This is driving me crazy. No matter what I do, I cannot get a customized power scheme to 'stick' after sysprepping a system. It always defaults back to the Home/Office setting. I've also tried...

I'm trying to upgrade my current 2000 system with XP Pro, however I want to do more than upgrade, I want to reformat and reinstall the system from scratch. When I run the CD I don't get the option...

Hi, I would like to create a slipstream CD/DVD with SP2. I was wondering since a DVD has a lot of space if it would be possible to slipstream xp pro - sp2 - security patches - office 2003 - sp2....

I would like to set up a RAM disk in Windows XP. I have 1.5 GB of RAM, and for certain applications, I want to allocate 500 MB to a temporary RAM drive. There used to be a nice utility (I think...

Attempted to upgrade a Home Ed. of XP SP2 to MS XP PRO SP2. Setup fails with a Stop 0x50 after the first reboot. How can I put the original NTLDR and BOOT.INI files (and any other necessary files)...

I have a problem with sysprepped PC that will not join the domain during the mini setup yet it will join once the system completed the setup using the same account credential. Error: An unexpected...

I'm a Mac person trying to help my Mom with her Dell running XP Home. I used Windows Update to install Service Pack 2, and now her PC has gone batty. When I try to get to the internet, I get a...

I need to either re-install an XP Pro workstation each day or at least rollback and remove any changes made to it each day. This is to insure security and reliability for a PC in a semi-public area...

We are in the planning phase of migrating from W2K to WXP. However, I was curious if there was a spreadsheet that listed out the differences in the GPO's between 2000 and XP. We already went...

We had the same problem with the DELL D610 and our ghost image. I solved the problem by using a docking station or port replicator. The laptop will register in the Active directory automaticaly. I am...

There must be a simple way to revert back to an original boot environment without having to jump through so many hoops! Problem: After starting an MS WXPProSP2 upgrade over a WXPHomeSP2 OEM...

I have a computer which has USB 1 ports on the motherboard. I have purchased and installed a USB 2 card to use with an external USB drive. The USB 2 connections seem to work when copying small files....

I'm unable to set Network Connection names "ConnectionName". I have 3 connections and they revert to Connection 1, Connection 2 despite the...

I have a samsung x30 laptop that orginally came with a 60GB hard drive. i have bought a bigger 120GB toshiba hard drive. Basically i used Norton Ghost's 'copy drive' feature to copy...

Hi folks... sorry to re-post this but I've not had any responses. Cheers, Mark "Mark" <mark-usenet@nospam.jungle.demon.co.uk> wrote in message news:... > Hi, > > I am working on a Windows XP SP2...

I have a machine that I replaced the motherboard on. The hard drive had Windows 2000 Professional. When I start the computer in Win2K and attempt to perform the upgrade to Win XP Pro I get the...

I am installing XP HomeEd over another MS opersys. Do I need to erase the Hard Drive, or will the Hard Drive be erased as part of this process? I was hoping to avoid having to do that.

We have an Open license for our Windows XP. I am constantly reinstalling PC's with my SP1 CD. I know there is a way to make a "slipstream" disk that will update it to SP2, but is there a way to add...

I am trying to update the PnP drivers on an image I've created utilizing Sysprep Factory with drivers located in a network repository; however, I'm getting the following error in my Winbom.log when I...

I've got to put 3 computers together over the weekend-all using the same hardware, software, etc. They will be running XP Pro, Office 2000 & will also have acrobat reader & a terminal emulator. What...