I have a laptop running XP Home.  I want to install another copy of XP Home
on the laptop for gaming--my laptop has all this stuff running in the
background that affects performance and it would be nice to having a clean
install of Windows for this purpose.

I am Pretty new to how a computer works, I know how to operate one, but the
technical stuff always gave me a head-ache. Anyway, my brother built me this
computer and he recently was deployed to Iraq, so that has left me in a
little jam. I recently had my system crash, and when I ...

I'm building an image to be used across 50 identical laptops. I've installed
all the required software/applications while logged into the image computer
as Admin. However, when I log in as a user very few of these applications are
available to the user.

Can XP Pro be run in 32 bit mode? I am having trouble finding drivers for
some of my devices

I've got an XP pro SP1 laptop that won't boot.  Error msg reads something
like bad file c:\windows\system32\config\SYSTEM.  I was able to copy in
system, system.log, & system.sav from another identical laptop make/model
using the windows repair console.  The system now starts up, ...

I'm using a slipstreamed version of Windows XP Professional SP2 and when I
boot from CD, there's no R option available to perform a repair install.  If
I use the original Windows XP cd-rom with no service packs on it, there's a
Repair option available.  

About 2 years ago we bought a computer for my son.  Over time he upgraded the
video card and memory and replaced the case with a neon colored case.  A few
months ago he gave it to his brother.  He later got a virus and had to
re-install windows XP.  He inserted the XP ...

if i delete corrupt system files, can i re-install wildows and will that fix
the problem?

I have a verision of WIN XP home edition with service pak 2 on my computer
and
the orignal win xp sp2 disk was distroyed. I have the product key and oem
numbers but I need a

I'm trying to join a worksation into a domain but the Network ID tab is
greyed out in My Computer> Properties> Computer Name. I tried changing the
Local Security Policies to allow the change, but it was still greyed out,
even after the change.

I have windows 98 on my IBM computer. I ran a virus scanner that found no
viruses. I tried to install windows xp, and it tells me I have some corrupt
files and it cant install certain files. how do I find these corrupt files.?
and instead of upgrading, should I do a coplete set-up? ...

We are moving to ThinkPads and I have started playing with imaging
them.  I am unable to create an image that takes the hidden partition
and adds it to the image.
When I restore the image on the same laptop, the hidden parition

What are the chances of recovering data from a hard drive in an HP
compaq nc6230 laptop after receiving "system disk error, please insert
CD and press any key"  The OS is XP Pro.
I ran the Hard drive utility tool from the BIOS to check that the hard

I've started playing with RIS - built an install point etc. ok, got a bunch
of machines with PXE boot roms. They connect fine, start installing windows
(XP) ... but chronically slowly. Even the "Please wait while setup inspects
your hardware configuration" is slow. Network ...

Whoops!  I inititated an upgrade from W2K to XP by double clicking on
winnt32.
I was asked for the product key.  I'm planning on upgrading several more
computers when I've done one comfortable and so I didn't want to have to