I just recently started with a company that has over 500 systems. They
configure one dell system with the required company software then image
that system to the remaining ones with out installing our volume copy
license of XP pro. So we have 500 systems with the same OEM license as

During a recent trouble shooting incident in which I ended up with two valid
and working versions of Windows XP on a Dell Workstation on two different
Partitions (C and D).  I now need to remove the OS on the partition second
partition (D).  I have read several posts about ...

Is it possible to change the name of a windows system folder in documents
and settings directory. When we set up the new computer it was called
something that should be changed. When I try to rename it I get a message
that states, '..........is a Windows system folder and is ...

How corruption free is XP? I clicked on a link to download a newspaper,
the computer did its download thing which didn't work. Do you think XP
might start crashing?
Also, how can I maintain the XP OS?

I have 2 IDE hard drives and now I want to add a 250GB Seagate SATA
drive and make this my boot drive with a fresh windows install and use
my older IDE drives as additional storage. In the past week I have been
unable to setup xp on that sata. I boot pc from windows xp home cd, ...

I am planning on migrating my Windows XP Home computer to new hardware.
I'm trying to preserve all settings and avoid paying for another copy
of XP.  I've read some techniques on how to do this but I'm not clear
on a few things.  My old (and still in service) computer is a Dell

Whenever I try to upgrade to Pro with SP2 from Home with SP1 I get an error
saying the installer cannot copy the file: akaasz7q.sys.  Anyone know where
to get this file or what I should do?

I cannot get IE 6 to launch. If you double click on the shortcut it will
begin to launch then just close down. I've run SFC and marked IE 6 as
uninstalled in the registry and reinstalled it. Also, I cannot launch the
Norton Anti-Virus or the AOL browser. I beleive one of the IE 6 ...

I have a non OEM windows professional disk pre service packs and noticed at
first purchase that there was an internal flaw in the outer edge of the disk.
Over time it seems to have grown to the point that it is causing errors. Can
a backup or new copy be gotten from microsoft to ...

I am trying to load Windows XP Pro onto a Dell Optiplex GX-60 (Celeron) PC.
The unit has 512MB of RAM and a 1.7GHz Celeron CPU.  The blue screen portion
of the XP file load is really slow.  It is sitting at 39% after four hours
of runnning!  Oy!

I have 2 IDE hard drives and now I want to add a 250GB Seagate SATA
drive and make this my boot drive with a fresh windows install and use
my older IDE drives as additional storage. In the past week I have been
unable to setup xp on that sata. I boot pc from windows xp home cd, ...

I am looking for the cleanest way to remove or if not possible disable all
versions & forms of Windows messanger, MSN messanger, Windows Live messanger
(latest) using GPOs & or .adm tools or registry settings deployed by GPO. I
have seen some scripts that will remove a single ...

I am sorry that this is a really long post!!! (I get carried away with words,
and my little brother says this is my Bibliography of my life.)
Harddrive - Maxtor 120 GB (Diamond Max Plus, Ultra Series)
ABIT VT7 Motherboard

Currently using Windows XP Home Edition SP1.
Launched update to SP2 at Microsoft web site.
After about 1.5 hours, I see this message:
"Windows Service Pack Setup has encountered a problem and needs to close..."

We are reviewing our base image design and I am interested in what others
are doing. We have 11,000+ desktops used over 585 sites and want to
simplify!
Our thinking is one base image with XPsp2 and our AV software. Everything