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Aquire Windows XP License Keys Legally
I require a couple of copies of Windows XP Professional and am wondering what's the best way to get these and where from? Thanks in advance!
Started by ymasood on
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Answer Snippets (Read the full thread at superuser):
Newegg is an excellent source.
NewEgg carries XP for decent prices (looks like $135 right now).
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I would like to upgrade from XP Professional to Windows 7 Professional. Could someone give me a few basic steps of the process? I keep reading about "clean installs", "migration", and saving everything before upgrading. What specificly, must be saved....
Started by Greg Rains on
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You won't be able to do a direct xp to 7 upgrade.
Your friend How-To-Geek has a step-by-step guide entitled Migrate XP to Windows 7 with Easy demonstration: The Complete Guide to Windows Easy Transfer.
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Hi All,
I am developing a C# application with .NET Framework 2.0.
The problem is, that on my client's pc, the controls get expanded, layout changes (positions of the controls gets changed), sometimes buttons get missed entirely. It happens even on Forms...
Started by Rakib Hasan on
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Answer Snippets (Read the full thread at stackoverflow):
It's probably due to the DPI setting in Windows XP.
Edit: I forgot to mention that you can keep things looking 'normal' at any dpi setting .
This article for how to check/change the dpi settings in XP.
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We have a Windows XP Professional computer that needs to access a network share hosted by a Windows Server 2003 machine, but the user does not want to enter a user name and password over and over again. The XP computer is not on a domain although the ...
Started by Jeremy on
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Answer Snippets (Read the full thread at serverfault):
Delete any cached credentials you see in there,....
Are there any Group Policy Objects that may change the expected behavior? You can check by running RSOP.MSC (Resultant Set of Policy)
In that Control Panel applet, go to Advanced, then Manage Passwords .
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Just enough for my drivers and my windows XP setup will be more than enough ... I will work from another partition and the system partition will be frozen ...
2Gb seem right but was using 5-10 Gb before, how much do I really need?
I'm now checking with...
Started by zillion on
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Answer Snippets (Read the full thread at superuser):
Windows XP SP1 disk says it needs 2 gig, SP2 probably a bit more, same with SP3 to make the XP Install take....
A normal Windows XP installation will take up about 3GB of space including the normal just about 2 gig.
Miscelaneous needs.
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I want to test some PHP on my local machine running Windows XP Professional. I'm familiar with coding PHP for upload, but not with running a web server.
What is the easiest way to set up a test environment? Step-by-step instructions would be great if ...
Started by Nathan Long on
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Note the site appears to be down as at 15:02 UTC on 3rd Dec 2008
note again and it is back!
Instead of WAMP, I recommend XAMPP, for Cross Platform (X), Apache, MySQL, PHP, and Perl, all in ... .
XAMPP from ApacheFriends is pretty simple to set up and use .
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The official system requirements for Windows 7 state that it requires 16 GB of space, or 20 GB for the 64-bit edition. Below that, it says that XP mode requires 15 GB more of space!
So, official specs say that a minimum of 35 GB are necessary, which would...
Started by Lifeson on
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Answer Snippets (Read the full thread at superuser):
You can install XP on a different drive, so have enough space even for the....
I've been running Windows 7 Professional 64-bit since it was released in late October on installing much on that drive, you should be fine with 30 GB.
Purpose PC.
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I'll soon be getting a new laptop with Windows Vista or Windows 7 and turning my current laptop into a Linux box. Since FAT32 works out of the box on both Windows and Linux machines and I've had some problems with Linux and working with NTFS drives in...
Started by Thomas Owens on
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Answer Snippets (Read the full thread at superuser):
It can read FAT32 drives.
It's a limitation of Windows XP.
The Format tool included on the disk.
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Why does Windows 7's Virtual PC running Win XP Professional has no "Shut down" button -- if clicking on START, there is only "Log off".
To shut down, we need to press CTRL-ALT-END on the keyboard and then choose from a list of options... I used XP Professional...
Started by Jian Lin on
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Answer Snippets (Read the full thread at superuser):
The shutdown command....
The Windows Virtual PC blog has an article on how to shut down a virtual machine .
I suppose the "Shutdown" command in XP is removed by the Integration Features of the virtualized XP.
For the XP Virtual Machine.
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I have several old devices that aren't working on 64-bit Windows 7 Home Premium. If I upgrade to Windows 7 Professional, will its XP Mode allow me to use those drivers?
Started by John Douthat on
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Answer Snippets (Read the full thread at superuser):
All XP Mode does is make it so you can run programs in a virtual machine under Windows XP, but have them appear to be native the applications that need the drivers....
Drivers installed in XP Mode have no effect on the host system.
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