowerISO, and DivX Player to watch and ...

I am going to retire old Dell 8100 with 384 MB and a sick hard drive.
The machine was originally Windows ME
and was upgraded to XP Home (Retail).
How do I "de-register the Dell?

Hi Installation Experts
I am planning to buy a new motherboard with advanced Sata controllers
replacing my existing Gigabyte board which has two Raptor 145 GB SATA II
disks but does not support advanced SATA

I'm an XP newbie and I installed the home edition sp2 a few days ago on a 64
bit
system (athlon 64 X2 3800+ 1GB RAM 250 GB disk). All went smoothly.
Now the problem: a lot of packages that I download fail during installing.