Can I make my own "restore point" when I need to restore to an early date? Have compaq presario, windows XP home, sp2. Thanks in advance for any infomation concerning subject -- northwayice

When I go to do a total shut down of the PC (Using Windows Xp Home Edition" it does not trun the PC POWER OFF, as Windows Me used to do. I do have an atx system, which should power off when telling...

Try starting a new MMC console by going to Start -> Run -> "mmc". This will bring up a blank console. Go to File -> Add/Remove Snap-In and click Add... From the list, select local users and groups,...

Following a mistake using system restore, my PC refuses to write to my removable USB flash drive. Prior to the error, XP recognised it as a removable HDD: now it recognises it as a Removable Storage...

When I start up my computer there is no windows displayed on my desk top and a message appears saying that the application has to close. Please help Mark

I have a simmilar problem. Starting the "Wireless Zero Configuration" service does correct the problem, I have to start the service manulaly (although it is set to automaticaly) each time I start...

Somehow my task bar got pulled up and it will not go down to the default size. How do i get it back to normal? Thanks, Maxine

Can anyone sssist me in Clearing out the USER LOGON information that is stored on the PC for WebSites that require that I log in? I am specifically asking about I.E. 6.0 logon. I also use FireFox...

for some reason right after doing a full format and installing everything again, minus some junk, and right after upgrading my nvidia drivers I get an error. First it says my natabus.sys is missing...

*bump* Well, I have done some research and this seems to be common amongst the 1.8Ghz processors. It may go away for a bit and then it returns. Unfortunately, this is now effecting my second user...

My PC has just recently started to shut itself off for no visible reason. My CPU fan is working correctly. I can't find any viruses. One weird thing is that when I try to get into my Bios settings...

Hi all, Since couple days I'm facing this problem, when I start my desktop computer running under Windows XP professionnal, I have the following message : disk boot failure So I tried to boot in...

After installing SP2, I am only able to maintain an internet connection for about 4-5 minutes before getting kicked off. I have no trouble connecting initially, and I can immediately reconnect. ...

Recently my cpu has been restarting while in the middle of operations. This has occurred during downloads but also while just working on the computer. I have Windows XP Home, with2.3ghz and 1 gig...

I have 2 hard drives one for storage and 1runs windows well on my storage drive is where i put all my MP3 in a folder i named my Mp3s ok well in my play i have 8000 songs and they alll play fine but...

Mike, In addition, see: Access is denied when opening the Shared Documents folder ?: http://www.winhelponline.com/sdperms.htm -- Ramesh, Microsoft MVP Windows XP Shell/User

HELP !!!! I posted a message a few days ago but don't see it, so I'll try again. All of a sudden, I can't execute any windows explorer commands (move, copy, delete, etc), either through the...

When I start under normal conditions, I'm given a login screen that has a very low resolution, and 16 colours. I get various errors about something about a bad value on some line, and others are...

I posted a question about this the other day and got a good response. Basicaly there is a very long pattern of bars in the the middle of my add/remove programs list. I was told this would be caused...

I am trying to load Microsoft Office Sounds via 'Add or Remove Programs' and a message states that I am missing a file called 'market.mar'. It then asks me to put in Windows XP Service Pack 2...