When attempting to install "MSXML" using the MSXML 4.0 SP2 Parser & SDK setup
wizard I receive the following - An error occured during the installation of
assembly component: {303994BA-6487-47AE-AF1D-7AF6088EEBDB}  
HRESULT:0x80070002.

Somehow, the login I've been using for the past year was deleted from my XP
Pro laptop. The user folder and all the settings are still there, but there
is no login associated with it.
How can I either:

I understand that I cannot create a new partition with Windows XP without
destroying what I already have in place or without purchasing 3rd party
software.  This is my scenario ... My system came with everything
preinstalled, one hd, and one basic/primary partition for everything ...

How do I change the size and/or location of windows/programs so that when I
open them they are where I want and the size I want?  (Do I have to hit
"maximize" or manually shrink/move everytime?)
Can I have a default for all such windows?  

I have a problem when starting windows .
Up to now after the windows Logo appeared the screen changed to black and
immediatly showed the mouse curser
in the middle of the black window and within a couple of seconds windows

A friends Compaq EVO computer had a bad hard drive.  The computer was running
XP Home. Replaced the drive with a used one, and used the friends Compaq
restore CD to reinstall the OS.  It did a complete format and then installed
(Horrors) ME !! I found the proper XP Home OEM and ...

I have a laptop with XP Pro at work.  When you boot into the Bios, I am able
to re-image the hard drive back to day one with all the company stuff on it.  
I have since added a bunch of stuff and would like to update that image.  Is
there a way to do that or am I better using ...

I keep getting error messages that say I have an invalid product key.  One
suggested that the key is on a label on the back of the computer.  I now
have the key from the label, but can't find where to put it.  Both on the
Microsoft site and on my computer, I can't find where I ...

Can someone please help me ? When I try to download it,a pop-up says that an
internal error occured.It tells me to go to directx.log file , and so I did.
But it doesn`t make sense.How can I successfully download DirectX?
The file says:

I need to update an older HP desktop computer.
The Operating System is Windows XP Pro without any service packs.  Microsoft
update has given me a such a huge list of updates needed, from 2002 -
present, its going to take forever.

I have a new computer on which I try to install XP. When the installation
comes to the stage where It says "Setup is loading files (Windows NT
Filesystem (NTFS))" the computer just shuts down and restarts? What should I
do?

I am looking to distribute pre-configured XP systems to distributors of my
software. The configuration and implementation of the software is completed
by my department and completely QA'ed.
For in-house use, we consume a license of MS-XP for each virtual host. But

I have been trying to add a computer with a "clean" XP SP2 installation to an
SBS 2003 domain.  It seems that the configuration completes on the server but
the workstation returns an error that it cannot find the domain controller.  
What leads me to believe that the server side ...

I just had to do a clean install, which necessitated reinstalling all
applications.  While it was time-consuming, my PC is once again as peppy as
it was when it was new.  I was wondering if it makes sense to install Windows
XP in a separate partition from the applications and ...

Have an OEM version of XP with SR-1 on disc. Came with motherboard, HD and
other parts of PC I built myself. I want to format and reinstall XP because
my system is running slowly -- my registry must be pretty clogged after
almost 3 years of fiddling around.