XP gets into a loop on register system components when installing. what do i do?
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Try doing a clean install, instead of an upgrade, preferably on an empty partition. I don't think its got anything to do with your network card. However, if is not too much of a hassle, try doing the installation without the card on.
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Here is your fix:\n\nYou MUST have an OEM Win XP CD.\n\n1. Boot up with the WinXP CD and at the Setup Screen press the Enter Key.\n  \n2. You will be taken to the Windows XP Licensing Agreement. Press F8 to proceed.\n\n3. The next screen gives you the option to do a fresh (clean) install or to repair\n     the selected Windows XP installation. To run a Repair Install press "R".\n\n***CAUTION*** if you do not see the option to repair the selected Windows XP\ninstallation DO NOT choose the option to continue installing a fresh copy without\nrepairing as that will overwrite your data and cause unrecoverable data loss.\n\n4. If you originally installed XP with Service Pack 1 and later installed Service Pack     2,  you will need to re-install Service Pack 2.\n\n5. If you have any Microsoft Office products installed,  you will need to re-activate\n    with the Product Key code. Contacting Microsoft may be required.
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1.  click start\n2.  click control panel\n3.  double click on system\n4.  in the field labeled "Registered To:", at the bottom, is your XP product key.
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the question is not clear. \nyou had an old copy of xp - WHERE. on a CD or PC?\n\nif it was on a CD - then it has no registry.\nif it was on another PC - then startup up that PC, click start->RUN->type"regedit" and search the registry for the KEY.\nif it was on this new PC (on which you installed XP again) - then the old registry is gone, as it was re-written by the new one.\n\nyou bought a new pc and installed XP - SO WHERE WAS THE OLD XP?
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the first thing to do is make sure your system is at least equal to minimum requirements as listed on the home xp box. From there the install is as easy as 123. It should overwrite anything malicious that it comes across. If not you may try using the system disc that came with your computer to do a clean re-install and then again do the home xp upgrade. I hope this helps and good luck.
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Here's your fix, only if your running XP and you have an OEM CD.\n\n1. Boot up with the WinXP CD and at the Setup Screen press the Enter Key.\n  \n2. You will be taken to the Windows XP Licensing Agreement. Press F8 to proceed.\n\n3. The next screen gives you the option to do a fresh (clean) install or to repair\n     the selected Windows XP installation. To run a Repair Install press "R".\n\n***CAUTION*** if you do not see the option to repair the selected Windows XP\ninstallation DO NOT choose the option to continue installing a fresh copy without\nrepairing as that will overwrite your data and cause unrecoverable data loss.\n\n4. If you originally installed XP with Service Pack 1 and later installed Service Pack     2,  you will need to re-install Service Pack 2.\n\n5. If you have any Microsoft Office products installed,  you will need to re-activate\n    with the Product Key code. Contacting Microsoft may be required.
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you should be ok just pop in the xp disc and follow the prompts
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buy windows xp, follow the steps, install, enjoy.  it's a bit of a hassle...
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1. Install again from CD\n2. In Windows XP exist system utility named as system restore. in This programm try restore system before uninstall.
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for the most part programs will ask you "do you want xxx to become your primary XXX\n\nif you continue to blast through installation setups, with out reading the fine print buy clicking  yes yes yes your screwed!\n\ntry system restore ...start/help and support/undo changes to your syetem...
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Try to have a clean install of winxp. Refer to this site:\n\nhttp://www.michaelstevenstech.com/XPrepairinstall.htm\n\nIt will reinstall all XP system files, but will not touch your installed programs, and other personal documents you have
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not sure...\nyou appear to have constant computer problems...\n\nif you change hardware after reinstalling xp,\nxp needs to verify alterations,or may cause errors,\nif you have two drive c:&#92; (s) check bios settings,\ncheck hard drive jumpers , verify that xp is not on both drives,\n\nrun scandisk error checker,\ncheck device manager,
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Your best option is to run a repair on your XP installation.\nMake the CD the boot drive, put in you XP installation disk and follow the questions. Once the setup says it  discovered a previous version of Windows take the option of doing a Repair. This will over install your XP and maintain a lot of your setting's
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Not sure but it sounds like you may not be logged in as a local system administrator on the machine.  Try doing that and then rerunning the install.
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Install something else FIRST.   If you have a Windows XP home, install that.   Check the BOX that your XP pro came with.  It should say what you have to start with.
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go to: my computer, right click it, go to properties, go to hardware / device manager, and look for IRDA. it is possible that xp installed it by itself.
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Software culpit:\n1. This is caused by the programs are running on startup, those with a icon next to the clock, Avg is a must, but, Advanced windows care and the registry cleaner and you don't need them everyday(now they failed you anyway), and they taken up system resources like Ram, cpu workload etc, thats might be a problem, try uninstall them see if problem gone.\n2. Try uninstall some unnecessary program, use the uninstall link to do that.\n3. Try to backup your important files and reformat your harddrive and install xp from start again if no solution is viable.\nHardware culpit:\nIf your pc > 4 years old, it can barely handle xp with the lot of software and updates you installed, may be is time to buy a new one.