Hello I run xp sp2 home edition. When I press alt + control + delete the Task Manager windows pops up. It will also pop up when I right click the task bar and select Task Manager. But, in either...

I have a problem when i'm trying to connect my network drive. I use VPN to establish remote network and i connect to remote drive (that is usualy the procedure), but the connection to the drive is...

I've got a tough one,,(for me anyway) I've got a PC running XP that won't display anything on the monitor except the mouse cursor. If I start it in "safe mode" it shows the "safe mode" words in...

In the list of services there is "workstation" but when I try to start the service I get an error message saying "unable to start sevice on local machine". Does this mean I won't be able to run any...

I have a blue desktop background with a black box saying "Spyware Infection" in red letters set as my background and it will not allow me to change it, what should I do?

I have also noticed that there is no connection icon on the taskbar, even though 'show icon on taskbar' is ticked in the 'internet options'>connections>properties>advanced settings.

recently installed xp pro sp2. cant update nolonger due to product jey failed validation. how can you change this? i found one thing which told me to edit in regedit (oebc or something similar)...

i'm having a problem when i start windows none of my desktop items appear and my start menu appears and disappears real quickly. can anybody help me please. -- rellik201

Hi, When I try and install software on my PC it downloads or loads from cd. but just before it finished unpacking the exe I get the message; "The contents of this file cannot be unpacked. the...

Hi, We recently had to reinstall the OS in our XP. After reloading all our our software, programs, McAfee security, etc, we can no longer manually access windows update with internet explorer. It...

First off many thanks to all who helped me out a few days ago with a win 98se to xp/IBM tf380z problem. My problem is this: Norton System Works 'one button check-up scan' lists 10 missing...

im trying to backup my computer and i get this; Backup Status Operation: Backup Active backup destination: File Media name: "backup.bkf created 1/28/2006 at 8:15 AM" Error returned while creating...

I used to see icons for dial-up connections and network connections in the Network Connections folder. have checked registry entries as described in Microsoft knowledge base item 269019 but still no...

Can't launch Roxio Media Creator 7.5 due to C++ Runtime Error. Software NOT listed as effected by SP2 installation. Is there a fix for this? rroberto18 (remove this) @ yahoo.com

Have you gone to start>run and type "services.msc" w/o quotes and then stopped/started/restarted the Help and Support service? BMR777

i read somewhere that you can open more ports for better/quicker downloading from shareaza and such. i also downloaded such a program to open porte, but lost it. anyone knows what im talking about?...

XP HE Italian - %SystemRoot% = g:\windows Desktop are partially displayed with some icon in wrong color. Only task manager seems to work: If I run rstrui.exe from task manager after the restore...

I have a problem with trying to sync my HP 1940 pdt with my computer.Ever since playing with a bluetooth connection I cannot sync my PDT with my computer.I have removed the bluetooth software as...

When I run the DirectX Diagnostic tool, it tells me that the file system.dll is missing and that I should reinstall DirectX (I already have version 9c). When I download and run dxwebsetup it does...

MS-DOS VisualBasic programs run using Win98 SE. When running under XP Prof the programs run except the printing only fills have of the screen. Entire screen is correct color but printing is squashed...