Have a Dimension 3100 I'm working on to give to someone in need. I'd really like to use the original product key to install Windows XP Home. The original owner, (of course), did not have the Windows ...

I have two Dell computers here—one running Windows 2000 and one running Windows XP. The XP machine is old and broken down, so I'm going to gut it for parts. I have the Dell-branded Windows XP ...

Next time you wipe your PC's hard drive clean and reinstall Windows with that old installation disc, you don't want to connect your fresh, unpatched and vulnerable system to the internet only to ...

I'm reinstalling Windows XP on a Dell desktop. I get to the point where it says it's installing devices; then, it hangs at 37 minutes. The blurbs to the right rotates through its usual pages.

Refurbishing computers, or re-installing Windows on an existing computer, are tasks that most businesses have to go through as a cost-saving measure or as generalized computer support. Veterans of ...