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==Navigation== | ==Navigation== | ||
| − | [[computing]]: [[operating system]]s: [[Windows (Microsoft)|Windows]]: [[Windows XP|XP]]{{ | + | [[computing]]: [[operating system]]s: [[Windows (Microsoft)|Windows]]: [[Windows XP|XP]] |
| + | ==About== | ||
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==Related Articles== | ==Related Articles== | ||
* [[Windows Genuine Advantage]] | * [[Windows Genuine Advantage]] | ||
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===Technical Issue Reports=== | ===Technical Issue Reports=== | ||
* [[2006-11-06 mouse wheel settings tab missing]] | * [[2006-11-06 mouse wheel settings tab missing]] | ||
| + | ===known error messages=== | ||
| + | * [[Failed to install runtime with error code 1601]] - reported by [[ClamAV]] (and possibly other applications) if you attempt to install it from "safe mode". | ||
| + | * [[System error 6118 has occurred]]. | ||
| + | * [[The list of servers for this workgroup is not currently available]]. | ||
| + | * [[The system cannot log you on now because the domain is not available]]. | ||
==Links== | ==Links== | ||
| + | ===How-to / Tips=== | ||
| + | * [http://www.mydigitallife.info/2008/06/13/convert-and-upgrade-windows-xp-home-to-professional-without-reinstalling/ Convert and Upgrade Windows XP Home to Professional Without Reinstalling]: I have personally verified this. You can't upgrade legitimately with a licensed install CD, but you can do it by flipping a switch in the registry. --[[User:Woozle|Woozle]] 18:11, 26 January 2010 (UTC) | ||
| + | * '''2014-08-04''' [http://www.theregister.co.uk/2014/04/08/end_of_xp/ Windows XP is finally DEAD, right? Er, not quite. Here's what to do if you're stuck with it] | ||
| + | * '''2009-06-26''' [http://forums.cnet.com/5208-6142_102-0.html?messageID=3064879&tag=nl.e497 Need help! I lost my Windows XP admin password] | ||
| + | * '''2008-04-25''' [http://www.theeldergeek.com/ The Elder Geek]: site seems to focus on WinXP configuration tips | ||
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| + | ===Miscellaneous=== | ||
* [http://www.xmission.com/~comphope/issues/ch000465.htm NTLDR is Missing] error message at boot | * [http://www.xmission.com/~comphope/issues/ch000465.htm NTLDR is Missing] error message at boot | ||
* [http://passivemode.net/updates/2006/6/5/windows-xp-privilege-escalation-exploit.html Windows XP Privilege Escalation Exploit] (2006-06-05) | * [http://passivemode.net/updates/2006/6/5/windows-xp-privilege-escalation-exploit.html Windows XP Privilege Escalation Exploit] (2006-06-05) | ||
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==Maintenance== | ==Maintenance== | ||
The following drivers tend to cause problems if you allow [[Windows Update]] to automatically update them: | The following drivers tend to cause problems if you allow [[Windows Update]] to automatically update them: | ||
Revision as of 11:49, 9 April 2014
computing: operating systems: Windows: XP
About
Related Articles
Technical Issue Reports
known error messages
- Failed to install runtime with error code 1601 - reported by ClamAV (and possibly other applications) if you attempt to install it from "safe mode".
- System error 6118 has occurred.
- The list of servers for this workgroup is not currently available.
- The system cannot log you on now because the domain is not available.
Links
How-to / Tips
- Convert and Upgrade Windows XP Home to Professional Without Reinstalling: I have personally verified this. You can't upgrade legitimately with a licensed install CD, but you can do it by flipping a switch in the registry. --Woozle 18:11, 26 January 2010 (UTC)
- 2014-08-04 Windows XP is finally DEAD, right? Er, not quite. Here's what to do if you're stuck with it
- 2009-06-26 Need help! I lost my Windows XP admin password
- 2008-04-25 The Elder Geek: site seems to focus on WinXP configuration tips
Miscellaneous
- NTLDR is Missing error message at boot
- Windows XP Privilege Escalation Exploit (2006-06-05)
Maintenance
The following drivers tend to cause problems if you allow Windows Update to automatically update them:
In most cases, you can do a Repair on XP from the CD (key required) and get the system back without losing applications – unless they managed to corrupt the registry. (QBFreak has learned not to replace the SYSTEM hive and expect anything to work right.)
The Recovery option is NOT the Recovery Console presented at the first screen of the boot CD. Choose Install Windows XP (should be ENTER) and agree to the EULA (F8), then you will be prompted to select a destination partition, you can select the existing install and press R to repair it.
Notes
Recommendations from a couple of XP admins (2007-05-30):
- QBFreak: generally I select all of the critical except IE7 (but thats most likely already there), and then all of the optional that say "Update for Windows XP" as well as the Root Certificates update, but half this stuff you'll only see on a new system
- Bill usually, eh, waits a couple of months and turns on auto updates, lets it do it's thing (MOSTLY) and turns it off
- Bill: thus far i've avoided the windows "OMG TEH EVIL" software removal program
- QBFreak: I rarely install driver updates, but if you do avoid any nvidia drivers, there is only one that is a problem but I forgot what it was (update: nVidia Vanta driver)... basically it no worky, and you rollback and windows ends up with the resolution at the max the card can handle, and naturally your monitor cannot. Very annoying. (I also forgot how to fix that :) )
- Bill: i just update drivers from the manufacturer's web sites
- QBFreak: yeah
- QBFreak does a lot of fresh installs and thus sees these updated drivers a lot... especially if I couldn't find one initially
- Bill: well, i think that most people just allow all the automatic stuff to work, and it just kinda works ... *shrug* and they don't worry about it
They also recommended signing up for the Windows Secrets newsletter in order to learn what to avoid.