I am installing xp pro on a new hard drive.  What is the best way to handle
the service packs?  Can I just download the service pack 3 disk image and
use that.  Or do I have to add each earlier service pack separately?

I'm working on a new image for a new dell laptop (E5400).
But with an old image.
The story is that there are DELL D630 Laptops now at the company, ther
is an image for this laptop.

Ladies and Gentlemen:
Can I use XP Upgrade for a "clean" install? (I have a legit Win98SE CD). The
XP Upgrade is a Retail item, NEW in the box. The drive I want to install it
to (320GB) is already formatted with NTFS. Will it just ask for the "old" OS

I had to reinstall XPSP3, but it created a Windows.0 folder.
When I boot off of XP CD, I used to get option to repair Windows and
Windows.0 previous installations, but now the original (Windows) is not on my
screen as a "pevious installation" that I can repair.

Hi, I hope someone can help me. I'm trying to install Windows XP Professional
Service Pack 2, but after a while it tells me
Error:
Installation Failed D:\l386\asms Error Message. The parameter is incorrect

Running Windows XP Pro, all up to date. Is there a way to control the
sequence of how programs startup at reboot? I have a program, Tripplite Power
Alert (controled shut down in case of a prolonged power failure) for a UPS
that if it isn't one of the first programs to load, it ...

What's the typical price for VLK- and how many machines does it cover. And
how does this equate to VLK for Win 7?
I'd appreciate some info.
Vic

I need to do simple imaging using WDS. All I want to be able to do right now
is take an image of a WinXP machine and then be able to image other machines
with that image. I have WDS set up on a Win2003 Server but thats about as far
as I get before I hit a brick wall. The ...

Help. My employer had an IT person  install 18 new work stations and is
allowing the staff to take home the computers when everything is erased.
Well, we did that now we cannot get the computers to reinstall windows 2000
or xp. We used the cd's that orignially came with each ...

I've been having problems printing checks. We have quicken and a check
writing software program. Quicken uses the check  writing software to print
the checks.
From the limited access account, I used "run as" to open quicken and then

Hi I am responsible for our corporate moe, lately I have had the desktop
support staff asking if we can disable the startup and recovery
"Automatically restarts" option. I'd like to know what people think is best
practice on this.

I am in critical situation. After reinstalling windows xp, harddisk
partition other then C has been disappeared.
At Computer Management --> Disk Management I can see the unallocated space.
But as per my old partition setup it must be distributed to three other

I am running Windows XP SP3 on a work station. We recently chnaged to a new
domain. When launching Explorer 7 for the first time when the user
autheticates and the profile is setup once we try to launch the internet, it
is automatically trying to open: http://runonce.msn ...

I am attempting to set up a machine running Windows XP Pro in a RAID 1
environment.  The RAID controller is a 3ware Escalade 8006-2LP and I've got 2
Hitachi 1 TB drives connected to it that I've partitioned so that the Windows
NTFS partitions is first on the disk, followed by a ...

I have a 2nd older computer, 1/2 decent, and after installing sp3 it locks up
on a reboot,  I have formated the drive and reinstalled XP home  and a few
times now.   I have had it work using an older sp3 rc1 I have on a cd.  Why
does it do this?  I do not want to waste another ...