How do I reset my WinXP installation without having to reinstall the OS

If you're PC has a valid license sticker on the bottom you don't need to buy a license you just need a copy of the os install media any disc would do just use the license from the bottom of the PC when prompted. So you could borrow the CD or if you're feeling brave download it from bittorrent and you should be ok.

Your registry is always going to be a mess. It's near impossible to get it back to how it was before you started installing programs, etc.
Your registry is always going to be a mess. It's near impossible to get it back to how it was before you started installing programs, etc.

"Sounds like a perfect candidate for installing a linux distro. It'll be lighter on the resources of your old machine and because your machine has been around for a while, chances are all the drivers should work without you having to do anything.

Personally I would give up on the current install of XP. As far as I'm concerned, unless you have a restore partition like new systems often come with, or take an image of the system while it's still fresh, any installation of XP is doomed to eventually succumb to old age.

I would either wipe it and install a linux distro, or as someone else mentioned, if I had the key, I would get a hold of an XP CD and reinstall using the laptop's key and hope that Windows can find drivers that work."

"Why not take this opportunity to (as someone mentioned) install Ubuntu? If that doesn't work for you, I think you can still get Windows 7 RC for free, and run that until some time next year.

Once an XP install is hosed, it's hosed."

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