Windows XP

COA sticker OEM XP Pro
Hi, A year or two ago I bought an OEM copy of XP PRO from a well-know retailer. Upon looking in the envelope now I see no COA anywhere. I see something called the COA barcode on the outside of the envelope..it's an XP Pro SP3 disk. Does anyone have any idea why no COA was included. Again I got if from where many... 12 Mar 2010 07:14

IE 8.0 installation issue.
Dear Sir, I am using windows xp sp2. Recently I upgraded from IE 6.0 to IE 8.0. Since then I am getting 'Generic Host for win32 services needs to close down' often in the midst of browsing. I have avira antivir 9 anid zone alarm 5.0 versions. On getting this error, the internet connection just freezes and I ... 12 Mar 2010 01:47

Winxp activation
3yr old laptop with xp home installed by vendor. Went and bought a XP pro disk (legal) oem disk and installed and has been working just fine for the last 3 years. HDD went south, bought a new HDD and reinstalled windowsxp pro from a disk that I slipstreamed sp3 into. Install went fine, however when trying to... 13 Mar 2010 10:52

Defender Setup Fails
Today I tried to install Defender on a PC with Windows XP SP3 fully updated. I got a MsiInstaller error 1920 telling me to make sure I had sufficient right to do the install. This PS is joined to a domain and the logon I was using is a domain administrator. I found no TechNet articles that discussed this error.... 11 Mar 2010 20:15

Missing INF File
PC crashed Running Windows XP Home Edition Have fixed the crash but have a problem that I did not have before Trying to put a HP J3680 Office Jet Multi Function printer working but get an error saying INF file missing Any help would be appreciated TIA ... 11 Mar 2010 18:01

command line - add new local printer port
How do I do this? I need to set up some command line scripts to install printers for Ghostscript. I'm tired of doing it manually on every machine. For my needs I need a local port called "C:\Program Files\gs\output\tfile.ps" Please don't bother me with a bunch of "why"s. It's what I need for this. The foll... 12 Mar 2010 16:13

XP Only Re Boots
Using XP Pro SP3 the pc only re boots. Even safe mode and last known. I never get to the log in. The drive looks good when booting to a floppy. Tried repair from the install CDs but it did nothing. Looking for ideas. thanks ... 11 Mar 2010 15:44

Missing System Tray Icons (Always Show) ..?
Speaker(Volume Control), and other Icons Disappear ..! XP Home,SP3, all updates. Even Though, **** Hide inactive icons **** is NOT Checked ..! I have even done Customize, in Taskbar and StartMenu properties, to ensure the missing sysTray Programs, are set to Always Show..! Even Setting to "Hide when Inact... 12 Mar 2010 12:49

CD KEY.
We have a machine that experienced a sever hard disk crash, which we replaced. Our CD is damaged, so we have rebuilt it using a friends CD. Got everything installed (drivers, applications etc) and the system is now ready for activation. We used our key to try to active it. It doesn't work. We don't want to... 15 Mar 2010 15:51

folders view
how do I set 'my computer' & my documents' to always open in folders view? I'm using XP ... 11 Mar 2010 19:08