XP Home Edition

[FEFE]

How did my operating system change from the XP Home Edition to "Whistler" and
how do I get back to the XP Home Edition? As it is now, I can only get my
desktop icons in safe mode.

 

[Mark L. Ferguson]

Create a new Profile with the User Accounts app in Control Panel. Import your
old profile data to the new account.
811151 - How to Copy User Data to a New User Profile:
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;811151

If no help, try a Repair setup of XP
How to Perform a Windows XP Repair Install:
http://michaelstevenstech.com/XPrepairinstall.htm

 

[FEFE]

Thanks Mark but the new profile didn't work and I wasn't given a OS disk when
I purchased this piece of crap 6 yrs ago so I can do the repair.....needless
to say, Microsoft won't help because the OS was on the HP CPU when I
purchased it.......and HP won't help because they say they don't have to ....
they won't support anything over 4 yrs old.....so now I'm left with finding a
reasonably priced XP OS disk and code and starting from begininning.....I'm
OK with that....thanks again