For some reason the icon on my desktop to Internet Explorer is gone. The only way I can open Internet Explorer is to go to my email and click on a message with a link to a page. I tried to creat a...

Hi: When I try to access either Internet Explorer or Outlook Explorer clicking on: Start<Program ... on the left side of the screen, there are NO 'Internet Explorer' nor 'Outlook Explorer,' although...

I have a Dell Dimension PC running Windows XP Home, SP2, 2002 edition, with McAfee VirusScan, both on automatic update. Sometime within the last month I developed a connectivity issue in "My...

I have many documents and pic's etc that are duplicated on my pc. Is there a way I can delete all but one copy without having to manually open every thing?

i can never seem to access secure web sites from my computer at home. i have already made sure that ssl2 and ssl3 are checked in the advanced tab of my internet options in my tool bar, what can ...

Hi, I cannot schedule boot time scan with my scan disk. I am keep getting a message at every boot even thought I scheduled once.Error message : Cannot open volume for direct access. I understand...

I have a backup scheduled every a.m.for my Docs, Pics, etc. The destination drive is an external WD Hard drive. It worked the first time but not after that. The WD Hard drive is Fat 32. Is that...

In trying to install the complete system from a CD that has XP Home including SP2 on it my computer freezes after I respond to the "Hit any key to boot from CD" statement. I've replaced the CD Drive,...

My PC keeps crashing, I get the BSOD for about half a second and then it re-boots. When I check the event viewer it always seems to be for the same thing, the error message is as follows: The...

I am new to this, so please forgive any faux pas. My XP-Pro desktop machine will not recognize ANY removable media; floppies, CD, DVD, USB, iPod. If the media is writable, it says that it must be...

I have a 2350 dell desktop running windows xp. the light on my second bay where i burn cd keeps blinking off and on and interupting my music and when i am on the web or anywhere else. i uninstall my...

my screen went black and all the icons and tool bar disappeared but i was still running aol, then i got an error message that said Files that are required for Windows to run properly have been...

I have an AMD Athlon XP2400 tht runs at 2GHz with 512mb ddr. Windows is only showing that it runs slightly under 1Ghz. I just installed windows and everything is rediculously slow. Is it running at...

In order for me to chat on Yahoo I have to unregister flash8.ocx. Otherwise I get the "Yahoo has encountered a problem and needs to close" error. Any similiar problems? Fixes?

Hi My computer is doing the exact same thing. I'm not completely sure about the Com services or the VSS services. could you please tell me how to find out if mine are started. i found two things that...

Thanks everyone for your help, but........ First a little recap. On my toolbar, when I click on the icon (edit with notepad), the notepad open with a program on the subject of my home page, the title...

Hi i am getting theese errors when i try to install any program on windows xp home -Extracting file failed. it is most likely caused by low memory (low disk space for swapping file) or corrupted...

I think my background settings have been hijacked in the display properties window. First I had an alert which prompted me to downlaod microsoft software to remove spyware, then the alert was cleared...

Thanks Brian for your help, we are getting closer, but...... Yes notepad opens with the html code over the all page and I would like to correct that, so to be able to open the notepad from the icon...

I wrote to the XP troubleshooting forum, and the responder said he didn't have experience with my errors and directed me to microsoft.public.inetserver.iis. I figured it was a part of MS, but when...