Can someone help me understand this? I have a drive with a Primary Partition, and one extended partition - itself containing 2 logical partitions. So: a total of 3 partitions Now I want to install...

Going from Win 98 to Win XP Home Edition upgrade on new Seagate 80GB drive. Meet all hdw config. requirements (I know this system will run XP as I already had installed an OEM version (good for only...

Hi I have aquired a computer with access 97 installed and i would like to remove it prior to installing the full Office 2003 suite. I'd really like to remove it first so that i am certain of a clean...

Hi all, I need a little help here. I am a low level system admin, and I just got a huge promotion to the Sr. System Admin. Along with the promotion came a requirement to development and deploy a...

Hallo allemaal Wie kan mij vertellen wat ik kan doen ik wil namelijk windows xp home op een pc zetten. Hij heeft alle informatie en en gaat beginnen met het erop zetten maar bij dertien minuten...

In an attempt to get defragmentation better than 73%, I loaded O&O Defragmenter. Apparently it set itself as default and disabled the XP defrag. How do I get XP defrag back? Also, after recovering...

I have a laptop that had the hard drive reformatted. Now I have no operating system. I tried installing Win Xp Home from a full installation disc but it will not boot. Not sure if system recognizes...

I have tried every combination I can find on this forum and on the knowledge base to re-install and integrated retail version of Win XP Pro with SP2. The problem remains the same in every combination...

I have 2 Dell's. A laptop that is 3 years old. I just purchased a new desktop. Both run XP. I want to get a larger HD for the laptop. For formatting and loading XP, may I use the NEW disk that...

I have installed XP (and activated it) on a drive with the drive letter 'n:'. I was expecting to be able to rename the drive to 'c:' later - but I now find that this is not possible. If I re-install...

We bought a new HP pc with xp home preinstalled, then purchased a copy of xp pro to install. We're getting an "ivalid product id" error, even though I'm sure it's typed correctly (doesn't have 0 or O...

Hi.. I am making an unattended installation. The "quicklauch" is one of the most complicated of problems..I tried various methods circulating on the internet ,even some that I have...

Hello I'm installing a French language version of WinXP. The keyboard layout used during the installation procedure, and also on the logon screens (after installation) is AZERTY. I would like to...

I have created a test user as a model. I set the Theme, the Wallpaper etc. I have several websites that are password protected and that my company has subscribed to, I have gone to them in Internet...

I am testing a new Windows XP image with BDD standard. I am running the "Sysprep the machine now" option when booting up with WinPelab.iso. Now, while in the "action phase", I ask for a rebbot...

Greetings, I have Windows 98 Full original CD and also a Windows XP Pro Upgrade CD. I have made a successful unnattended XP DVD that installs everything near perfectly. My question to you is: How...

from now and then whenever i load up an internet page this message pops up. ERROR a runtime error has occurred do u wish to debug? line: 84 Error: invalid arguement yes no any suggestions?

from now and then when i load an internet page this message pops up. ERROR a runtime error has occurred do u wish to debug? line: 84 error: invalid argument. YES NO any suggestions asnyone?

Hi, I have a pre-SP2 XP CD. My system disk was a Maxtor 120 GB and I had a second data disk of 300 GB. Yesterday, my 120 GB had been in trouble (several sectors lost) - ntoskrnl.exe file...

I have a machine I bought with XP Home that came with a "Recovery CD" which would re-install the OS and all the other factory software. Now that machine is toast (motherboard failure, too old to...