Hi, I recently restored windows on my lap-top computer after a fatal crash. Everything is back to normal, but the option hibernate/stand by has disappeared from power option< control panel. So...

I have a Toshiba laptop which is operating windows XP with SP2. I often use the system restore function to revert to previous settings. I use the laptop in UK and France and retore to the last time...

I have lost the sidebar on "My Documents" that contains "File & Folder Tasks", "Other Places" and "Details". I cannot figure where it went...suggestions on how to find and put back ?????????

I have a list of programs in add/remove and in the middle a HUGE block with black and blue color blocks and lines, then the rest of my porgrams list. How do I fix this and remove the blocks? Is it...

I assembled two computers for friends recently, both with the new Dell 2405 widescreen monitor. One uses an Nvidia FX5200, the other an FX5500, both with DVI output--but when connected will not show...

When i try to restore my computer to a previous date it comes back saying it cannot restore to that date. I have tried four different dates and it comes back with the same message anytime. any...

Event Type: Information Event Source: SRService Event Category: None Event ID: 111 Date: 3/12/2006 Time: 2:51:12 AM User: N/A Computer: 3FBD0725AAA0489 Description: A restoration to "System...

I've recently had my hard drive fail completely (unrecoverable). How do I go about loading my licensed version of Win XP with associated Product Key onto a hard drive in a new system I'm building and...

Today in my systray is an update notification for service pack 3. I think this was for Windows 2000. Any thoughts about getting rid of it and preventing it coming back?

I tried installing a trial of Diskeeper, but uninstalled it after a few days. Now, the built-in XP Defragmenter doesn't work. It loads fine, but if I click "Analyze" or "Defragment", nothing...

i want to format my dirve now i have had a virus and i have a 200gb hard drive and i used the recovery disk there was already a partition on it so i used tht but it oly came back with 123gb of...

In the past two weeks I've had my system lock-up twice. The first time while web browsing, the screen suddenly went blank followed by a blue screen and total freeze. The second time was last night...

I have a problem with windows xp. When I am running programs, they never appear on the taskbar, even if minimized. Which means if I do minimize them, I have to use the task manager to find them. The...

How many times do I have to be validated? I feel like I have to be photographed and fingerprinted every month just to use the computer and software that I PAID FOR! Then I'm having coffee with a guy...

I asked the QuickBooks group about this, but got only one answer, and it didn't fix the problem. Here's the issue, please help if you know about Internet connection sharing. Computer #1 is the...

I used the system recovery on my computer and on my microsoft office it now ask me for a product key which I have no knowledge of. The software was on my gateway at the time of purchase. can some one...

When wanting to fix the root 32 hal.dll from the xp cd which in this instance is a recovery disc that came with computer do I need to save all files to cd before booting in recovery mode????

Reboots on power down. When I go to shut down my PC, it goes through the motions of Saving Settings, Shutting Down, Power Interrupts (stutters) but then it reboots itself and comes back to life as...

I have customized the behavior of the right click in explorer. I would like to restore the default behavior that comes with XP distribution.

my outlook express has stopped working, the connection to my server has stopped. I have had my internet provider look at and have reset everything through the outlook express wizard many times. It...