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Reformat Problems
Posted on February 19th, 2006 | 2 Comments

Hi, my computer has been slowing downconsiderably lately. I have decided to reformat it but i have been unable to. I restart windows on the CD, but when it asks me where i would like to install...

Unable to create IWbemLocator object after installing SP2...
Posted on February 18th, 2006 | 0 Comments

After installing Windows Xp (SP1) and several programs including anti-virus, software firewall (other than that in SP2 {now turned off}), adware/spyware protection, all items were working as normal. ...

Multiple video cards question
Posted on February 18th, 2006 | 2 Comments

Hi, I would like to set up my computer with multiple video cards. Here is the question. I use two different CAD programs one of which uses one particular card the best and the other one need to...

Incorrect Product Key following Sysprep
Posted on February 18th, 2006 | 2 Comments

We've been using Sysprep forever to prepare our PCs before Ghosting. Once the image is downloaded we enter the COA Product Key on the side of the Dell PC. For the past several weeks/months we've...

right clik no work when making new folder or copying
Posted on February 18th, 2006 | 1 Comments

I recently upgraded to XP Pro and now when I right click to make a new folder I just get an hourglass forever until I restart. Also Dr Watson sometimes comes up telling me that it has to shut down...

Registration
Posted on February 18th, 2006 | 1 Comments

Hi, can anyone tell me how to register a copy of XP I have instaled on an old Laptop for my son? I can't connect it to the internet to register it. Help!

right clk won't work to make new folders or copy existing after up
Posted on February 18th, 2006 | 0 Comments

I recently upgraded to XP Pro and now when I right click to make a new folder I just get an hourglass forever until I restart. Also Dr Watson sometimes comes up telling me that it has to shut down...

disk read error occured
Posted on February 18th, 2006 | 1 Comments

I was installing a usb 2.0 card in my xp pro dell computer. i kicked the power cord. when i tried to reboot I got a blue screen that said UNMOUNTABLE_BOOT_VOLUME. I had made an earlier full system...

recover a winxp install
Posted on February 18th, 2006 | 1 Comments

Hi, My winxp installation became corrupted and failed to boot. I did not want to loose it all so I used the installation CD to install a second winxp OS to C:\windows2. The new OS boots but it is...

interrupted install
Posted on February 17th, 2006 | 1 Comments

Installing xp pro, was about 7 minutes left on it (formatted the hd to NTFS), and had an accidental power cord unplugged. So it was almost done. Tried to restart and I am getting nothing but...

WinPE and Drive Letter allocation
Posted on February 17th, 2006 | 0 Comments

Hi, here's a weird one that's been bothering me for a few days.... I'm working through a BrightStor DR solution on Dell PowerEdge 2800 for Win2003. I have a WinPE image that uses the Dell Raid...

How to force my pc to devote 100% of the processor power to a proc
Posted on February 17th, 2006 | 4 Comments

Please help: I have to run a certain program - the code will take days to run. When I run my code on a WinXP machine, I see that only 50% of the processor power is devoted to this process. If I...

XP Home SP2 -> XP Pro Upgrage
Posted on February 17th, 2006 | 1 Comments

I'm wanting to upgrade my XP Home edition (SP2) to my XP Pro via upgrade CD (not SP2). However, it tells me that because the version on my PC now is newer than on the CD, I will lose my files &...

xp/sp2 clean install problems
Posted on February 17th, 2006 | 4 Comments

I recently clean installed xp pro on to a new hard drive. I stopped at the activate section. I then installed Mcafee from a cd and memory stick. I set up a dial up connection( rural availability!! )...

Keep programs running when users log on/off/on
Posted on February 17th, 2006 | 3 Comments

I'm relatively new to XP, and i'm new to setting up XP with multiple users. I recently upgraded from Win98 to XP. During the setup, I choose to have 4 users (actually XP set them up when it loaded...

Strange Problem after "DSL failed-connection"
Posted on February 17th, 2006 | 0 Comments

Hi: There are three computers in my household. One of my family members needs to put his 'time-card' from the home. Because his office does not allow him to do this from his field office where he's...

offline folders
Posted on February 17th, 2006 | 0 Comments

Hi, which are the ways to make offline folders generelly available to many users e.g. for their homefile sets? Something else than policy? Which registry key(s)t be changed? THX hjwin

DOS 6.22
Posted on February 17th, 2006 | 1 Comments

Can I install XP Pro and Dos 6.22 on the same drive using two partitions. If so. HOW? Thanks vltoo

Access to peer computers on a LAN under Windows XP
Posted on February 17th, 2006 | 1 Comments

I upgraded Windows 2000 to Windows XP professional. Before I was able to access any file (folder) on any computer from any other computer. Now I can not. What kind of setup I have to do to have the...

Unsigned drivers and sysprep
Posted on February 17th, 2006 | 3 Comments

Hello everyone, I installed a unsigned driver for my wireless adapter card, and it works ok. Then, I syspreped the image, but when I rebooted it for the first time, Windows reports that it found a...