The install hardware wizard wants to install a printer whenever XP Home SP1 boots. I have disconnected all cables from the computer. Device driver shows no printers and no problems. There is no...

Could anyone tell me how to find out what my processor speed is? Thank you

Specs if it matters Dell Inspiron 6000 laptop 1.5 ghz 512 MB RAM 128 MB ATI Mobility Radeon X300 Windows XP Service Pack 2 Recently, my laptop will start getting these random slowdowns/stutterings....

Hi everyone, I cannot acess my Recent folder which is under "C:\Documents and Settings\zaki". Whenever i clicked it it shows a dialouge box saying "Access Denied." How can i solve this issue ? zaki

I've seen a number of drive letter issues here and on the various forums on Windows, but none, I think, that fit my problem. So I'm afraid this is rather long ;-) My PC is Win XP Home, with C: (root...

To speed up booting and eliminate those times when at boot I get a "limited connection" notification on my NIC card in the tray, I would like to edit the registry so the PC boots with the last known...

I'm using Mozilla Firefox and Bellsouth is my internet provider. This is the error message I get when I try to go to a website: The address (URL) does not correspond to a known site and could not...

I have this unknown command listed in the startup section of System Configuration Utility. All that is listed is it's registry location: HKLM/SOFTWARE/Microsoft/Windows/CurrentVersion/Run. I looked...

Hi, I have just bought a new HDD and boot from this using XP SP2. Previously if my PC (Host) booted to the password screen, my son could access the internet from his PC without mine fully booting....

Hye, I bought network adapter by Encore (ENL832=TX+) and got floppy disk for driver with this too.. (Windows didn't identify the driver needed for this hardware) My floppy didn't work so I started...

Have not been able to solve this really strange problem. Running Windows XP SP2 have 1.5 GB memory and 120GB HD 256MB Video card. Don't know if that info makes any difference or not. The problem is...

Hi, I had a question about Windows XP Professional file sharing that's been bugging me for quite a while. I have a roommate whom I trust very much to get on my computer. Heck, if he wants to...

No information is shown when I try to access application, system, or security logs in event viewer. Clicking on the category generates error message "Unable to complete the operation on...

Had to replace HD after receiving "imminent HD failure" Now I can't d/l an attachment or a program (AVG virus) or a jpeg. Not to my "desktop,"" my pictures" or "my Documents!" I've lost workability...

Is there any free download software for typing into Chinese characters for Windows XP?

Recently whenever I'd try and access the "Add/Remove Programs" it would take a very long time to load up....(60 seconds) and at the same time my external USB hard drive would start spinning and was...

I am experiencing a lot of crashes on one of my machines. The application and Windows itself crashes without warning. This is not a system hang -- where the screen freezes up. This is a sudden...

Hi I went to restore my system was able to pick a date it went through everything and rebooted but said unsuccessful. Why. Also I just had xp reinstalled on this computer a few days ago. All setting...

Issue: After upgrading to a new hard disk successfully-ish and then restoring a drive image I now have a x00000024 STOP error which prevents me also getting into safe mode and the Recovery Console...

I'm trying to start my computer in "SAFE MODE", but I can't seem to access it. I don NOT get the screen "Please select the operating system to start", so "F8" isn't working. Can someone PLEASE help...