How to avoid common problems with installing Win XP

What should I be aware of before installing Windows XP?

(1) Whether you are using a desktop PC or notebook computer, please first with your PC manufacturer to determine whether there is a installation or upgrade should be noted, or after the installation of the problem, some manufacturers will take advantage of this opportunity to introduce a new BIOS to support the new features of Windows XP specifications.

(2) in advance to confirm whether the peripheral has updated drivers or with Windows XP should be noted: the manufacturer will tell you if Windows XP has a driver with this peripheral device? Is there a problem with automatic detection? Does the vendor have a plan to update the driver? The original Windows driver can continue to use the information such as Windows XP. You can detect this by putting the Windows XP installation CD in, running Setup.exe in the root directory, and choosing [Check System Compatibility]/Check my system automatically. The system will automatically check your hardware and software and report any potential conflicts. In addition, you can verify that your peripherals are within the Windows XP Hardware Compatibility Test specification.

(3) Advise you not to overclocking your CPU.

(4) Disable the BIOS virus detection function and power management system. Turn off virus detection: Virus Warning in BIOS FEATURES setup is set to Disabled.

(5) Turn off the Power management system: Please set the disables in the MANAGEMENT setup of MANAGEMENT.

(6) If the installation of Keypro (protection card) also please remove, etc. after installation, and then put back.

(7) It is best to scan the virus before running the installer.

(8) Run ScanDisk or Chkdsk before running Setup to check for bad sectors or bad rails.

(9) If you have any questions about hardware or software, please fix it before installing the Chinese version of Windows XP.

(10) Backup Autoexec.bat and Config.sys to floppy disk.

(11) Delete all unnecessary procedures in the Config.sys and Autoexec.bat files. These programs include undelete programs, anti-virus software, startup configuration programs, or any disk utility.

(12) Set the BIOS to load setup default or load BIOS default.

(13) Remove hardware devices that are not required for installation (e.g. sound card, MPEG card, or other special adapter card)

How do I get Windows 9X/NT/2000/XP to be installed together on the same computer?

To allow Windows 9x, Windows NT, Windows 2000, and Windows XP to be installed on one machine at the same time, you must first consider the file format that the file format must be FAT16, FAT32, or NTFS.

Two. Windows 98 or Windows Millennium coexist with Windows XP:

1. The file format of the boot disk must be FAT16 or FAT32, not NTFS, because WIN98/ME does not support file format for NTFS.

2. Installation sequence for first installed win98/me, and then directly from the Win98/me operating system run WinXP installation program, will automatically form a dual-boot splash screen.

Three. Windows NT 4.0 or Windows 2000 coexists with Windows XP:

1. The file format of the boot disk must be FAT16 or NTFS, not FAT32, because Windows NT does not support FAT32 file format. (Note: Windows 2000 can be FAT32).

2. Installation sequence for installing Windows NT 4.0 or Windows 2000, and then running Windows XP directly from Windows NT 4.0 or Windows 2000 operating system, automatically creates a dual boot splash screen. (Please note that Windows NT must first be upgraded to a version above service Pack 5).

Four. Windows 98 or Windows Millennium, Windows NT 4.0 or Windows 2000, and Windows XP exist at the same time:

1. The file format of the boot disk must be FAT16, not FAT32 and NTFS, because NTFS is not supported by Windows 98 or Windows Millennium, and Windows NT does not support FAT32.

2. Install the Order of Windows 98 or Windows Millennium before running Windows NT 4.0 or Windows 2000 installer directly from Windows 98 or the Windows Millennium operating system ( Note: If you upgrade to SP5 after Windows NT, and then run Windows XP Setup under Windows NT 4.0 or Windows 2000, the triple-boot splash screen will automatically form.

Five. How to configure the use of Windows XP Fax feature?

1. Open Add/Remove Programs in Control Panel.

2. Click Add/Remove Windows components, in Windows components, select the Fax Service check box, and follow the on-screen instructions.

3. Start the [fax] component: Press [start], point to [All Programs], [attachments] and [newsletters], then press [Fax Console].

Six. What is the problem with installation if the hardware or BIOS does not match the ACPI specification of Windows XP?

If you install Windows XP, the screen stays on the Windows XP splash screen After you restart your computer for the first time, and the installer cannot be completed. It is recommended that you contact the motherboard manufacturer to update your BIOS. If you are unable to update the BIOS immediately, you can enter the BIOS menu to view the Disable "ACPI function" in the BIOS power Management Setup. And when you rerun Windows XP installation, press F5, and in the options that appear, select the standard PC to complete the Windows XP installation. However, you will not be able to use the ACPI features after you complete the installation.

Seven. How do I use the Ghost method to quickly install Windows XP to the same computer as multiple hardware devices?

If you have more than one computer with the same hardware, you want to use "Symantec Ghost" products such as image file to quickly install Windows XP on these computers, you can use the "SYSPREP" tool modify the native computer's [ Security Identification Code (SID)], which makes it a dedicated identifier for each computer.

Eight. Windows XP Home and Professional version, which should I choose?

Windows XP Home: A domestic operating system that supports digital photography, music, computer games, and the Internet's capabilities to provide a simple and easy-to-use environment for home users.

Windows XP Professional: A commercial operating system that enhances the ability to integrate with Windows servers and provides tighter security.

Note: The Windows XP Professional version contains all of the features of Windows XP home. The following table provides a list of major functional differences for home and professional two versions:

Features Windows XP Professional Windows XP Home

Remote-side desktop control Yes No

Offline files and folders Yes No

Multi-processor Support 2 1

Encrypting File System Yes No

Permission Account Yes No

Network domain account support Yes No

Group Principle Yes No

Remote Installation Services Yes No

MUI Multi Language Interface Yes No

IIS Service Yes No

IPSec encryption feature Yes No

NetWare Client Service Yes No

Log on to network services using dial-up networking Yes No

Roaming user Yes No

Nine. Which of the current versions of Windows can be directly upgraded to Windows XP?

Upgrade from Windows XP Home Windows XP Professional

win3.x, Win95 No No

Windows Yes

Windows ME Yes

Windows NT 3.x Workstation No No

Windows NT 4.0 Workstation up to SP4 no no

Windows NT 4.0 Workstation SP5 or higher No Yes

Windows Professional No Yes

Windows Server Products No No

Windows XP Home Edition Yes

Windows XP Professional No Yes

10. Please refer to the following table:

How do you restore a system that has been upgraded to Windows XP to its original operating environment?

If you are directly upgraded from windows98/98se/me to the Windows XP operating system: You can run the [Control Panel]/[Add/Remove Programs/[uninstall Windows XP]], you can revert to the previous version of Windows.

Note: If you have run any of the following actions after the upgrade, you cannot revert to the previous system.

A, convert the disk partition format to NTFS;

B, run [Disk Cleanup] tool;

2. If you are upgraded to Windows XP by the winnt/2000 operating system: This is a one-way step because they have the same kernel. In other words, when your system has been upgraded to Windows XP can not be restored to the original operating system, only to reinstall, so in the upgrade please consider whether to upgrade directly.

Recommendation: If you are still undecided about whether to choose Windows XP eventually, you might want to back up your original system or use multiple booting to install Windows XP on different partitions or hard disks. This prevents the upgrade failure due to software and hardware compatibility and results in loss of data.

C, run the steps:

1. Please use WinZip first to extract the Sysprep tool (on the Windows XP installation CD, path support Oolsdeploy.cab).

2. Ready to replicate Primary installation: First install Windows XP Professional on one of the main computers, and you can choose to install and customize applications such as Microsoft Office, Internet Explorer favorites, and so on.

3. Run Sysprep.exe. Note: Make sure that the Sysprep.exe and Setupcl.exe files are in the%systemdrive%sysprep folder on the local hard disk or on the disk that was inserted when the Windows Startup menu appears. If Setupcl.exe and Sysprep.exe are not in the same directory, Sysprep does not work.

4. Select [MiniSetup] and [PNP] in the flag, then select (reinstall), in the Shutdown project, you can choose to restart the computer or direct shutdown.

5. If the computer is ACPI-compliant, it shuts down itself. Otherwise, a dialog box indicates that you can now safely shut down your computer.

6. After the shutdown, you can run the Ghost program, will run the Sysprep Windows XP, made into image file (image files).

D, when you install a hard disk that installs Windows XP in Ghost mode to the computer, the following conditions appear when the consumer turns on the computer:

1. Start detection with insertion-it takes about 3 minutes;

2. Please specify the name and organization of the user;

3. Please join the domain or work group;

4. Please specify the locale option information;

5. You are requested to specify TAPI information;

6. Please specify the network communication protocol and service that you want to install;

7. Please delete the native Sysprep folder in the%systemdrive% with Sysprep.exe and Sysprep.inf.

E, attention matters:

1. Test the machine before the test, and then in accordance with the actual environment to do the necessary deployment.

2. If you want to use SysPrep as part of a disk replicator, you must comply with the following requirements:

F, the Hardware abstraction layer (HAL) of the primary installation and destination computers must be compatible. For example: Hal APIC and Hal MP (multiprocessor systems) are compatible, and Hal PIC (programmable Interrupt Controller) is incompatible with the HAL APIC or Hal MP.

G, a large storage device controller (IDE or SCSI) must be the same between the reference computer and the destination computer. Modems, sound cards, network cards, video cards, etc. with the plug-in device, not necessarily the same. However, before running Sysprep, the appliance drivers that are not in the Drivers.cab should be placed in the primary installation. Or, you can make an installed driver work when you first run your destination computer so that the program that installs the driver is completed when it is detected.

H, the destination computer's hard disk space must be at least the same size as the primary installed hard disk. If the destination computer has a larger hard disk, this difference is not included in the primary partition. However, if it uses the NTFS file system format, you can extend the primary partition by using the ExtendOemPartition item in the Sysprep.inf file.

I, [if the reference computer and the destination computer BIOS version is different, you should first test the handler to determine whether the success. When you run a disk duplication using Sysprep, Sysprep modifies the [security identifier (SID)] of the native computer to become the private identifier for each computer.

11. What if you can't install Windows XP in a CD-boot manner?

For this issue you can install Windows XP after you start the Windows XP startup disk. Follow these steps to make a Windows XP startup disk: First, please prepare six blank 1.44MB floppy disk, and then download the relative version of the Simplified Chinese file from Microsoft's website, after downloading, run the file directly, and follow the instructions to put the blank disk into the floppy drive.

How to solve some old chip (such as S3) of the graphics card, the Windows XP platform to roll up the screen when the picture is prone to static problems?

If this is the case, restart Windows XP, follow the following methods: SELECT [Start/All Programs/[Control Panel]], and then double-click the [Show] icon and select [Set]/[advanced] [troubleshoot] in the appearance panel to "Hardware acceleration" Features are set from maximum to none. Note: To completely solve this problem, you'd better download or update the driver and BIOS to the relevant website.