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Non-techie here.  I finally bit the bullet and decided to upgrade from
Windows 98 to XP and did the install last night.  Once done, everything
seemed to work perfectly - I could access the internet, all my programs,
files, etc.  The computer needed to reboot to complete work I ...

I am in need of major help.  I have reformatted before, and I have built
computers before, but I have done tons of things to this and cannot get it to
work.  I can reformat my partition, and whenever it starts copying the files,
it says that windows couldn't copy certain files, ...

What is the best way to add a domain account to the local admin group after
sysprep runs. I want to automate the process if I can
Thanks,
Jeff

i'm doing a clean XP install w/a blanked hdd. i like to break my p.c. just to
fix it so i reinstall quite often. never had problems till 1 night it froze.
i reboot and get a NTFS.SYS is damaged and so on. ever since then XP never
makes it beyond the hardware scan or F2 option. i ...

I installed WinXP on my Win2K Pro laptop.  I had the computer on, and running
on my profile when I inserted the insall disk.  I chose the upgrade option,
as my installation fit the requirements.
Once I was done, the computer came on with my wifes profile, but mine was

I have installed a new disk and copied the smaller old disk to it.  The size
of the new disk is 160 GB the old 40 GB.  The patition has remained ar 40GB
on the new disk and I would like the new disk to hold one partition of 160
GB.  Can this be done under Windows XP (HOME).  ...

My OS (XP Home) got corrupt and I tried repairing it. In order to save all my
doc's and stuff I ended up putting a new install of XP on E: drive. My PC is
working okay but I want ot get things back to normal. Is there a way I can
move (sic) the Windows Folder (OS) back to C: ...

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I have Windows XP Office Edition on my home computer.  I have always been
able to open pictures in Paint but now all of sudden I am not given that
option in my OPEN WITH pick list and I can't find it amongst my program
files.  Is there any way I can get it back??????

I was trying to do a slipsteamed version of xp using my OEM CD version of xp
that was provided by Gateway. When the integration was to start, I got an
error something like "unable to integrate due to files already containing
integrated updates". Only later to find in the ...

My machine is IBM Desktop Model A50 Series Type 8175-SHQ
It was working fine earlier. Suddenly one day when I am Powering ON the
System, Message Start windows in safe mode, Start Windows in Network Mode,
Start window with Dos Prompt, Start Windows with last Known settings, Start

I presently have Windows XP SP2 installed on a MacBook Pro using Apple's
BootCamp.  I would like to delete the WinXP partition I've created, install
Parallels Desktop and re-install the same copy of Windows XP SP2 using
Parallels.  How do I go about cancelling the XP ...

Going to windows directory / system 32 /  restore and starting rstrui file
nothing is shown on the screen just blank system restore on top of the
screen menu. How can this be solved ?
Thanks for the help.

I just installed IE 7.0 and after I re-booted, for some reason, I no longer
have my taskbar and start menu.  I have gone into the control panel to try to
activate it but when I launch that icon, nothing happens.  Does anyone have
any idea how I can restore this?