here's my problem, i burnt my XP Pro on a CD-R, and i just bought a new
laptop that has Home Edition. What i want to do is wipe it out and install XP
Pro, but when i come to boot the CD-R, it wont boot from the boot menu. Help
Please.

How do I connect the client machine via Internet to the remote desktop host
machine (running XP Pro), when it does not have a public IP (i.e. behind the
firewall with private IP,  DHCP assigned by the ISP server)?

My laptop is having issues and I am trying to re-install Windows XP.  I have
the XP disc that came with laptop, as well as the Vista disc that came with
my laptop (my laptop is supposed to be able to support either).  I would LIKE
to install XP and NOT vista.  

I need to "rebuild" my WinXP Pro system because a number of applications have
either stopped working properly or have stopped altogether ... plus my system
has gotten extremely slow. (I have tried addressing the various problems on
at a time and feel I'm spending too much time ...

I have just purchased a new PC with a 500 GB hard drive.  I would like to be
able to run (at least) three totally separate installations of Windows XP Pro
on this one PC.  I have just created a new 100 GB primary partion and
installed my first instance of XP Pro along with all ...

Error adding MisConfig - startup - new entry of something I need to startup;
nevermind what it is, just that I moved mouse over on the right hand side,
right clicked, saw new, went to String Value, went to type in new name and it
said I couldn't; plus, all the permissions are set ...

tNew hard drive, Boot from CD, Install appears to complete. Attempt to run
windows, ERROR. Windows cannot run, missing or corrupt "PSI" file. Attempt to
boot from CD to "repair" windows. Windows setup up freezes at "Windows Setup"
screen. Can not get past this to "repair" windows ...

I have a laptop on which I ran Windows 2000 for many years and was able to
select Stby, Restart or Shut Down from the "Start" menu. Now that I have
installed Windows XP the Restart and Shut Down options are still there but
the Stby option is greyed out. I know the machine has ...

Hello this is my first post. i just recently removed an hard drive fro
my girlfriends gateway laptop into my hp pavilion xh545. The at my loca
computer store said i would have to install windows home edition so th
hard drive would work but am having trouble locating a copy and a way ...

My network inventory software found 40+ PCs with the same XP Pro product key.
The product key is the Dell OEM key.  Every one of these PCs has an XP Pro
or Vista COA on the side.  
Am I supposed to be changing the OEM key to the COA key in Windows?  

Has anybody experimented with wireless PXE installations on windows XP? If
yes what is the procedure.
Thanks

I downloaded XP Pro SP3 from the Technet Plus Subscriber downloads and tried
to install it (perform an upgrade from XP MEDIA Center) but was stopped with
an "INVALID SERIAL NUMBER" error message. So I retrieved a new serial
number- Same result.

I got a new Dell with Vista 64 installed and must downgrade to XP because of
legacy apps that won't work under Vista.
Setup blue screens after the screen for selecting drive - which shows 4
options but no recognizable drive letter.

I am trying to re-install Windows XP Pro on a laptop after replacing the Hard
Drive. I am using the re-install disk provided by Dell. I get past formatting
the drive and as it is copying files it stops and says it cannot read
esent97.dll. I click retry a few times and it ...

I have downloaded SP3 for XP - the file is fine. On installing it gives me an
internal error and says it is unsuccessful and lists all the other critical
updates I should be doing !!!
I successfully installed the new update program beforehand?