I have lost my original XP OEM CD. I need to rebuild computers in my office but all I have it burned copies of the cd which are not bootable. Can anyone tell me how to make the cd I have bootable? ...

I'm trying to do a clean install - when started within windows, the CD says the current windows version is newer. When I boot from the CD, I get a "Inspecting hardware" screen, then a blue screen...

heres the situation I have.. I would like upon login to the XP workstation have a directory created under the mydocuments folder( THE USERS ID) and have several other folders creadet under that as...

When I installed my card into my Dell 8300 I didn't have to, oh yeah, I did have to uninstall my video card. It came with a nvidia I think 5500? Anyways, I just bought an eVGA, 4000 MX 128M PCI ...

Frequently when opening email in OE or Outlook I get the following response, a Windows Installer box opens, which says: The feature you are trying to use is on a network resource that...

Hey guys I just imaged a PC after running Sysprep. I chose the dialog box where it says 'don't reset grace period for activation'. However this prompted me to activate Windows right upon bootup -...

Randy, no problem, do it every day. Creast a "master" image using xp, and sysprep with minisetup. take an image of the system after sysprep is done. This is the file you will pull down to the other...

THe issues is that the admin profile gets copied over the default profile in xp. there is a HOt fix on ms website. search on KB 887816 on Ms web site and you can download the update. also, ive had...

I have Win98 and I am attempting to upgrade to WinXP-Pro. I can't get past the Product Key dialogue box. Could anyone help me out with this one. I'm out of ideas here. After I enter my Product...

I successfully installed Windows XP Professional on my PC. I then downloaded and installed SP2, and that installation appeared to be OK as well. However, when I boot my PC now, the word...

Hi all, I've heard many stories that on M4 the Micrsoft ZeroConfigure wireless does not play nicely with the whole system. I have also experienced some suspicous problems: mostly, the wireless...

I need a way for a user to run a program that will check the user's local pc for installation and version of 3 applications: 1. Outlook (all versions) 2. Goldmine (all versions) 3. ACT! (all...

Hello, I have run into a problem imaging Dell pc's. The pc's came with XP pro on them, but I needed to make an image using ghost to get all of them with the same programs installed. When I use the...

Hi, I'm quite a newbie with windows! I have my HDD divided into 2 partitions: C: contains windows xp and D: all the data I want to keep. So can I just delete all the C: ,install windows xp and not...

Hello Virus checker does not like C:\WINDOWS\SYSYEM32\VTSQR.DLL, when it deals with said file windows a bit upset at starts up and requires the file. Does a virus or other nasty use this file? How...

Dear Pegasus, I come back to this thread, because I eventually got a series of problems with my attempts of giving a new user (test2) an environment similar to a test1 user. I could not come...

I have just replaced my Motherboard (MSI KM3M) and CPU (AMD XP300+). When I try to Boot into window XP .. OR .. Run the Windows setup disk, I get the error "A problem Has Been Detected and Windows...

Hi all, I've heard many stories that on M4 the Micrsoft ZeroConfigure wireless does not play nicely with the whole system. I have also experienced some suspicous problems: mostly, the wireless...

If I have two disks C: and D:, both have a bootable image on it, I swap them (meaning the master drive now becomes the slave and the slave now becomes the master) when the PC is off and reboot, how...

I have a Compaq that originally came with Window Millennium. I upgraded to XP Home by downloading the upgrade from the internet. The system is now hosed and I need to rebuild it from scratch. I...