Hello!  And yes I know, I'm behind the game here, should have learned this
stuff years ago!  But I'm working with a couple of scripts that I'd like to
get working if at all possible.  The idea is logical - I'm using basic
scripting to connect to a SQL database (got that to work) ...

I am trying to install Windows XP Home Edition on a notebook, but setup
fails. Usually I get blank screen after selecteding "Press Enter to setup
Windows, Press R to repair". Sometimes it is a blue screen with error message:
PFN_LIST_CORRUPT Stop 0x0..04E (0x0..08F, 0x0..040D3, ...

I am asking to find out that when you try to do an install but use the
option to "Repair this Install" and it asks for the Admin. password, I am
fairly sure that I didn't ever use one on the initial install. So I just hit
the CR without entering any at all. But no go.

Well I am almost there with this!!
I have my sysprep.inf file in place and the windows install uses this no
problem.
What i need to do now though is get WDS to answer some of the initial

I have a win98 machine and a W2K machine. We would like to upgrade. The
machines both have the power to run XP Pro. Is XP like 2000 in respect to
upgrading? I was running 98SE, I stuck in my 2000 Full edition CD and it
upgraded for me. Will the full version of XP do that? Or do I ...

I had to replace my motherboard, cpu, memory and graphics card recently and
when I start my computer, I get a stop error. The error is 0x0000007B. I know
that it has to do with the boot drive. I've tried using the recovery option
using my XP CD with no luck. I've tried fixboot ...

My first attempt at a Master image was foiled by a Latitude D520 grabbing the
wrong chipset INF.  The master image was built from an Optiplex GX520 that
uses the 945G chipset.  The D520 uses the 945GM chipset, but for some reason
kept grabbing the 945.inf file for the desktops... ...

My dad's Toshiba laptop is about three years old, and as such has collected
an extreme level of trash on its drive. I brought up the topic of
reformatting, to clear the trash, as well as the viruses and spyware that are
probably sitting around. Since the drive will be clean, the ...

I've been trying to do a XP Home Edition repair install for a very long time
now. I've restarted it a lot of times but in the "Installing Windows" section
when it says setup will approximately complete in 25 mintues it starts
"copying files", I get this "copy error"

I've been going at this issue for almost two days now.  I recently had to
reformat and reload my wife's laptop in the hope to resolve some issues she
was having with it.  Everything reloads fine.  She's running Windows XP Home
Edition Sp1.  I launch Windows update configure it to ...

Installing XP SP2 on new HD - computer reboots to "step 1" (the very
beginning of the XP install process)
I have a virgin Windows XP SP2 disc (just rec'd replacement from Microsoft).
I am installing it onto a new 250GB Seagate HD. Regardless of what I do,

I'm trying to upgrade about 10 machines here at work to XP Pro (they
were bought by my predecessor with XP Home) and I'm trying not to
spend more money than necessary on the upgrade. I seem to recall that
you can use the full-install CD to perform an upgrade install

Once installed, is there a way to find the Product Key on the
computer?
Thx.
Fleming

I am getting a "STOP 0x0000007B" error message when I load Windows XP
Setup program into memory on a new Dell PC.  It is a Dimension E520
with Intel Pentium D Processor 915 with Dual Core Technology(2.8GHz,
800FSB), 2GB DDR2 SDRAM at 667MHz

I have an older Compaq laptop that I am trying to install XP Pro to.  I tried
to make a slipstreamed sp2 disc using my retail install disc, and it failed
due to missing files.  I loaded windows using my original disk, and it worked
fine.  Now when I try to download sp2 I get and ...