How do I grant users access to TCP/IP properties? I currently am in charge of setting up laptops for clients who travel. I've had a few instances where hotels/convention centers require the user to...

Greetings: When I turn my computer on for the first time (power switch on), XP always crashes during start up (the little ticker running across the bottom stops to move, and nothing responds). So...

When I search for a file in any folder on my local disk I get no results. If I turn the Indexing Service off, search works fine. Also, search works fine for external disks with and without the...

During the booting my computer tells me: Invalid BOOT.INI file Booting from C:\WINNT\ At the end My Windows system booted successfully. But I want to get rid of this message. Currently there is no...

Jason Williard wrote: > I am trying to install Windows XP on a computer for a friend. The system is > somewhat older, but still capable of running XP. Everytime I try > installing, it fails when...

Hello, I am using an almost brand-new IBM ThinkPad with WinXP Pro. I've installed almost no software beyond that which was pre-installed: Office, Firefox, and some anti-virus software. I almost...

Hello All, I was hoping someone could cast some light on some issues with the XP indexing service. I'm trying to index a 40 Gig network drive that contains a mixture of office files, visio files,...

I always get boot.ini error during windows start up. I tried the recovery console fix bootcfg /rebuild but is does not help. I suspect the issue is because I boot from C drive and windows is under...

HELP!... My right click works for every all other applications and windows, however, if I right click on the start button as well as the bar where the windows are opened, I cannot do it... What can...

I've been using PC Forrest's Startman since I bought my laptop (about 18 months).Recently when I try to start Startman by clicking on the desktop icon or going right to the .exe file, it launches, or...

This question might be posted in the wrong group if it is let me know. When I login to any of my workstations and go to a command prompt I see the letter x:\. This would be fine if I could use the...

Just F11'd an IBM X30 laptop computer. It's now restored to the factory contents. I am trying to get into the recovery console. Hit enter for the admin password however it says it's incorrect. I did...

Hi everyone, for an e-learning assessment tool I am looking for a way to block a number of key presses during the execution of this tool. This is to prevent student writing a test with this software...

A window titled EncCalc.exe- Common Language Runtime Debugging Services Aplication has generated an exception that could not be handled. Process id= 0 Times 784 (1924), Thread id=0 times f00...

Is there any way to rearrange the order of the buttons for open application on the windows task bar. For example if I have open in this order, word, IE windows, and Outlook how could I change the...

hi! all .......can any 1 help me... i using WIN XP for past 1 year . recently i installed longhorn transformation pack 7. after that i couldnt able to use SYSTEM RESTORE to go back to the original...

I have a person in my office who had a hard drive to fail, losing 6 weeks of work since last backup. I have tried to Repair the file system through XP Pro to no avail. Norton Utilities does not even...

Hi all-- I've done a search and while I've found others who did my exact same thing (at least I'm not alone in my carelessness!), I couldn't find a solution. Here's what I did... I'm running...

Running the DirectX Diagnostic Tool I get the following note on the DirectXFiles Tab. "Several files (microsoft.DirectX.Direct3D.dll,MS.DirectX.DirectDraw.dll.MS.DirectXInput.dll,etc) are missing!...

In Windows Explorer, my LINKS entries are shown as a horizontal toolbar which is placed above the address bar. Can I make my LINKS folder/toolbar into a sidebar on the left side like the SEARCH or...