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All FAQs → The Broadband Reports Windows XP FAQ Table of Contents What Is The Purpose of this FAQ? (2) 1. Preparation for installation (9) 2. Clean Install Procedures (7) 3. Upgrade Install Procedures (7) 4. Registration and Activation (7) 5. Networking (10) 6. Tweaking your setup (24) 7. Troubleshooting and Repair (26) 8. Misc (39) 9. Recommended XP Info Sites (2) Editors: MSeng , slash , trparky , Kramer Last modified on 2011-02-12 22:18:48 view:Revisions What Is The Purpose of this FAQ? Introduction and Objectives Can anyone contribute to this FAQ? 1. Preparation for installation Should I Upgrade my present version or should I clean install? What version should I use? Backing Up Your Data What are the requirements to run Windows XP? Can I upgrade to Windows XP Home Edition from Windows 2000 Professional? Can I upgrade to Windows XP Professional from Windows 2000 Professional? How can I create Windows XP bootdisks? Hardware and Software Compatibility Any other items to update before installation? 2. Clean Install Procedures NTFS or FAT32? Can I dual boot and how? Is there a Windows XP Clean Install (Interactive Setup) site online? Clean Install Instructions Can the Windows XP upgrade version be clean installed? Should I partition my hard drive? Common Installation Problems and Solutions 3. Upgrade Install Procedures Can you upgrade to WinXP from Win 3x, Win95* or WinNT3.51*? Windows XP upgrade chart. How do I upgrade my previous Windows OS to Windows XP? Is a version of Windows on a manufacturer’s restore CD recognized? Will an upgrade CD for an earlier version of Windows qualify? Can I upgrade to WinXP from a NT server? I upgraded XP and now I want to go back? 4. Registration and Activation How many computers can I install Windows XP on? Is there a way to save the activation code? What is Product Registration and do I have to register XP? What is Product Activation and do I have to activate XP? What is the difference between Product Registration and Product Activation? How do I activate Windows XP? Why should I register? 5. Networking WinIPConfig? Where is it? What is QoS Packet Scheduler? What are the 3 supported Windows XP Network Protocols? Where is NetBEUI? How do I force Windows XP to use NetBEUI for File and Printer Sharing? What are TCP/IP , IPX/SPX & NetBEUI Network Protocols? How do I Create a PPP over Ethernet (PPPoE) Connection for WinXP? Where do I go to verify my Network Bindings? How do I remove the Default Administrative shares? How do I disable NetBIOS on TCP/IP? 6. Tweaking your setup What Services can I change to speed up my system? Enable DMA on your IDE devices How can I Automatically Hide Inactive Tray Icons? How can I backup the XP registry? How do I force Windows XP to clear the pagefile on shutdown? Can I switch to the old Windows look and feel? How can I speedup the Windows XP start menu? How do I enable the advanced security settings like found in Windows 2000? How do I Enable cleartype on welcome login screen ? How do I Enable or disable boot defrag ? Can I disable error reporting ? Can I Disable Balloon Tips? How can I Remove Shared Documents from My Computer? How can I customize time synchronization? What are Powertoys? Can I Stop Password Expiration ? Is it possible to change the Logon screensaver? How do I make sure that HyperThreading is enabled on my system? How do I customize the view of Windows Explorer when opening? Tell Me About Virtual Memory GUI Tweak: Windows 2000/NT style logon How do I bypass the Welcome Screen so I don't have to log in? Customization of the Places Bar in File Open dialogs Move Shutdown/Reboot/Logoff Buttons 7. Troubleshooting and Repair How do I repair Windows XP? I am getting the PAGE_FAULT_IN_NON_PAGED_AREA BSOD! HELP! \WINDOWS\SYSTEM32\CONFIG\SYSTEM is corrupt. HELP! How do I repair the MBR? Help! I have lost the NTLDR! What do I do? What is the System Restore utility? How do I make a Windows XP Emergency Boot Disk? UNMOUNTABLE_BOOT_DEVICE? Help! What do I do? Can I Restore Internet Explorer? How to Reset TCP/IP Need Explanations Of Device Manager Error Codes? Lots of Repair Links Worried about losing or forgetting your passwords? HELP! My Add/Remove Programs is broken. What can I do to change and keep my drive letters like I want them? Using Recovery Console What are file permissions and how do I change them? CDROM/DVD Drives Missing In XP My Icons have turned ugly! What can I do? How do I repair or reinstall the GUEST ACCOUNT? Why can't I use the internet before svchost loads? WINDOWS\SYSTEM32\AUTOEXEC.NT not suitable. What can I do? SSDP may cause some icons to not appear on Start-Up I can't access my files and folders Help! Why are my CD-ROM drives not showing in My Computer? Applications in Add/Remove Programs list missing Change and Remove button 8. Misc How can I stop Windows Messenger from running? HELP! I don't have Java VM? What do I do? How do I get it? How do I create a slipstream disk using XP and SP1? Why does my CD Drive not autoplay OR why is my Autoplay Tab is missing? Is there a way to secure a folder and its contents in Windows XP? What is Compatability Mode and how do I use it? How do I Create a Boot Disk for an NTFS or FAT Partition Is there a way to determine how long Windows XP has been up? Is there a guide to using Remote Assistance anyplace? How do I get at the command line in Windows XP while still in Windows? How do I Disable Disk Performance Counters? How do I Modify color for command prompt? Can I get a Automatic Time Synchronisation with a Internetserver? How do you remove a Win9x partition from a dual-boot system? How do I install the Recovery Console? Can I modify colors and fonts for Command Prompt without regedit? What can I expect in the future? How do I view hidden devices in the Device Manager? When I run (some app) its output vanishes before I can read it How can I understand the meaning behind a BSOD? How does Windows XP manage multiple users and how do I set them up? How do I find my system resources in XP? How do I Install NTBackup in Windows XP Home Edition? How do you fix XP/Dell computers from losing time? What should I use, System Restore or GoBack? Where is Scandisk? Windows XP forgets my folder view settings. Is there a fix? How can I add a background picture to a folder? How can I check my Product Key within XP? Want to delete a file but get an Access Denied error? Why is part of my Task Manager gone? Why is the System Idle Process using 99% of my CPU? How do I interpret the Performance tab of Task Manager? How do I interpret the Processes tab in Task Manager? Windows XP Search doesn't find text in certain files How do I check if Win XP SP2 installed correctly? What are 'privileges' and 'permissions' ? How can I uninstall the Microsoft Java Virtual Machine (JVM) from Windows XP? Disabling ctfmon.exe when Internet Explorer 7 is installed 9. Recommended XP Info Sites Are you looking for XP Recommended Help Sites? Where can I get Themes for Windows XP? login and you can contribute to the FAQ

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