Ok Here's the dilemma- I have a friend with a 160GB Ext. Hard Drive. We setup MS Backup to backup the my docs folder to the hard drive on a schedule. Whenever it runs very strange things happen...

Hi, I have 2 hd's on my 'puter. One is a 40 gig with xp home (build 2600) on it. I just installed, formatted (ntfs) a new 80 gig as the slave. I have an oem version of XP Pro that I want to install...

In the past couple of weeks when I switch on my PC, I sometimes get the message "you have made changes to your hardware you must reactivate windows". The problem is I have made no changes to my...

I have a secondhand computer wich seemed to work ok, but after I changed the networkcard I got a huge problem. The computer itself(the software anyway) seems to work witout any problems. But I can...

Hi folks I had to replace the hard drive and on line the scroll doesnt work right. like it moves slow and has to catch up to the scrolling Now off line all works fine. its not the scroll tab in the...

In an effort to eliminate unnecessary(I thought) services, I changed the settings for practically all of the services(including the 'log on as' tab). I can find the recommended/default settings, but...

I didn't have any problem choosing Mozilla as my default web browser, but I need to access the actual command line that starts it in default situations. The only way to stop the Mozilla splash at...

I run XP home SP2; when ever I try to open Control Panel I crash Explorer. It usually recovers and Windows opens My Documents instead of Control Panel. A check of the Event Viewer gives me...

There appears to be a message stuck in the outbox in Outlook. Every time I start Outlook it tries to send the message and since it has started the send I can't delete the message to get rid of it. ...

Is there a way to disable the popup message after i connect to the internet (see 1 on attch)? the new connection icon good enough foe me (see 2 on attach).

I have had Windows XP pro installed and running fine for over 3 years on a machine. I just now see when I reboot or cold boot the pc it takes a very long time to load XP, from before when it was...

Is there some way that i can block porn sites from my computer without having to go to a bunch of sites so that i ain't getting a bunch of viruses and spam mail. please help

Hi, I have XP professional with SP 2. It takes 15-20 to shutdown the machine. I don't have any extra softwares on my machine. It was working fine till last weekend. But for last few days this...

I'd like not to be nagged by the "Low Disk Space" in the System tray. The fix for this in Windows 2000 does not seem to work in XP. Is there some other way of solving this issue in WinXP? ...

Hi! When I click on a link in Outlook or Outlook Express, nothing happens. How can I fix that? Thanks! Carmen

I have an Acer Travelmate 2350 and the sound is absolutely messed up! When I try and play tracks the sound quality is terrible. There is severe crackling and it jumping and freezing - Any...

I have 2 workstations that are running Windows XP SP 2 with Adobe Acrobat Standard 6.0.5 3/1/06. Using MS Office 2003 with the current updates. The systems are Dell Optiplex 270's. When the users go...

I'm getting this error dialog trying to delete a file from the recycle bin Error Deleting File or Folder Cannot delete Dc23: It is being used by another person or program Close any programs that...

How to I clean up the excessive number of icons on my taskbar ? On XP I can hide them, but no on 2000. ANy way I can get rid of many of them ? Thanks. Jack

I am still having ongoing issues w/my IE Explorer email crashing. I have tried several of the suggestions on here and am still having the same issue. It is my understanding that the very next thing I...