i tried to upgrade my dell win98 laptop and the win2k install bombed halfway
through, so I decided to build 2K startup disks, which did install, but once
again the 2K disks failed. Now I have two startup options, win 98 and win2k,
which defaults to win2k, starts booting up then ...

I just ran a security auditing tool on my W2K SP4 Servers (fresh
installs) and it found 11 hotfixes I need to run.  The Windows Update
service has been disabled by the security folks... so I have downloaded
each hotfix's *.exe.

I upgraded our network (36 computers) to XP pro two weeks ago. we are
on a 2000 server. Five of the computers had numerous problems, so I
reformated them prior to installing XP. The 31 that were upgraded to
XP work fine. The five that I reformated don't connect to the network.

I have used the XPPro upgrade cd to upgrade my 2k Pro installation on my
COMPAQ EN Slimline desktop (Celeron 733).
After running setup from within windows it copies file to the HD and then
reboots. At the boot screen I have choice of 2k or XP setup. I choose XP

When I install the SP4 on W2KPro it runs to the point of installing then it
says "can't connect to Meta Database" .
what can I do to fix this?

I just recently upgraded our W2K Exch2K servers to W2K3 and Exch2K3.  All
went well with no issues.  No I'm trying to build a new W2K3 AD server to
start migrating our W2K AD servers.  When I run forestprep, I receive the
following error.  The account(s) I've used are all in the ...

   I Tried to upgrade from Win98 to Win2000 Pro. The upgrade went properly
but during first bootup it showed that my ntldr file is possibly
missing/corrupt. I want to replace/rectify the error by booting into Recovery
Console. But it asks me for a password . I have not set a ...

I made the four floppys- but when I get to disc 2 setupdd.sys   fails to
install and all stops. error code 7
any ideas?

When I purchased my Compaq laptop it had ME installed and I received an
upgrade disk to XP;  Instead of either of those I installed Win2000pro and
have used it for 2 years.  Now I would like to install the XP upgrade but get
an error message stating there is no upgrade path.  I ...

I am seeking to purchase a CD that will upgrade from Win 95 to Win 98.
Have searched Microsoft website to no avail.  Anyone know where I can get
such a disk?

Does microsoft have a package for sysadmins that includes SP4 and all the
patches from that time until now. SP4 is over a year old and a lot of fixes
have been made since then. When you have a network of 40 workstations it's
far too time consuming to roll out SP4 across the whole ...

I've just 'upgraded' a PC from Windows ME to Windows 2000 Professional,
following the upgrade options on the 2000 Pro that will (allegedly) give me
the option to go back to Windows ME. Now that nothing works on the PC any
longer, I wish to return to Windows ME. But I can't find ...

I just did a clean install to upgrade from Win ME to Win 2000. The upgrade
went fine and I have 2000 on the PC now but for some reason the Monitor will
only allow 16 colors and there is no option for the 256. Any ideas????

I am trying to upgrade my win98 system ... during the first restart the win
2000 (professional) installation shows an stop:0x00000071
(0x00000000,0x00000000,0x00000000,0x00000000)
SESSIONS_INITIALIZATION_FAILED)