Hi, I am trying to upgrade Windows Me to XP but have struck an issue. At one stage Windows 2000 was installed in a dual boot configuration with ME. Since then the boot.ini file has been edited to...

I have two identical systems (hardware wise) running Windows XP that were built as master image machines for a cloning process using Ghost. I would like to be able to compare the two machines to...

Hello, I recently upgraded my PC from Win 2000 to Win XP SP2. Ever since, options like file right click, Edit-Save, file delete etc are extremely slow. I did have a 2K version of Novell Client for...

Years ago Powerquest Partition Magic Pro and Drive Image Pro (the Pro versions) could do their tasks over network, acting on machines that hadn't had the software installed on them. All that was...

I'm planning to update to a new PC, would like to run XP Home Edition. Currently I run Win98 on an older PC and have removable HDD sleds. Each of the two removeable HDDs has a copy of Win98 and I...

Hi, Last week I needed to reinstall everything fresh on a Dell Dimension 4600 that came with XP SP1 OEM media for a client who had only dial-up internet. My plan to save time was to do the Dell...

Hi, I have a trouble with local and domain accounts. I installed XPPro Corp on a couple of different types of machines to build an image for every type. After that I joined NT4 domain, installed...

I have yet to get a good solid answer about this, so I hope you guys can help. We purchase about 35 laptops a month to deploy within our building. We take one of the machines, build it up with the...

Hello, I have just updated a pc from office 2000 to office 2003 and all the modules work now except for outlook 2003. when you click on it to open it, it just hangs on the migrating settings...

I am using the OSD Feature pack in SMS in conjunction with the ZeroTouchInstallation.vbs script to deploy operating systems. When the ZTI script attempts to connect to the SQL server 2005 databases...

Hello, I'm currently experiencing an issue deploying Windows XP desktops within a mixed NT environment, all servers are Windows 2000. Roaming profiles in this environment are using the methods...

My system is partitioned into two drives, C and D. When using XP's Add/Remove Programs, the list is only populated with C drive content. How can I make it display programs that are on the D drive?

I need to reinstall my xp home edition, but i have lost the cd case with the product key on it. It is an OEM version that i installed myself. Is there anyway to get this information or do I have to...

Does anybody know where I can get a beta copy of this? I would like to start playing around with it.

I've run into a problem attempting to image using sysprep. I created an image for desktops at our company and used sysprep to get it ready for any hardware. it works perfectly for the desktops, but...

How do I either remove 1 or remove both and start from scratch? I have the Windows XP CD to put it back onto my pc.

hi, 1. can windows xp setup be run to perform formatting of the system partition using a custom unit allocation size? 2. can windows xp be installed on a NTFS partition having non-default...

Hi all, I recently upgraded a small office from Office 2000 to Office 2003 Professional, and installed Service Pack 2 for Windows XP clients. I was asked to create roaming profiles for all users,...

im trying to install xp on my machine, it used to have a 40gb, but ive got a spare 80gb. i unplugged the old 40gb, plugged in the spare 80gb, after booting from xp cd, the setup starts, then black...

I got 3 Compaq Evo D510 SFF's from Tiger Direct and they each came with a COA that had to be activated once the computers were setup. The other day there was a problem and the computer had to be...