On checking system info/software environment/Progam Groups & Startup Programs, instead of a short list I have details of every file used which takes an age to load. Is this significant... do I need...

If you are like I am and are lacking in the "technical skills" department, but at the same time, miss using 'WinMX' (http://www.vladd44.com/mx/), there is a quick, easy and free solution it is called...

Can anyone make ANY suggestions as to why I can't move or resize the HTML documents on my Active Desktop? When mousing over the content the borders/titlebar does not appear as it should. The "Lock...

Hello group, I posted this message 2 days ago in the windowsxp general group and have recieved no replies. Actually, I just need someone to open their registry editor and find a couple of values...

Dip: dynamic IP Sip: static IP i know if the autoIP checked,you can't distribute another static private IP anymore. can they coexist without adding another ethernet-card in winXP?

I have a dell precision 650 running xppro with all the latest patches, fitted to this are two combo DVD/CD-ROM drives. Sony DVD RW DRU-500A drive E NEC DVD+RW ND-2100AD drive F In an attempt to...

Thank you Hugh for helping me. I have a Dell Latitude xp laptop. My start up screen is a mess. I get a pop up saying that my ATI driver is not installed or is not working properly---but my computer...

Hi. Not too long after I got my computer I decided to switch from the new "blue with red buttons, green start button" to Windows Classic Style. After switching it seemed to delete the new style and...

Help! My Explorer.exe process goes up to 100% CPU busy and slows down the machine. We noticed that the problem only occurs when there is an Internet connection available. If we disconnect the...

First I have tried the things in Setup_deployment news group and went to some of the google sites. This started with a hal.dll error and then a ntoskrn error. then an error that said When the asms...

It appears that windows does not find standard keyboard. Error message 41, driver successfully loaded but cannot find hardware. Keyboard works to acceess BIOS prior to windows load. Any thoughts?

Hi, Lately my system is getting slower when I shut down windows that sometimes I leave it for 15 minutes to finish. I tried to install last update for Skype application but installation fails and...

How do you fix the problem below? You installed Office updates in the past and then upgraded from Windows Installer version 1.0 to Windows Installer version 1.1.

Win xp pro, gigabyte MB with 4 on board, and 4 by wire usb ports. Problem- plug in USB 2 device and message 'this device would work faster in a usb 2 port, click for a list of available ports'...

There is a box poping up it says program manager not responding then switch to and retry. There must be something wrong for this box to be poping up All I can think of is I constantly have this popup...

xp,sp1 I lost my Wordpad in my "Open with list" -- --------------------------------------- http://www.fast-rewind.com ---------------------------------------

After installing SP2 on my machine I find that my CD writer will not recognize RW discs. Is this a problem with SP2 or is it my machine ? Whichever it is can someone suggest some help. Running XP...

*** Unofficial Windows XP Service Pack 3 updated January 2006 *** Every time you install or reinstall Windows XP SP2, it's a mess downloading and applying all the Microsoft updates and patches. I...

I can't seem to find the link from the frontpage http://www.microsoft.com/ to get to http://www.microsoft.com/technet/ Because the newsgroups from the Communities section from...

Windows boots and brings up the password/ log on screen. Then when I put in my password and try to logon, it says i cant. A box appears that says it might be because of a catastrophic media failure...