Iv been trying to upgrade to XP Pro from Windows 2000 and during the
installation the
set up asks for a file "viaide.sys" what is this file and whats it suppost to
do .......and what im i suppost to do from here on ?

Auto updating of critical updates seems to be working but I can't load the
windows update website.  No error message, no obvious CPU activity I can see
in Task Manager, no entry in Event Viewer - system or application logs.  It
happens on multiple admin user accounts, and after a ...

How can I tell if a Windows 2000 system is at Service Pack 4 level?
If I run Windows Update, Service Pack 4 does not appear among the list
of updates already installed.  But it does not prompt me to install it,
either, so I infer that SP4 may have been installed by another means,

Today, after successful update of our customer's Windows 2000 Server
Standard edition with SP4 already applied, i've encountered an strange
server's behaviour, i'm going to describe. After post-update reboot, i can't
display some shell folders (Control Panel, Network Connections, ...