When I go to the "Appearance and Themes" section under "Control Panel", I am not able to access any of the tasks offered (changing computer's theme; changing desktop background; choosing a screen...

This is the third post I put into that bottle. I hope this one does reach anyone. No thank you. It's an software issue. I have had the same on my first laptop years back. I often asked MVP's about...

No thank you. It's an software issue. I have had the same on my first laptop years back. I often asked MVP's about that depicting the symptoms. It seems to be so seldom or I might be the only one...

I am trying to find the "hotfix" that is mentioned in Article 896256 in the MS knowledge base. (http://support.microsoft.com/?id=896256) I am having problems with performance on Windows XP Pro and...

My Taskbar keeps changing colour from bright blue to a dull grey or silver. I would like it to stay blue. Can anyone help please? Cecil

In the last 2 months a program has written about 20GB of .tmp files to my windows / temp folder. I have tried a nortons 2005 antivirus scan and several spybot scans including spyware X terminator. is...

Can someone tell me how to change the default when opening folders and drives? Somehow, mine has changed and opens a "Search Results" screen instead of showing the files and folders.

I have recentley installed a new graphics card on my girlfriends computer. A Nvidia GeForce FX 5500 128Mb memory in a PCI slot. Her computer is a Packard Bell, AMD Athlon XP 3000+, 3D Now, MMX,...

I work with huge data files (about 500 MB), and my system has a 3.2GHz Intel with 1 GB of RAM. I cannot delete these files after I have finished archiving them to DVDs. How do I increase the size...

i have used the repair/re-install file from the doug knox website but this does not work. the window opens when i click ie icon and then flicks and then vanishes. also my oe6 is not connecting to...

my computer keeps shuting down,i send error report and it says, a unknown device driver caused the shut down. Any info would be helpfull,thx mike....

i want to back up my data using windows back up .bkf facility. will this save all of my email address and messages as well. i want to save all documents, folders, photos and most importantly me...

Recently my domain controller went down. I decided to reconfigure my network without a domain controller and use workgroups instead. 2 of the 7 computers in my network are having problems. On one...

Like marty, I frequently have the same problem where PC shows on start-up the following: Windows could not start because the folowing file is missing or...

I've got XP Pro set up with two user accounts, one account with Administrator rights (mine) and one with Limited Rights (girlfriend). The PC is always on, but normally sits on the "Select User" login...

No thank you. It's an software issue. I have had the same on my first laptop years back. I often asked MVP's about that depicting the symptoms. It seems to be so seldeom or I might be the only one...

I received an email attachment in .csv that opened up in notepad. I want to open it in Excel so I can sort it the way I want it. How do I change it so I can open in Excel? I hate notepad!!! This...

Hello All: I am trying to schedule a backup on Win XP Pro using the following syntax: schtasks /create /tn "Incremental Backup" /tr C:\WINDOWS\system32\ntbackup.exe...

It reports I have an open port that using ICMP Ping It also says " Ping is a network troubleshooting utility. It asks your computer to acknowledge its existence. If your computer responds positively...

Whenever I defrag the computer it can never defrag a list of files called system volume information/restore and then a bunch of numbers and letters, these files are taking up about 5 gigs of room on...