Hi everyone, which would be the best way to install a hotfix on all my Windows XP clients of my domain. I don't want to use SMS. Thanks a lot, Ivan Mckenzie

My new pc did not come with any disks except a system recovery disk. My transfer wizard won't let me pick a drive I have (like my cd-r drive) to create a wizard disk. I am at a loss as to what to do...

I qualify for the upgrade version of XP Home Edition as I currently have a computer with Windows ME on it. My question is: While the upgrade is less costly than buying the full version license,...

dont know where to post this so i'l try here- i have xp sp2 and for the last month or so when i go online the microsoft application error reporting program has been sticking to my taskbar and...

We use RIS to deploy standardised images containing multiple language packs - Arabic, Chinese, Japanese, Korean, German, French, Italian, Spanish, Portuguese, Russian, Thai, and Czech. The default...

I had some problems with XP Home on a machine here so I decided to reformat and reinstall. I tried installing XP Home and Pro several times, base, SP1, SP2, and get the same result everytime. After...

Hi there, I moved all of our printers to another server (different computer name), I'm wondering how to let user connect to those networking printers. Or someone can tell me how to...

Hi, I'm usin a SIF file to deploy XP. Can we specify the size of the 1st patition on the Hard disk? I wish to use only 50% of the 1st harddisk to install XP on it... <

Hi, I've a question about the RIS installation. Is it possible to install a RIS setup or riprep image from a CD, without a RIS Server? I found nothing about it, so I guess it isn't possible or...

I have a problem accessing 'Control Panel' on my PC running XP Home Edition. When I click on Start and Control Panel nothing happens. I also try to access using a different path (through My...

I would like to have a batch file or script (or something) that I can click on and automatically install a networked printer. This would have to create the port if it didn't exist and install the...

Hello all, I'm trying to set a policy which will force our user base to use the new XP Start menu style, the setting I've found is "Force classic start menu = Disabled", the description suggests that...

Re KB 328874 "How to change the Volume Licensing product key on a Windows XP SP1-based computer" ---- will this procedure also work on an SP-2 based system and if not what would the proper procedure...

XP Home came with computer. XP Pro CD was purchased for full installation. How can I safely install Pro and keep all of my data and settings from Home version? I have a lot of info, including POS...

Just thought I'd document a couple of issues I've had with WMI not working in bare metal situations. The same OSDWinPE.wim works under Refresh without a problem. zerotouchinstallation.vbs -...

OK, let me ask because it seems no easy solution is out there. I work in an IT department supporting a large number of PC's and we are about to upgrade about 1,000 of them. We have 4 RIS servers, a...

Iv been trying to upgrade to XP Professional and during the installation the set up asks for a file "viaide.sys" what is this file and whats it suppost to do .......and what im i suppost to do from...

We're on the verge of replacing 50 leased computers with new systems. The new systems will probably have XP Professional and Office 2003 Professional (OEM) pre-installed. But I also need to deploy...

Hi, I was going to start to prepare to install service pak 2 & was reading info on what to do before installing, I read the area that tells how to install the backup utility for windows XP home...

My tyan S2875 motherboard is the latest in a seires of upgrades to my desktop, with 2 opteron 248 prosessors @ 2.2ghz , 4gb bufferd/ecc ram and a All in wonder 2006 ed 256mb agp video card . I...