You could already obtain a whole bunch of updates by simply installing:
Microsoft Windows 2000 Unofficial SP 5.1.2195 (http://majorgeeks.com/Microsoft_Windows_2000_Unofficial_SP_d4817.html)
...

>if anyone have it please send me the link.
I don't have it, but I can give you a link to an online store, where you can legally buy it.

You cannot get commercial software legally in their full...

And if you only want the file names then use:

dir /b > files.txt

:)

Edit:: You can also combine this one, with sknake's one:

dir /b /s > files.txt

If it's a BIOS related problem, reinstalling the OS won't help much, otherwise if it isn't BIOS-related then it might solve the problem (in a drastic way)

In Windows XP it isn't called scandisk but chkdsk :) ...

> Is the PC really shutting down (powering off) and then restarting (a cold boot up) :?:
>> If this is the case then it might be defined somewhere in your computer's BIOS, but probably this is just...

Here (http://pcsupport.about.com/od/toolsofthetrade/tp/passrecovery.htm) are listed some nice password recovery/reset programs :)

If you're using XP Home it might be probable that there's an administrator account without a password (called 'Administrator')
Normally the password of this account is blank and you can access it by...

And I who thought it was a safe mirror :P ...

If this is true then my antivirus is reporting me a false-positive ...
Now I'm convinced it's 1000% virus clean :) !!

Agreed, but I was talking about the nlited editions :)



That's true !

It's working with me, btw, I suggested this because my AV flags MagicalJellyBean Keyfinder as a virus/trojan :) ...

Yeah, that's right but Microsoft doesn't offer support for these customized editions (but I don't know if you need it) ...

Agreed, but you don't know this so I would just refer him to some kind of imaging solution ...

That's indeed an illegal operation :) ...

I think Microsoft backup is able to do that, but it will be a more pleasant experience if you just use Acronis TrueImage (http://www.acronis.com/) which is designed for that purpose ...

FILENAME.BAT

@ECHO OFF
fsutil.exe fsinfo statistics c:


Save this under filename.bat and it will run the requested command :) ...

Edit:: Replace filename with an appropriate filename ...

Use RockXP (http://www.snapfiles.com/get/rockxp.html) !
It's free and it will recover your Windows XP CD Key :) ...

For that purpose I actually would recommend you using Genie Backup (http://www.genie-soft.com/) ...

Acronis True Image (http://www.acronis.com/) is definitely the way to go !!

It's apparently a heat problem ...
Consider installing some extra coolers into your computer ...

You'll also have to remove that exploit from your computer ...
Maybe you should also try using...

You didn't give me an answer to that question ...

What's your computer vendor?
Did Windows came pre-installed with your pc, in that case it came probably also with a recovery cd or a recovery partition (somewhere on your harddisk) ...

Consider...

However, I assume his computer is powerful enough to run AVG, as he's installing Norton on it ...

Actually you could check if your computer can run any AV, just try Norton, if that works, the...

Maybe you should check out the Ultimate Boot CD (which is probably useful in situations like this one): http://www.ultimatebootcd.com/download.html

Did you try a Windows repair install ?
See this (http://www.windowsxpprofessional.windowsreinstall.com/indexrepairguides.htm) page for available Windows XP Repair possibilities you could try ...

You could also search for "windows 2008 server" on www.ebookee.com (http://www.ebookee.com) (the best resource for free ebooks about IT) ...

Probably not legal, but it's an answer to your question...

And what about this (http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/bb625087.aspx) ?

I know it doesn't explain you how to set up a server (for that purpose you need to buy a book, but it's just giving...

Maybe you should buy a book from Microsoft Press about that topic ...

Can you boot into safe mode ?
(Press F8 just before Windows starts to load)

Or the free:
> Spybot search and Destroy (from safer networks) !!
> Ad-aware Free (from lavasoft) !

I took the following from the website: QuotePad saves the text selected on the screen without forgetting its source.

It could be very useful !!!

We appreciate you share your knowledge, I...

Can your computer read other CD's?
If not so, your CD-drive is screwed up and you should replace it ...

I would go for an external Network Hard disk or a NAS (which is directly connected to the router via Ethernet) ...

As backup software you have a lot of choice ...
Two free and very good backup...

Agreed with 'Norton is bulk', but the 2009 version is still a great improvement over the previous versions, but I would recommend using another AV, AVG is a good one, but AVIRA AntiVir is currently...

You should maybe consider doing an online virus scan ...
Try Eset (http://www.eset.com/onlinescan/) !

Maybe you should try doing a Windows XP repair installation ...
Your data is left intact...

Maybe you also want to backup your data first, use a linux live cd for that purpose...