I installed XP pro with svc pk 1, not an upgrade, over a win2k system and
all is well.
Single user machine, no password etc needed, boots right to the desktop.
Installed svcpak 3, now it boots to a logon screen.  Enter gets it going

I have windows 2000 pro and I'm trying to upgade with windows Xp pro but I
keep on getting the following message: "Windows XP Setup does not support
upgrading from Microsoft Windows 2000 Pro to Microsoft Windows XP Pro. Setup
cannot continue". I don't know what to do so I will be ...

On 2 computers (Dell and IBM Thinkpad) running  Windows XP Pro Service Pack 3
I installed Nero 7 from a CD and after rebooting the computer I can not read
any more CDs but still able to read or write DVDs.
Then I uninstall Nero but the problem persist.

I am reinstalling XP Pro SP2 on a laptop that was repaired for a dead screen.
I wiped the hard drive and reinstalled the OS and drivers, in the same way I
did originally a couple of years ago.
1/ This time updates go to the point of asking to do Express or Custom

It seems that my current HD is about to retire. Before I completely loose
access to all data on it I want to get me a new drive. Is there a way I can
later transfer my downloaded Windows updates, IE 7 etc. to this new drive? It
would be terrible should I have to download those ...

Can the user use the WinXP 32bit installer disk to boot from, format the
drive and install the 32bit version on a 64-bit hardware?  Or that's not
recommended? If I understand correctly there will be no issues but he may
not see all his memory if it is 4GB or more correct?

Am trying to create an image of a Dell GX 755.  I am starting the build from
scratch and have told Windows which SATA drivers I want it to use but now I
am running into an issue where it is prompting me to insert the disk labeled
Intel Matrix Storage Manager Driver.  I have the ...

I keep an image of my XP for easy access. I needed to load XP onto a new HD I
purchased, since my MOBO was having issues with booting my SATA drive. For
whatever reason, I was having no luck getting the image back onto a CDROM. I
read somewhere to unpack the image to a folder and ...

cutting a long story short, is it possible to create a system that
dual boots two installations of XP?
ie at boot the option exists to boot to WinXP instance #1, or to WinXP
instance #2

I was trying to do a clean install of xp pro with a HD I let XP setup format
the disc and copy all of its setup files e.t.c.  When rebooting the pc, the
Hard drive does not boot up to continue with the install.  I've checked the
boot order of the BIOS e.t.c., but it is just stuck ...

Whenever I start IE or a web page I get this message
SECURITY INFO:  This page contains both secure and non secure items.
Do you want to display non-secure items ? Y N More Info
How can I get rid of this message ? It comes up all the time, gets a little

I have Windows XP Pro. Because I had a problem a few days ago I did a Repair
install from the Windows CD.
Everything works fine but there is a problem. I get the message that there
is a new update and no matter how many times I selected to install it, it

If a trojan/virus has removed my Desktop and Screen saver tabs from Desktop
properties, how can I get them back?
I am using XP64

A 6 year old machine all of a sudden discovered the CD Player for the first
time and won't mount it to due a corrupted driver. I plugged in an external
CD Player, same thing.
It is attempting to use the standard Microsoft driver v5.1.2535.0 from 2001.

I recently had to make a repair installation on my WinXP. Before the repair,
it was updated to SP2, but as I only had a Win CD with SP1, I used that one.
After the repair I had problems with network communication, so I ran repair
installation again. It seemed better at the time.