I am having serious praoblems validating Windows in order to download a media
player codec. It was suggested that I uninstall Explorer 7 which I did but
this has not helped and now I can't reinstall EX7. I do not get the ActiveX
window when I try to validate my version of Windows ...

I'm running into a problem with XP Home on our volunteer center's PC's. The
Users and Groups utility with XP Home only allows "Administrator" and
"Limited User". I don't want to have our students logging in with
"Administrator" rights. But the "Limited User" profile won't allow ...

Purchased and loaded OEM Copy of XP Pro on employee's laptop. Thought I had
authenticated, actaully maybe the authentication never worked. Employee let
30-day period expire. Now I cannot get past login screen to authenticate,
stays in a loop. Says I must authenticate, I click Yes ...

I have XP Pro SP 2 and Outlook 2002 SP 3 on my current C Drive.  I want do
Clean install XP Pro SP 2 and Outlook 2003 on a different drive then be able
to boot from either to use the Files and Settings Wizard to import my current
settings to the new installation.  Can someone ...

I am using RIS server to install Windows XP SP2.  I am also using Group
Policies to deploy a bunch of apps.  Most of the apps install automatically
on the boot after install completes however a couple don't install until
after the first reboot (and policy refresh).

i bought new hdd with 500 GB capacity (I hope it will last long) and wanted
to install my XP on it. But after the first phase of install, after the pc
rebooted, the drive refused to run. On screen was only this: "cannot load
operating system". I treid lot of workarounds even ...

How can I initiate WMI query from commandline in PE?  If I type wmic in XP I
get access to WMI query via command lines...how can I do the same in WinPE
2.0?

We're upgrading several PCs from 2K to XP-SP2 - however after the upgrade
finishes, windows updates will not install - they are downloaded and waiting,
but each and every one fails installation.  I've tried clearing out the
stopping the automatic update service and clearing out ...

I have 2 operating systems. XP Home and W2K.  I wish to remove W2K.
Can this be done without doing a hard drive format?  If so how, if not
that is cool too, I want a clean system with only 1 OS,
Thanks in advance for your help!

I have many XP Pro workstations with single hard drive partitioned as C: and
H:. C: gets all OS components, the bloated $NTUnInstall collection, etc. H:
gets most of the installed apps (Office Suite, Adobe, alt browsers, etc). C:
drive at 8 Gb was a good call 3 years ago; lots of ...

My system is running very slowly, and I have decided to reinstall XP Home.  I
have the disc, but when I run setup it kicks out and tells me that the disc
cannot reinstall XP because it is a different version.
I assume this is because I updated the original XP to SP4, and now the

After reviewing many posts here I'm guessing I'll have to temporarily connect
a floppy drive to to setup MCE on a new box with a RAID setup in the BIOS.
(?) I'm not finding any suggestions of putting the drivers on a CD to provide
the install routine when prompted.

I have lost the recycle bin icon for my desktop.  I have tried all the
solutions provided in the MS KB to no avail.  I have tried Kelly's solution
and all the others listed in Google but still no recycle icon for the
desktop. It is not in the unused icons section. What else can I ...

I have two hard drives in my computer, one designated C: and the other E:.
Recently, due to a virus problem, I had to reinstall windows on my computer.
Now I have windows on both hard drives. How do I determine which drive has
the "working" copy of windows and which one I can ...

Can I use FaSTW to transfer data(and settings) from an old workgroup PC to a
new one joined to a domain with a different username? Will it tranfer all
Outlook settings(POP3 account saved passwords, archiving settings etc.)?
Did anyone try it?