I took over my daughter's computer and changed her user account to my name -
"Jorge".  It is an Administrator account.  There are two other accounts -
guest and asp.net. In "Documents and Settings", there are four folders -
Administrator, All Users, Daddy and Owner.  "Daddy" was ...

I'm fixing a derelict Gateway.  I'm using the MSDN XP Home iso to reinstall
the operating system.  I kind of expected it to pickup the product key from
the hardware but I had to key in what was on the tag.  Installation calls it
invalid.

I have a corrupted XP Home system on my primary drive which I am currently
limping on. What I like to do is create a clean copy of XP home on my USB
external drive. I have read a lot about creating a dual boot environment BUT
I honestly have to admit I am confused? Can I create a ...

any one know how to by pass the computer account creation by ris ??
Thanks for your help

I built a custom workstation and I am having issues with the motherboard and
memory causing BSOD errors with grater than 6GB of memory.  In any case, I
would like to purchase a new motherboard while keeping the current memory
and processor, hard drive, and etc, but need ...

I have a bluetooth device that I can connect to via the Bluetooth
Information Exchanger. Using the File Transfer option in there I can access
the file system of my bluetooth device from the Windows Explorer.
However, I would really like to access the filesystem of my bluetooth ...

I have setup several users with Roam Profiles including myself.  I am a
Domain Admin and the others are just Power users on their local machines and
Domain Users for the network.
I have a problem where my profile does not update correctly.  Occasionally I

I have been trying to access the repair console in XP home. I get to the
point where it asks for my password, I had never set a password  I tried to
leave it blank and it came up as invaled password so I tried to get in by
typing my user password and it will not accept it.All I ...

I am repairing a customer's bespoke PC that had data corruption. I don't
know who
the manufacturer is. The XP licence sticker is on the case. The XP install CD
turned out to be damaged so I am using a CD from another system. I have read

I'm trying to install the mass storage drivers of my Intel/LSI Raid card
using WinPE.  I followed the instructions in the documentation and on the
Microsoft website but they are not working.  It keeps telling me it can't
find the driver.  Here is a nutshell of what I have:

Hi, I just bought a new desktop cpu that came loaded with Vista Home. I tried
loading XP Professional (clean install) as soon as I plugged the new cpu in.
However, it won't install. It sets up a partition, and loads some files,
then it simply reboots, and has you repeat the setup ...

I have quite a number of system that I need to upgrade to SP2.  Although
deployment via SMS or SUS would make sense I don't have those resources
readily available.  I have been using Remote Desktop (and/or DameWare) to run
the WindowsXP-KB835935-SP2-ENU.exe patch locally on each ...

Hi, I have a computer that has windows xp installed.  It has an internal
wireless card, but its not installed.  I don't have the installation CDs or
anything.  Does anyone know how i can install the internal wireless card?
Thanks for your help.

I am doing a new install of XP Pro. on a new system.  Going smooth until it
gets to checking the screen resoultion part.  The window on the black screen
states "To improve the appearance of visual elements, Windows will
automatically adjust your screen resoultion."  An "ok" ...

About 6 months ago I upgraded a Netbook with Windows XP home to slipstreamed
Windows XP professional. During the slipstreaming process a number of elemnts
were removed including Keyboard layouts and text Input profilesfor a number
of languages which were not deemed applicable (in ...