I am thinking about buying a windows xp update at Wal-mart. Has anyone done the same, what results & problems.
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Read the system requirements very carefully.  You'll need way more RAM and Video and probably more hard drive space too than most machines that shipped with 98 have.  For XP, you should have at least 256MB of RAM and 40GB of Harddrive space ... It won't take near that much, but the stuff you run with it will.  Make sure your Video card will handle it too.  PC's are easy to upgrade and you can do this yourself, but PLEASE read the box before you buy.  If you're not sure what you have, in almost any Windows office program like Word, Powerpoint, Excel, you can go to the Help bar and click on SYSTEM INFORMATION.  It will tell you all of this stuff.  Good luck !  P.S.  Consider hitting a pawn shop for a decent 512+RAM used PC for $250 ... hey, it's just hardware, not underwear !   ;-)
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http://www.softwarepatch.com  is the only site you need for fixes with your xp not being valid.here you can get any & all updates or upgrades microsoft issues.no validation failure there.and yes you need the ctmon.exe file.it is most likley still there only thing deleted was probly a virus file look alike.if not can get back from this site   http://www.dll-files.com/  enjoy these sites as i have.no bill gates stoping you there.
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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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No, not unless it's preloaded with a new system I buy and I can't get a discount by having it unloaded.  I have XP, it works fine, and unless I can get a license for Vista legally for no charge, I'll continue using XP or I'll put on Ubuntu instead.
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no, it should update itself without the need of un-installation.\n\nIf you begin experiencing problems, though, you'll need to uninstall it and re-install.\n\nI've seen issues when jumping two or three generations ahead, like going from office 97 to office 2003.  In that case, you should uninstall.  But if you're just going from office xp to office 2003, then it won't be a problem.
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You need to agree to them checking your windows is a genuine version before you can load updates.  If it is genuine you have nothing to fear ... if you don't agree then you wont get the updates which is a risk.
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I am sorry to hear what happened, your friend should have told you what he was going to do.  If you do not have a installation cd you will have to get one, from the manufactor and let them know what happened because when you install xp you have a code that Microsoft limits to every individual cd, that prevents the installation software from being redistrubited.  (if you do have a cd let them know immediately before reinstalling) You must know exactly what you are doing before installing the OS, if you do not, critical errors may occur, some OS cannot be placed on top of others.\nGood Luck
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Go buy the Windows XP Pro software.. and install?
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Ive got this problem at the moment - manage to download SP1 but it keeps crashing when i try to download SP2 - I don't know if it's a problem at Microsoft end or at my end, but i do know i got a lot of Trojans that i removed a little while back so I'm going to re-install windows XP again in case when the Trojans were removed it corrupted my windows in some way
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you can not use that win xp cd. you cant install  it is (OEM) version microsoft will not help you . that version is for 1 pc not 200 pc's even if you find a product key for that  your still have to actiavte it with in 30 days by phone with microsoft & that is where it will not be done b/c you have .da wrong product key & windows will not loginto desktop in 30 days
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i have windows xp pro. the same thing used to happen to me too. finally i got that disgusted and i turned off automatic updates. i wonder howmany times do microsoft update these OSs. better turnoff them since you dont gain nothing much from it
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If u are sure of the integrity of the Direct-buy store, then you can go ahead. As long as they send you a unique Windowx XP Key, it is not illegal. There can be some issues with the OEM version so be sure that the store has a return policy. For example, some OEM versions only install and work on certain brand computers. The XP Keys that come with Dell computers, only work on computers that are DELL computers if you try to install that Windows on another non DELL computer, the Key does not work and you cannot activate the windows.\nSo if you run into a toruble like this, you should have the option of returning. Other than this there will be no difference in functionality of the operating system. There might be some extra features such as DELL icons, or HP Icons present on the dekstop, but they are extra features and not missing features.
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Microsoft is getting tough on people who use pirated software.  If the XP doesn't pass the validation scan MS offers an electronic Product Key for $149 USD (XP Pro) or $99 (XP Home).\n\nThere are several legal merchants who sell the software for a lot less.  Try www.edirectsoftware.com and they had XP Pro SP2 full install disks for about $100 USD.\n\nIf you purchase a full install CD you don't have to do a reinstall.  You can do a repair.  That let's you overwrite the existing XP, repair or replace any corrupted or missing files, register the new Product Key, and you don't lose any of your settings or other applications.  You will have to visit the update site to reinstall patches and fixes.
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did you already pop it in the cd drive and try to install it? although microsoft did give windows xp the ability to emulate a win98 environment for old software . microsoft does not guarentee workability or stability , it has kind of been a hit and miss for me too, i found some win98 apps work fine , some only work partially, and some not at all .
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Yes you can get away with the Windows XP Pro Upgrade....I know someone that did the same thing. They had a bootleg copy of XP Pro on their machine and started having problems and they bought XP Pro Upgrade and did a upgrade and his is legal and works great now..Just do a upgrade when asked not a  new install( which you can do with the upgrade disk)..Windows Vista won't be out for another 6-8mnths and then it will be in the beta stage and will have bag bugs and need fixes for atleast 1yr after that. XP Professional is no obsolete yet it will be the main stay for atleast 2 more yrs. Then Windows Media and Vista will be the norm. What ever happened to Windows Longhorn......Thanks
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Do you mean that you want to download Windows XP?\n\nNot something I'd recommend doing - I know you can get hold of copies illegally but who knows what other stuff is going to be bundled in with it.  You could end up causing yourself no end of problems.\n\nBetter to go out and buy a legitimate copy, they're not that much, plus you get warranties/guarantees and proper updates etc.\n\nIf it's instructions that you're after then you don't need any as it's all self explanatory during the installation procedure.
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1st go to Tools and select Windows update and let the Micro website do the updates 4 U...2nd if not working then go here and proceed with caution...{:-{}.