My PC died a tragic death after I bowed to pressure and loaded xp home on (which by the way refused to upgrade my 2000 pro settings & registry, so I had to reload everything) to my old PIII 633. I’ve just had to buy a new hard disk, and because the 2000 disk wasn’t bootable, had to load xp on just to get it running, thinking I could run the 2000 setup over it later.
I can’t.
Every time I load the cd, it warns me that because it’s an older version of windows, setup functionality has been disabled. Even the command line wont let me do it. I found a kb that identified the issue as windows file protection, and told me to disable it by resetting a value in the registry, but it didn’t work – I’m still getting the message.
xp is telling me I’ve got 30 days to activate, so I’m on a time limit – I’m determined not to give in and let it take control of my machine!!!!
Help???
Crystal