windows xp

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Hello to everyone, I have an old installation of Windows XP Professional SP3 from November of 2008 and for about 5 years I couldn't boot to Windows because the system was always rebooting due to hardware error and BSOD. Last week I've managed to fix it by using the five files DEFAULT, SAM...

I am in a loop where my computer keeps restarting at the mentioned loop how do I fix this? I do not have access to the recovery console because I do not have the password.

Hi. It's my first time in here, i have a Windows XP and i want a tutorial how to restart it from the begging, how to delete everything and start fresh like i bought a new pc. Thanks.

Is it possible to get a windows xp theme on windows 10?

I was just seeing a video about all the windows that exist, and I saw this. Is This Real?

Hello OK, bad news first. I'm a near 74 year old engineer, and have very little experience with modern operating systems, though I have quite a bit with older systems. For many years I've used a machine running Win XP Pro with SP3. Mainly this machine is used for technical work - engineering...

(Admin: If this really belongs in the XP forum, please move it; but there have been other changes made to this feature in Win10, and it’s something we’d like to see fixed in Win10) I know it’s a bit late for this, but we didn’t know that the one thing we’ve been looking for has been there since...

For years I’ve used Clonezilla on external drives to create and manipulate drive image backups like this: First, using Gparted I make two partitions on an external drive, first partition 300MB fat32 for Clonezilla live boot, and the balance ntsf partition to store the images. Next I use...

USB 3.0 HUB 3 Port with RJ45 Gigabit Ethernet Adapter 1000Mbps Link Removed Will above (or similar) allow me to plug a USB3 Thumb drive into one of the sockets, and readily/easily allow connected PCs to share files via the Thumb drive ? The descriptions (on eBay) don't clarify to me - -...

I have searched for two days and downloaded 15 windows video players in search for what I want. The thing is that I remember this feature was available in 2005 during the Windows XP Era. I don't remember the name of the player that could do it. I found the backup software CD I had since that...

After restoring an old XP Home machine to initial state, I can't seem to connect to the internet. The machine is working fine with my workgroup (Win 7, 8.1 & 10 systems on that group), but TCP/IP doesn't show up in the LAN Properties. I am using an ARRIS gateway (cable modem, router & switch)...

Hello, I just found my old pc and it has windows xp installed on it, last time I used it, it worked perfectly and now a few years later it don't work! Whenever it tries to load windows xp it always reboots and starts over, even in safe mode. Can someone please help, thanks in advance! :)

Hi all I'm in the need of some out of the box thinking with an upgrade dilemma -- I'm really struggling to find a solution. So, the background: We have Windows XP on a Windows Server 2003 setup... stop laughing and rolling your eyes. I know, it's shocking. We're trying to upgrade to the...

I reinstalled my windows from a Recovery Cd, and i ran sfc /scannow But it fails and i am worried something is wrong with my windows, It says "Windows Resource Protection found corrupt files but was unable to fix some of them Details are included in the CBS.Log windir/Logs/CBS/CBS.log. For...

I have seen how to configure an exception, but how can i configure to control a program for not connect to internet ? Thanks

Situation is I have a client that just purchased some old POS equipment on the cheep. He gives them to me to set up. Unfortunately he bought several XP machines and the POS program only works on Win 7 and up. I have upgraded one of the computers to Win 7 and the POS program works fine...

If I use my XP_SP3 disk to create a new virtual machine in VBox, is it possible to bring it up to date (i.e. to the 2014 end-of-support updates). Is there a list somewhere of XP-applicable KBs?

Microsoft releases additional updates for older platforms to protect against potential nation-state activity Today, as part of our regular Update Tuesday schedule, we have taken action to provide additional critical security updates to address vulnerabilities that are at heightened risk of...

I want to play lol but my fps is very low in windows 7. Concretely it is alway lowering than 45 fps and drop down <20 fps when i'm in combat. I know that intel g31 have higher memory graphics in windows xp, 384mb. While in windows 7 it is 256mb. But i wonder that could it will faster, higer...