Arie A follow-up. I carried-out the instructions you gave, according to my intepretation of their meaning. Nothing has changed: I still get...
Arie Even though the i386 folder is nested inside another folder, which is the one on the root drive? Does only the drive-letter matter?
Hi Windows File Protection expressly asks for the "Windows XP professional Service Pack 3 CD ". And the 'More Information' button further...
Hi Neil Thanks for replying. Yes, the drive-letter shows as correctly-set in both 'My Computer and 'Sourcepath'.
Hello Having been getting the "dwwin failed to initialize..." error message, I'm attempting to run 'sfc /scannow' to stop it continuing. And...
Yes, a more elegant way. That's the difference between a pro and an amateur!
OK - I figured it out. Registry-entry now conforms to that stipulated. So I'll mark this thread as 'resolved'. Thanks very much for your help....
Hi Arie Most instructive. Thanks. But this is where we get to the hand-holding bit I mentioned in my opening post! I've navigated in Registry...
I have this. The sole value name is 'Default' and value data is 'value not set' I don't have this (I have only kbduk.dll and kbdus.dll. That...
I used nLite. Not quite, no. I'm struggling to convey the distinction - which Windows makes - between choice of input language and choice of...
Arie It seems I haven't explained clearly enough. What you describe is the process I've always followed hitherto, and it's entirely...
Hi Steve Yes, always. It doesn't require any other language than English as the 'version' native language. It's just that I cocked-up the...
In the process of reinstalling XP I've somehow managed to garble my selection of alternative keyboard layout, and Windows doesn't appear to offer...
Hello Ian It's obvious that you're way ahead of me - I'd never even heard of a SAS drive before (I've looked it up now). And it seems clear that...
I'm now able to make what I devoutly trust will be my last post in this thread (into which I see my newer thread has been consolidated). In the...
With the utmost chagrin, I have to say that I spoke too soon. The whole thing has unravelled and I'm back to square one. This is turning into...
In deleting my previous system partition, drive letter 'C', I created unutilised space in that position on that hard drive. I told Windows Setup...
Sadly, another glitch has indeed cropped-up, but since the nature of it is different in kind from that which gave rise to this thread I'm starting...
Eureka! Light has at last appeared at the end of the tunnel. Having deleted my system partition with GParted and re-started Windows Setup,...
Hi ianamal Very appreciative of your helpful suggestions. Having come up against a brick wall with trying to use the installation CD, I...
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