I have a Sony stick reader/floppy drive that I have had for the past 4
years (MSFD-20U). I recently purchased a new computer with XP and want
to use the reader. Problem is, Windows keeps automatically installing
its own floppy driver and wont let me use the CD from Sony that has the

I have a dell desktop with XP Home pre-installed. I'd like to use XP Pro
instead to take advantage of fully-featured Remote Desktop. Is it possible to
upgrade to XP Pro without buying the full $300 license?

Hello everybody, I've been having this problem for a few weeks now and i
can't seem to find a cure for it.
On my pc that I use for "testing stuff" I had 1 HD with 2 partitions (c:
WinServer2k3 - d: XPPro) i uninstalled server2k3 I've installed Ubuntu Linux

I encountered this error when trying to remove MS Office 2000 Premium under
WIndows XP:
Error 1402. Could not open key:
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Setup\OptionalComponents\MAPI

I am trying to install Windows XP Home on a newly built computerfrom OEM
disc. CD set as first boot in bios and receiving the following:-
line 9598 of .inf file\i386\txtsetup.sif is invalid
or it may go to blue screen wth windows setup and hang, with no on screen

i will be getting my first note book in a week and i have cable and i
purchased a broadband wifi with a firewall in it just wandering what are all
the thing that are importand that i need to know with my notebook laptop or
what ever u call it everything i need to know such as ...

Quick:
You cannot upgrade a Compaq desktop using a retail XP Pro upgrade.  You
have 2 options:
Purchase the XP Upgrade from HP $199, part number is : PV768A#ABA

Hey People,
Can anyone tell me if it is possible to launch a linux based ISO via RIS?
Can anyone give guidance or provide a useful site?
Many thanks,

The hard disk on my PC consists of a 20 GB primary partition and the rest is
logical.  Windows XP came preinstalled on my 20 GB primary partition.  My aim
is to dual boot XP with Windows Vista Beta 2.  I want to create another
separate primary partition for Vista Beta 2 and a ...

Is it in anyway possible to disable hibernate through a logon script?
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I am running Windows XP Service Pack 2 and have two user accounts... mine
(administrator) and guest (enabled).
Problem I'm experiencing is that the guest account does not show any of the
network connections (comes up as "empty") and, as a result, guests must use

I just went to the store and purchased the upgrade version of Professional.
The reason I did is because I got a copy of Pro from a friend and it keeps
telling me that the copy on my computer is not genuine. I was wondering if I
can do a clean install from an upgrade disk or do I ...

what steps would be involved in setting up a windows xp pro machine to have
the ablility to be in a 2nd language?
thanks
Scott

My HD on my 6 yr old compaq started making a bad, clacking noise on startup,
and then would hang my puter, so I bought a new HD.  I also bought windows
xp, home edition.  upon attempting to install windows xp I get the message...
setup could not find a previous version of windows ...

I just installed windows xp home onto my hard drive, but accidently forgot to
also select the Chinese simplified keyboard mode during installation. Is
there any way to get the Chinese simplified keyboard mode after installation
of Windows XP Home, besides having to re-installing ...