Just wondering if it is at all possible to script the disabling of File and
Print Sharing into either the Unattend.txt or sysprep.inf.
Not only this but also the provider order!
Thanks,

xp moved to p4 mother board from p3 motherboard ok or not $
Will Bill Gates let me install xp again when I upgrade to a p4
motherboard with new memory and hard drive in the same old case?
thanks

Though the Professional version of XP can perform a redirect to a moved
file/directory (such as "My Documents"), I am not clear if this feature is
possible in the "Home Edition" version.  To be honest, I haven't tried (I was
in the middle of loading software on the computer when ...

Hi! I had a Portuguese version of Windows XP and last night I was
installing the English version. It said it would have to do a full
installation, like, deleting all the files on my computer and stuff...
During the installation I lost power here at my house and the computer

Power failed, system crashed. Upon reboot, My Computer does not read my two
DVD drives. Device Manager lists them under hardware, but right-clicking on
one of the drives to see properties, a message appears saying "Windows cannot
load the device driver for this hardware. Driver ...

During installation the system complains that files could not be copied.
These file names are at random. Even if I skip the file, the installation or
setup hangs at the last part of the installation. Sometimes during
installation process the system crashes. If the installation ...

All our IBM PCs come with OEM version opf the XP License.
From time to time, we need to create a new image of the PCs.
How do I activate (re-enter / activate) the individual license for each
PC since during the build, I only used and activated the one OEM

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4600c that I can put the HD into, but it won't go past the progress bar.  
I've double/triple checked the BIOS settings and still the OS would not come
up.  Since this machine has no floppy, I attempted a ...

Am I losing my mind?  I downloaded MSN Search Toolbar this morning, to
install it (I used to use it, and liked it, on a different computer, with a
different installation).
When I tried to install it, it tells me there's a more current version

The upgrade to XP Pro failed with the error:
Setup can not set the required Windows XP configuration information. This
indicates an internal setup error. Contact your system administrator.
It let's me retry, copies the install files again but gets stuck at the same

When opening MS Office and/or One Note, a message from installer says it's
trying to install requested feature. This started after a MS Update to
Windows XP Home. When you cancel, it terminates the program I'm trying to
open with Error Code 1706.

I tried to uninstall SP2 using Add or Remove Programs and then reinstall it
as a suggested remedy for a C# Express installation problem.  The uninstall
hangs on the last step and I have to use Task Manager to kill the task. I
found a KB article that discusses other methods of ...

Do I have this right?  When upgrading from Windows 9x and ME to XP, the XP
system directory ends up being called Windows.  But when upgrading from NT4
or W2K, the system directory ends up being called Winnt.
And, if this is the case, can I somehow rename the system directory from

I tried to install a software from a cd-rom and was asked to do so from my
admin account.
After installation the program shows in start menu and on the desktop as
shortcat, I can open it from either location but when I log in a limited

I have a laptop system that came pre-installed with Win XP and I now want to
do a clean re-install as part of 'spring clean' to resolve a few niggling
problems. Unfortunately the machine did not come with an installation disk
but I do have the product key on a sticker on the base ...