By Robbie Allen, Preston Gralla
Every year, home windows XP is pre-installed on 30 million computers bought within the U.S. - and ninety million around the world - making it the world's most well-liked working procedure, and proving to annoyed clients in all places that preponderance doesn't equate to ease of use. there are millions of courses, instruments, instructions, displays, scripts, buttons, tabs, applets, menus, and settings contained inside home windows XP. And it has simply been within the final couple of years that Microsoft's documentation has truly been extra of a aid than a concern. however it nonetheless isn't really adequate. home windows XP clients and directors desire a quickly and straightforward strategy to locate solutions. lots of books cross into element concerning the concept in the back of a selected know-how or program, yet few cross instantly to the necessities for purchasing the task performed. home windows XP Cookbook does simply that, tackling the most typical projects had to set up, deal with, and aid home windows XP.
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Txt file by using the Setup Manager tool. txt is a file that contains the commands that would run during the GUI installation. These commands can be hotfix installation commands as well. 4. Add the I386 folder from the Windows installation CD-ROM to the distribution folder. 5. txt files to the \I386\$OEM$ subfolder. 6. Add hotfix executable files to the \I386\$OEM$ subfolder. ) Hotfix files can be downloaded from Microsoft's web site. 7.
Now, you need to generate an administrator password. Since you've chosen the fully automated type of answer file, the option for the user to provide a password is not available. Instead, you enter one yourself. Click Next to move on. 4. You're prompted on the next screen to select the appropriate networking components for these systems. The typical settings use DHCP to get an IP address and installs file sharing capabilities. You can also select a static IP address. Click Next once you've configured the relevant options.
If you haven't yet run the tool, leave the default and let Setup identify possible problems it thinks will crop up, including both hardware and software compatibility issues. 2, beginning with step 8 after your first reboot. Discussion Upgrading to Windows XP is uneventful. You might think this section is ridiculously short, but in reality, Microsoft has done such a good job addressing upgrade scenarios that they really are simple, almost akin to applying a service pack. ) The only key to an even smoother installation is to ensure that your existing Windows operating system is configured exactly as you want it, and that all third-party software installed on the system, be it application software or drivers, is compatible with Windows XP.