My computer crashed last week and I had to pay a bunch to copy my files. I'm back up and running now. Is there a way that I can back up Windows XP from my computer when it gets corrupted so I can...

this issue keeps popping up despite the windows fix . can anyone help please ? The details in the error report point toward svhost ? for info i have reported another issue in office 2003 regarding...

I have a Dell 9100 Dimension which runs Win XP SP2. I have McAfee Security Suite (virusscan, firewall and privacy service) along with Spywareblaster, Adaware and Spybot. I am 100% up-to-date on all...

Hi there, Does anyone know why I am getting these errors? I got these twice already this week. Event Type: Warning Event Source: Disk Event Category: None Event ID: 51 Date: 5/17/2006

I'm looking into buying a Pro upgrade from a private party. They say it was installed onto a computer and the product key was used. Can this product key be re-used on my computer or should I get a...

Hi Does anyone know what is the difference in net results when you install vba6 from Visio2000 CD in these two ways: msiexec /i \\share\vba6.msi & msiexec /i \\share\vba6.msi...

Whenever I go to a website that has a Flash image. I have to click on the image twice to link to the image. The first time I hover over the image, a tool tip box say's "Click here to activate and use...

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unable to download the following files when updated my ms media center. Microsoft Windows installer 3.1 Windows XP update program (KB898461) Windows Genuine Advantage tool (KB892130) please...

Have a HP Media Center PC running XP Media Center (AMD 2.4? GHz, 512 Megs of RAM). A few months back it started running slow when you tried to do most anything. If you tried opening a folder it could...

Hi, XP Home SP2. Over the last week or so, whenever I shut down XP it closes down and then does an immediate restart. Sometimes it takes me 3 attempts to shut it down. Any ideas? Thanks

Background I have 5 computers running xp pro, xp home and win 2k all connected to a switch. all computers ip addresses have been manually configured and belong to the same workgroup. From the win 2k...

A friend suggested I put on a package called Ad-Aware, since then I get a blue screen on start-up. The codes have been different on 4 consecutive days: Tuesday: ***STOP: 0x0000007E (0xF7AB135C,...

Hi, Is there anyway to set my XP Pro to startup in the morning at a certain time and close down later in the day? I've looked but see nothing (apart from power settings for ahutting...

Does anyone have a problem with this update (Windows update kb905474)-I cannot synch with my hand held PC now

I have XP SP1 CD., supplied with PC. I also installed SP2. Can I uninstall SP2 to utilise my SP1 CD? Also, if that is possible, can I reinstall that CD 'on top' of the original installation?

could u plealse tell me how to start a programme up when i turn on my pc . what i mean is on start up my tray icon shows what programmes have automaticaly started up ie avg/printer and that. how can...

{re-post} From other forums I have received some pretty contradictory thoughts from some pretty smart folks on the subject of migration software. Can you please tell me what are the feelings in this...

I'm sure there is a simple fix for this, but at the moment it's elusive. I have a cable modem worked fine until we had an apparent power surge due to a storm and I rebooted. Everything came back...

I have put some shortcuts into my START folder to run when I log on. It seems that if I want a program to start minimized then ALL the shortcuts to that program must specify a Run value of...