I bought the Windows XP Media Center Edition 2005 OS with my Desktop
purchase. Now, I want to re-install the operating system but unfortunately I
misplaced/lost my XP MCE CD.
I still have the valid License Key of the OS its just that I don't have the

I am trying to deploy SP3 for my Windows XP Prof Ver2002 SP2 but I'm getting
into loop of rebooting my laptop. I always get below error:
WIC Setup encountered an error:  The system must be restarted before
installing the WIC, to allow some prior file update operations to complete. ...

i recently installed my copy of windows xp (home) on a macbook given to me by
a friend (no discs available) and althought the progams are working fine,
there is no sound (even at start-up) and the device manager says "no audio
device" present. can anyone tell me what drivers i ...

I copied all the appropriate files from the old IDE drive using Seagate's
drive utility, but when I try to boot up directly from the new SATA drive, I
get the invalid system disk message.
However, if I put in the Windows XP setup disk (but don't boot from it) it

Every time I try to logon I get a message 'The copy of Windows must be
activated with Microsoft before you can log on. Do you want to activate
Windows now?'
I then select 'Yes' and get a box saying that Windows has already been

i have a workgroup with 2 machines and i want to install XP on machine A
from CD present in machine B?
is it possible to install XP like this?

New install of XP pro and the machine gets joined to the domain.
We than set up a local account with admin rights and log onto the computer
with that account.  This account will be always be used and the machine is in
a location that has no network connections.  So it won't be ...

I was asked to create one pc as host/adminstrator and the rest of the 4 pcs
as client (note all 5 pcs are running window xp pro and is a newly setup rig)
so as to share files and folders, application as well as printer and stuff
The host/administrator PC should have full ctrl and ...

I set up a workgroup on my laptop called 'Home'.  The dialogue box asked me
to name the laptop and I called it Jerrys-laptop.  The dialogue box continued
to add the domain 'corp' to the laptop name.  
I was asked if I wanted to delete the user, me from the domain and I said

i am trying to run my setup cd to do a fresh install but it absolutely
refuses to get any further than the "setup is checking your hardware
configuration" message and it just hangs on a balck screen.  I have a
hardrive with 2 copies of windows on it on 2 partitions.  I want to ...

Is it true that you can still LEGALLY purchase XP Pro OEM bundled with ANY
hardware such a mouse vs bundled with a CPU or full PC?  This sounds a little
fishy to me and I have had one supplier insist that it is legal and another
insist that it is not.  TIA!

Hi, I have tried upgrading XP to SP3 from SP2. I could not succeed despite of
multiple attempts. I logged in as Administrator in safe mode. It always fails
with the same reason - Access Denied.
2396.797: DoInstallation: Installing assemblies with source root path:

Trying to create an image with a volume licensed Win XP SP3. I install the
usual stuff. Install IE7, WMP11, etc. Remove some stuff. Add some security
updates, etc.
The images would be supporting about 6 Dell Dimension models [all 4+ years

I am running XP SP3 {32-bit Home edition} and I must have changed something
inadvertantly.
When I use ctl/alt/del to see the task manager and what's running, all I get
is the task and status, reported as an example, as 'calendar microsoft

The problem i have is before windows starts. I helped install windows XP on
my friends computer after it died, and his wouldnt boot from the CD. So i
used my computer to install it, telling it to install it on his connected
drive.