Installation Process of Windows XP

Installation Process of  Windows XP

If you are installing to a Serial-ATA Hard Disk then you may need a floppy disk containing the appropriate Serial-ATA drivers for your motherboard.

Quality motherboard manufacturers will supply a floppy disk with the motherboard for this purpose but, in some cases, it will be necessary to create a Serial-ATA driver disk using the CD that is packaged with the motherboard, or even download the drivers from the manufacturer's web site.

The procedure for installing Windows XP onto a new PC is as follows:

BIOS Update Procedure

All latest Motherboards today, 486/ Pentium / Pentium Pro etc.,ensure that upgrades are easily obtained by incorporating the system BIOS in a FLASH Memory component. With FLASH BIOS, there is no need to replace an EPROM component. Once downloaded, the upgrade utility fits on a floppy disc allowing the user to save, verify and update the system BIOS. A hard drive or a network drive can also be used to run the newer upgrade utilities. However, memory managers can not be installed while upgrading.

Most pre-Pentium motherboards do not have a Flash BIOS. The following instructions therefore do not apply to these boards. If your motherboard does not have a Flash BIOS (EEPROM) you will need to use an EPROM programmer to re-program the BIOS chip. See your dealer for more information about this.

Please read the following instructions in full before starting a Flash BIOS upgrade:

How to Uninstall Ghosted Devices from Windows

Do you know that your computer can be full of Ghosted Devices? And like Humans are scared of real world Ghosts your Computer is also scared of these  Virtual Ghosts. Presence of such ghosts causes  deterioration in the Startup Speed and Overall Computer speed.

In simple language Ghosted Devices, commonly known as Hidden Devices, are those devices that were once connected to the system but are no longer connected. Windows however keeps a copy of them inside the Device Manager and tries to find these devices on system startup, thus reducing the startup speed(often negligible) in some cases.

Recover Important Data after your System is Crashed

Suppose your computer commits suicide by inviting the latest virus and you are not able to get it back up and running. As a last resort you decide to backup your important documents, photos that you took of your girl friend and the ASCII text file containing your passwords. Today I will show how to do this very easily.

Create a System Rescue CD

Use an uninfected computer and download the System Rescue CD ISO file (latest version) from sysresccd.org. Now burn this ISO to a blank CD.

Installing the Windows 2000 Remote Installation Services

Installing the Windows 2000 Remote Installation Services

The following instructions help you install, configure, and use the Windows 2000 Remote Installation Services.
Install Remote Installation Services

1. On a Windows 2000 Server, click Start, point to Settings, and click Control Panel.
   
2. Double-click Add/Remote Programs.
   
3. Double-click Add/Remove Windows Components.
   

Turn on and Turn off Windows XP System Restore

Turn on Windows XP System Restore

1 Click Start.

2 Right-click My Computer, and then click Properties.

3 On the System Restore tab, uncheck Turn off System Restore or Turn off System Restore on all drives.

If you do not see the System Restore tab, you are not logged on to Windows as an Administrator.

4 Click Apply.

5 When you see the confirmation message, click Yes.

6 Click OK

Restore the Hide Desktop Icons in Windows XP

Click Start, Run and type the following 

command:  regsvr32 /n /i:U shell32.dll 

The Show Desktop icon file should be available now. 

OR

You Can use next process for restoring desktop icons.

Click Start, Run, and type Notepad.exe. Copy the following contents to Notepad.

[Shell]
Command=2
IconFile=explorer.exe,3
[Taskbar]
Command=ToggleDesktop

Why does user logon screen come up after standby mode in XP

From a security perspective, XP Pro should prompt for your password when coming off standby or hibernation mode. But if your workstation is at home or in a very secured location, to disable this important security feature:
Start the Power Options Control Panel applet
Start.
Control Panel.
Power Options.
Select the Advanced tab.
Uncheck the Prompt for password when computer goes off standby check box.
Click OK.

DOS USB Drivers

There are several ways folks are getting their USB CDroms, Hard Drives, and other drives to work in DOS. One is using what's known as DUSE driver system. The second method is using what looks somewhat like standard CDrom driver files and a USB driver. Both methods appear to require loading an usbaspiX.sys file first in config.sys in most cases. The third method is a bootdisk from a USB vendor. Method 4 is getting good reviews also.

METHOD 1 - The DUSE System

Flash your bios on a pc with no floppy drive.

flashcd.iso is an image of a bootable DOS7 floppy. In order to make it
usable to also handle your bios flash files it has a cdrom driver and
mscdex.exe loaded. What you will be doing is adding your bios flashing
program and bios file to the .iso and then burning the .iso to cd.

How To Boot From A USB Flash Drive

For starters this is still a new science and many people have had good luck with at least one of these methods and others have not. Note that flash drives are often also called thumb drives, keychain drives, pendrives, etc. The NEWEST methods are listed last on this page, starting with Method 6 for Vista/Win7

A FEW THINGS YOU NEED TO CONSIDER IN ADVANCE.

1. The PC has to support booting from a USB flash/pen/key drive. There may be anywhere from 1-3 items to change in the BIOS to make this possible assuming your BIOS supports it. Some bios's may refer to your flash drive as a USB floppy or USB zip. Of course there are exceptions, perhaps some are covered here.

Open Icons In Vista With Single Click Instead Of Double Click

Open Icons In Vista With Single Click Instead Of Double Click

• Open My Computer.
• Click on the Organize drop down menu located at the top left corner of the windows just below the Back & Forward buttons.
• In the dropdown menu click on Folder & Search Options.

Windows 7 supports several useful new keyboard shortcuts.

Windows 7 supports several useful new keyboard shortcuts.

Alt+P
Display/ hide the Explorer preview pane

Windows Logo+G
Display gadgets in front of other windows

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Q. Installing a CD-ROM or a Hard Disk

Solution- 

Installing a new drive such as a CD-ROM or hard disk involves opening your computer case, and handling internal cables and wiring. Because of this, you should not try to install a CD-ROM or hard disk unless you are already very familiar with the process. For information about how to install a CD-ROM or hard disk, contact the manufacturer of the device, or view the documentation included with your device.

Q. Installing Printers..

Solution- 

To install a new printer, follow these steps:

1. Click the Start button, point to Settings, and then click Printers.
2. Double-click Add Printer, and then click Next.
3. Click Local Printer or Network Printer as appropriate, and then click Next.

Q. Installing Modems.

Solution-
To install a new modem, follow these steps:

1. In Control Panel, double-click Modems.
2. If this is to be the first modem installed in the computer, the Install New Modem Wizard starts automatically. If not, click Add.

Q.Installation of Manufacturer-Supplied Drivers

Solution-
     To install a manufacturer-supplied driver, follow these steps:

1. In Control Panel, double-click Add New Hardware.
2. In Windows XP, click Next, click No, and then click Next.

Q. Computer Restarting Problem............

Solution - for xp:
The harddisk filesystem is damaged because windows was writing to it when it got cut off. You must try to restore it by right-clicking drive C in my computer, then go to properties or something like it (i have the dutch version, so i'm not sure what it's called) then go to the tab extra and click the check button (or something like it)