Michael -- An update on my problem: PROBLEM SOLVED, thanks to you. I tried the regular WinZip program on the ".exe" self-extractor, and it did unzip all files. I extracted them to a folder, then...

However, after reacquiring access to your E: drive by Taking Ownership, if you ever plan to use the install of XP on E: again they you should reapply the NTFS security settings. Taking Ownership and...

Would like to know to get the workable, I mean be able to type in info on the blank spaces. This is a second try I never saw the first come up on the screen Ron

every time I contact msn or try to update my windows I am always sent to the French section and althought I am bilingual(french & englais) I prefer English on my computer could you please advise me...

Colin: I responded to you earlier today with the following: What happens when you try to use them? Are you blocking cookies, if yes or if some security application, firewall, antivirus is blocking...

Thanks Windy but that wouldn't work. Can anyone else help?

Then you likely have a recovery CD without the tools we've specified. Unfortunately, that doesn't leave you with much beyond whatever your system recovery procedure is. Before resorting to that as...

Here is a brief description of how sticky keys work: When you hold the Shift key too long, you activate Sticky Keys. It is often used when people have a challenge pressing two keys @ one time. Here's...

Can you see these in safe mode? Did you change anything within the system lately, such as hardware, software....or possibly add a new program or update for something? "Kerry"...

You may want to check in the bios for an option to boot from the cd first, then the hard drive. Elsewise, it could be a hardware failure within the system, if it is not being recognized. "bruce"...

When I start my computer it goes to a black screen that says that there was a problem shutting down and that I can start in safe mode, start as normal, or start from last settings that worked. No...

Hi all I have a laptop with WIN XP HOME and I have installed a USB 2.0 case with my old IDE HDD in so i can access my files, but I can't. The file system appears to be RAW so I can't see the content...

On Thu, 13 Nov 2003 10:31:13 -0800, Mel wrote: Mel, after pressing Ctrl+Alt+Del twice to bring up that other logon screen... Type the following for user name: Administrator For password: If your...

"Andy" <anonymous@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote: Boot your computer with the Windows XP CDROM and choose the Repair (Recovery Console) option. When the Recovery Console has completed loading...

On the CD it is read only, that is the nature of CDs. In order to change the attribute the file must be copied back to the hard drive. -- Michael Solomon MS-MVP Windows Shell/User Backup is a PC...

Attachments can be very unsafe which is why new systems by default are set to prevent opening them. In Outlook Express, go to Tools, select Options, go to the Security tab, remove the check from "Do...

On Thu, 13 Nov 2003 11:17:27 -0400, Da Ting wrote: How many gigabytes of files do you have? How many of those are compressed or *.ZIP files (which take longer to scan)? Do you have the...

On Thu, 13 Nov 2003 09:09:28 -0800, andrew wrote: The following article has some suggestions that do not require using an XP CD or the Recovery Console. Perhaps one of those resolutions will work...

Please check the following Knowledge Base Article: http://tinyurl.com/ezaj Pay close attention to the section on your hard drive cable. NOTE: the fact it was working does not mean the cable as...

You need third party software in order to create a bootable CD, there is nothing natively in XP that can do that. -- Michael Solomon MS-MVP Windows Shell/User Backup is a PC User's Best...