Hello Everyone. I was helped a few years ago with this problem on a Win XP system, but I lost the documentation some time ago. I have a client who is running windows 2000 and their motherboard just...

I have recently installed Windows XP OES version to replace Windows ME. Since then I am having nothing but problems with my computer -- some I have been able to correct, some not. Can anyone tell me...

I'm not sure if this is the right 'department' of the forum - or if at all, I'll get an answer to this kind of Q here..? I'm one of these guys who spend time adjusting all the different windows...

I am working on learning an unattended install of XP. I have it working except it gets hung up on choosing the partition to install to. I have to choose the partition manually even though I have it...

I found that my clone PC's Windows XP Pro SP2 has an invalid Volume License Key, so I cannot perform some of the important update from Microsoft. That's why I purcahsed the Genuine Windows XP Pro SP1...

Thank you all. I goofed should have just used ADD instead of /ADD and enclose value with parenthesis since some of the values and keys have space in them "jg" <junk@mail.pls> wrote in...

I was testing the possibility of using simple bat file to change/add entry in registry I tried a simple harmless on from limited user ID in command prompt: reg /ADD hkcu\Software\zztestkey /v...

Hello Everyone, I have a problem where the mini-setup is not prompting me for a machine name on the first pass and gets hang up on trying to join the domain. Below is the sanitized sysprep.inf...

what are the machine keys used for under a"c:\documents and settings\All Users\Application they seem to different owners, some apparently none of the signon uses have access (owner field is blank due...

I've been involved in system preparation for quite some time now. I've been using sysprep on Win 2000, Win XP and some with Win 2003. Up until now we've always wanted sysprep mini setup to stop and...

Does installing using .msi requires windows installer installed? and .exe doesn't? If so, under what circumstances would be an user NOT having windows installer installed? My impression is that...

I had some major issues with a computer to the point of no longer booting. This is aside from the point, and I will coach my friend on how to protect his computer in the future. His attempts to fix...

I HAVE ACTIVATED MY XP SP2 WITH WIN.SP2.EXE ACTIVATOR . I FOUND THAT MY XP IS ACTIVATED ,BUT AFTER 60 DAYS I T APPERES THAT U HAVE TO ACTIVATE UR WINDOWS BEFORE U LOG ON . I ENTERED YES TO...

I have just purchased a new computer, running a P4 630 on an Asus P5LD2 board. I have also installed a brand new Seagate SATA2 120GB drive. However, when trying to install WinXP on this drive, the...

I have deployed a number of apps using .msi files both through a script using msiexec command, and through group policy. The server that these were installed from has just died, what is going to...

I have some pictures that I want to uses as icon's. What's the standard pixel size for...

Any pointers much appreciated... P4 3 GHZ 1GB RAM 160GB hd - brand new computer I installed Win XP sp1 (onto a 15Gb partition), then ran live update. It all seemed fine. I then installed sp2 and...

I recently did a complete reinstallation of XP Home and have had some difficulties with it. During the installation process, I was not asked about any internet setup or network setup. After...

Hi, I am using a laptop and the key assigned to delete is not working well. I can start up Windows after tens of attempts. I would like to know how to disable ctrl alt del to start up Windows...

Thanks a lot for your informative reply, I had the same problem and was lost, you saved me lots of time. Thank you, much much appreciated mate. Paul Clark wrote: > *If anyone has the same prob as...