If you plan to reinstall XP on the same hardware, you
can back up the activation status and then restore it
after you reinstall the OS. To save the activation status,
back up the wpa.dbl file from the %systemroot%\system32
folder to a disk or other location.
After you reinstall the OS, perform the following steps:
This procedure isn't a hack to avoid activating installations
and will work only on the same hardware for an XP installation
that you've already activated.
All XP installation CD-ROMs are bootable. As a result,
Microsoft has removed the ability to create boot disks
from the CD-ROM. However, Microsoft has added downloadable
files to its Web site that you can use to create XP
boot disks:
You can't use XP Home Edition boot disks with XP
Pro or vice-versa, and you can use boot disks only
for new installations, not to initiate an upgrade.
How can I
make available to all users a program
that I installed in Windows XP or
Windows 2000 to be accessed only
by myself?
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Some software installations will ask you whether
the software you're installing should be accessible
only by you or available to all users. If you initially
configure the software to be accessible only to you,
you can usually make it available to all users by
taking several steps. First, look at the Start menu
items. The Start menu items for each user are located
in that user's profile menu (e.g., C:\documents and
settings\savill\start menu\programs). The Start menu
items for all users are located at C:\documents and
settings\all users\start menu\programs. As a result,
you can open Windows Explorer and drag the program's
link folder from your Start Menu folder to the All
Users\Start Menu folder. Be aware that although moving
the folder to the All Users\Start Menu folder will
let other users view the Start Menu item, they might
not be able to actually start the program. You might
be able to rectify this problem by adjusting the file
Write permissions.
If the program needs to write files to the program's
file system area, which typically resides at \%systemdrive%\program
files\<vendor>\<application>, you might
need to adjust the file Write permissions for all
users so that they have access to this file system
area. To configure file Write permissions, right-click
the appropriate folder in Explorer, select "Sharing
and Security" (or the equivalent for your OS), then
change the permissions to grant Full Control access
for the other users. Alternatively, go to the command
line and type
cacls "%systemdrive%\program files\<vendor>\<application>"
/e /t /p <user>:c
to set file Write permissions for a particular program.
(To undo these permissions, run the command again
but replace <user>:c with <user>:r).
If other users still can't access your program, open
the registry, navigate to the HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\<vendor>\<application>
registry subkey, then use Edit, Permissions to grant
full control to the other users. In most cases, just
moving the program to the All Users Start Menu should
be enough.
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