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    how do you install WinXP on a laptop w/ no Cd-rom?

    man, thats a lot of info. I will look into all of these options. Thanks!
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    command prompt opens than closes over network

    okay, I think things are going in the wrong direction. I don't know much about networking at all, and I don't even understand how I am suppose to change any paths or declare full paths or even where to do that? Can someone point me to some info on this? I'm basically point and click...
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    command prompt opens than closes over network

    can i make a mapped folder too?
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    command prompt opens than closes over network

    Check this out, I tried connecting to the program using another computer and it said this in the dos prompt before it shut down (I had to print screen to get a look at it): '\\J-name\Laptop\Documents and Settings\J.0hN\Desktop\Tas' CMD.EXE was started with the above path as the current...
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    how do you install WinXP on a laptop w/ no Cd-rom?

    I have no problem pulling the hard drive, and partitioning it and what not. I can add extra ram to it too. I run into these ultra portabe systems now and then and i would like to know how to install windows XP on them. I know it can be done, I had a friend of a friend who would do it for me...
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    command prompt opens than closes over network

    Here are the contents of the bat file: echo º º echo º * Now checking for Btrieve (tm) record manager. º echo º...
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    how do you install WinXP on a laptop w/ no Cd-rom?

    install the OS on the laptop hard drive on the desktop? Won't it use the desktops config for the OS? When I transfer the hard drive back to the laptop it might have config issues.
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    how do you install WinXP on a laptop w/ no Cd-rom?

    well, this model is 300Mhz. It has no ethernet or modem plugs. How can I install it somewhere else and have it work with the hardware of the HP laptop? Won't it have config issues?
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    command prompt opens than closes over network

    How do I declare full paths?
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    how do you install WinXP on a laptop w/ no Cd-rom?

    Hey everyone, I wanted to know how you can go about installing windowsXP on a hard drive of a laptop without using any cd-rom or floppy drives what-so ever? I have an HP Omni-book 900 that has no such thing on it. I have heard of partitioning a hard drive and moving all the setup files...
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    how do you install WinXP on a laptop w/ no Cd-rom?

    Hey everyone, I wanted to know how you can go about installing windowsXP on a hard drive of a laptop without using any cd-rom or floppy drives what-so ever? I have an HP Omni-book 900 that has no such thing on it. I have heard of partitioning a hard drive and moving all the setup files...
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    command prompt opens than closes over network

    Hey guys, I'm testing a few program's and their compatibility with windows XP (upgrading from WinME) and there is a Tas-Pro database program that im testing right now (in windows XP) The program works fine when running on a local machine, but if I try to open it over the network (this...
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    Replacing an old T9 10-Base T router with a new linksys

    Well I replaced the router, everything is working fine. But i'm still having the problems with it loading software off of the network drive. Its still really slow to load programs. I suppose I am going to try replacing the network card on the secondary computer (the one accessing the network...
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    Replacing an old T9 10-Base T router with a new linksys

    Cool, im going in today. I will try to login to the old router. Any idea what the IP for it could be? Or where to find it?
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    Replacing an old T9 10-Base T router with a new linksys

    Hey everyone! I've been doing some computer work at this used car lot for a couple weeks now... they've been having problems with their network loading programs slow when pulling off of a different computer. For awhile I couldn't figure out what was going on... until they told me they...