I have a username on my computer, and its protected with a password. Recently I found out that this does not mean my computer is protected. Other people could start the computer in 'safe mode' and...

Hi can anyone shed any light? My brother has windows XP pro, and recently after a period of use, when you go to switch off, click the "start" button the egg timer comes up (can move around) but the...

I downloaded and installed the recommended updates for Windows and now my Outlook Express has been replaced with Outlook. I can not find my emails that I had stored in Express (personal folders). ...

I type in the address www.????.com and nothing happens. I do not recieve a message about page not able to be connected or anything. Any address I type in the address bar, it just sits there and...

Hi, When I disable the Windows Firewall service on Microsoft Windows XP Service Pack 2 (SP2)-based computer, the Computer Browser service stops after five minutes and the following event is logged in...

Hello, Got another weird problem, if anyone has the leisure :o) Windows XP won't install on my MS-6390-based 3-year-old Time 'Focus' PC - and neither will XP Pro. Symptoms are that the PC will boot...

Not every automatic update is "critical" and could cause you unnecessary problems with your system that cause you to lose valuable time to correct. It is better to manually review each update before...

Hi I am running Windows XP. Never having problems before. Now ever time I try to downlaod from the Internet and select the Open option. Xp tries to open everthong into Excel, which obviously doesn't...

This weekend my computer froze up. I couldn't even stop the computer with the start button. I ended up having to unplug the computer. When I try to start it now, I only get beeping noises. Nothing...

I am unable to update to SP2 or anything from microsoft. If someone could help me out it would be greatly appreciated. Ive been trying to fix this problem but with no luck.

Hi, When i first got my new computer and i used my dvd burner, i could burn a data dvd in about 10 minutes or so, at about 6x(my program, sonic, varies the speed depending cpu usage, i think, so that...

Since installing XP SP2, I'm getting intermittent network outages. I've turned the XP firewall off and it's still happening. Any thoughts?

Hi - I hope I'm directing this request to the correct newsgroup, because I couldn't find another one that seemed more appropriate. I've been having lots of computer problems, and I've had to...

When I check the "Use Fast User Switching" checkbox in the User Accounts, Change the way users log on and off and then click apply options, it doesn't seem to work. The checkbox is clear again...

I noticed that I am accumulating a lot of directories in c:windows\temp. We're talking LOTS (over 67,000 folders with 2-3 files in each). This all started back on the 26th of January. I figured this...

how a can go back to computer administrator if it does not appier on my log in

Upon the install of the XP security upgrades for April, the Keyboard Properties page becomes devoid of its "BUTTON" tab and therefore significant functionality. Restoration brings back the tab but...

I installed a new 40 gig drive and put xp home sp2 on it. I wanted to partition the drive to speed up operation and to help when doing defrag or disk scan. During set up I chose the default setting...

My explorer.exe encountered a problem on thursday night of last week, and is still not working. My desktop has disappeared. And it is not recognizing my hard drive. I can get into a few programs from...

I am suddently unable to use my CD or DVD drive. Although a music CD will play from either drive, whenever I try to access a data disk in either drive I get the message F:/ not accessible, ...