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OT: Using two computers effectively
David anonym...@discussions.microsoft.com microsoft public windowsxp general I purchased XP Home Edition for my wife's computer. Did not activate within 30 days because she did not like the format. Now I am locked out, can't get past the log in screen. I want to reset back to Windows 98, don't know how nor do I

Windows XP home edition
I am going back tomorrow to turn off his wireless 'phone and also stop and disable the XP Windows Zero Configuration service and uninstall/reload the Belkin PCMCIA drivers. I have Windows 2000 Pro installed on my laptop at home with the same PCMCIA wireless network card so will try and connect to his network with

It Keeps Shutting Itself Off. ACPI? Registry?
Hi I have an Inspiron 7000 running Windows XP home edition My HDD is a fujitsu 10 gig The HDD has stopped booting I have booted from Windows XP home edition to the recovery console and run Chkdsk it gets up to about 75% then keeps going back to 50%...it never completes it's repair cycle What does this suggest and

Strange DMA problem with A7V8X-X
I'm still on my beloved 98se, on a 3pc home network, but I have XP Pro on a CD and am very tempted to upgrade. I tried an install on one of the pc's, but so many problems set in, I chickened out and went back to 98.So often I see other people doing the same and going back to 98 from XP.

Privilege Error running FS2004
I am finding a few annoying Bugs with XP Home. Like CD Volume change not showing. Installed Printer and Scanner has disappeared, OK if I use Powerdesk 5. If you get used to XP, which shouldn't take long, you won't be going back to W98. Even the Sony video camera software runs on it, when I've seen others on the

OT: New Compaq *&^%$#!
It only happens with the VP6 and only with XP Pro. I have a Gigabyte single cpu board that, believe it or not, works great with XP home, but then so did the VP6. I keep going back to the theory that I have something set up wrong, either in the BIOS or with XP. One thing I forgot to mention is that I don't have any

%$@#% xp home restore
Here's my system specs: P3 500 384 mb ram Diamond Viper V770 Ultra (Nvidia TNT2 Ultra Chipset) Latest Detonator Drivers 40 gb HD Windows XP Home I have a very Sonnett No, there is something REALLY totally fubarred with going back to the old world textures once you are using the new textures in the old world.

Luclin graphics question.
I tried going back even further, but then I get a list of about a dozen "file can't be found' notices....... I saw the comments on a similar problem and tried to I have a Dell supplied disk that is "Reinstallation CD for WIN XP Home Edition" I looked on it for a way to "Repair" (That was in the comments on the

NTFS Vs. FAT32
If you type the following commands into your computer, it will work magic, akin to going back in time. There are three parts to this process, but believe me .... I am trying to do a repair on an XP Home System that did not come with Service Pack 1 but was added later. It gets so far then I get a message looking for

error initializing MAPI when exporting
MSI in the box below after many attempts i have given up but this box refuses to close if you attempt to close it in msword it closes the program you may gather from this i am no computer expert and would really like some help i even thought about uninstalling xppro and going back to xphome but the option is not

Is XP really worth it?
jazz apri...@hotmail.com microsoft public win98 gen_discussion there is really no reason for the xp home not to connect to a domain, other than someone wanting extra money for the technology The last two laptops we bought at work came with Windows XP Home Edition on them, which will not connect to a domain.

XP Home strange settings just happend
Hi, i want to completely uninstall windows (i have xp home with both service packs installed), i need to go back to a completely blank hard drive but i cant get into dos to format it and i dont want to use the windows disc as it formats then installs and i dont want it on my system. Can anybody please help?

Windows XP Home Ed acting strange
Only problem is Win Xp Pro is probably as expensive as buying XP Home AND Win98! cheers Steve "Santol" <san...@tropfruit.com> wrote in message Am I going to run into the same problem trying to get rid of Windows XP, and going back to Windows 98? If yes, can anyone advise as to the re-formatting procedure?

O/T The SP2 "surprise" !
This system is running XP-Home version. Tech is stumped, MS website has nothing, my phone bill is nearing 3 figures for this nonsence, can anyone help? While going back through the error log, yesterday, upon install (3rd time) I got an error, whose details read as follows: The system has attempted to load or

XP Home Edition
That has the added that you can restore by going back more than one generation if you need to. And as Chuck suggested below, using an external USB hard drive (or If you are using Windows XP Home, you can Google search for ntbackup.msi file. It's not normally necessary to download ntbackup, even with XP Home.

Repairing XP Home after SP1 is installed
I am running XP home and just did the SP1 install and now my system is REALLY slow and I can't get disk clean up to run. It just stalls. I tried to do a system restore but it is only going back to the 19th of Sept. when I did the sp1 install. It is not even going back to Aug. I tried safe mode also.

Going back to 98 from XP
I have recently upgraded my old IBM Thinkpad 600 laptop from Windows 98 (1st ed) to XP Home (SP2). I was cramped for disk space, so I first purchased a new 40GB This was only the first of many problems with programs that neither work nor uninstall under XP. I almost feel like going back and reinstalling 98,

Networking XP Home edition with win98se
... updates windows update a no go. so i went to restore to try going back a week or so but no reset point not a one. i did a restore just hours before had 20 or more? all systems working but web pages AVG and AD Aware say alls good. can xp home be returned to day one with no cd? can i get a kiss with this %$#@ing.

xp pro to xp home?
I just bought a new 'puter with XP home. <SNIP> Programs are now freezing at random again. Is this common with XP , to have so many problems? I am going back to 98SE but I am curious if we are just dazed and confused or if this OS really does suck. Any input would be appreciated. Thx. Kitten As I have found with

Please Read :-)
I can tell you have never used Windows XP yet. I have and i still do. I run Windows XP RC1. I can't wait for October 25th, that's when the final version will My friend Paul got Windows 98 for his computer a few years back, and I remember him telling me that he was considering going back to 95 because with his