The above program inititates itself and interrupts use of normal Windows programs. Does anyone know what this is and why it behaves in this way? Can anything...

XP Pro, SP2 Windows Desktop Search - 2.06.5000.5378 Windows Search Deskbar - 02.06.5000.5378 These results can be replicated on demand every time. The...

I hope someone can help. I have a Dell Dimension 2400, XP home, that has always displayed a perplexing problem since it was new a year ago. So far, nobody can...

Is there a way to edit a context menu . In just a standard use of Windows, such as if I'm using IE, and I click on Favorites, then right click on one of the...

If I'm using a firewall from another company such as Norton do I need to turn off the Windows Firewall? What's the official line on this? Can't find anything...

I hope some Microsoft employees read messages in this forum. I found that the reading/writing functionality from/to optical drives in Windows XP Professional...

I have an unsual branch in my XP folders: C:\WINDOWS\system32\config\systemprofile\Start Menu\Programs\Startup Is this likely to be due to a Win98 app...

I am on XP and attach via cable. In my network connection icon, I used to have the two DNS server address es as xxx.yyy.4.100 and xxx.yyy.8.100. Since then...

Hi all, I am hoping for a little help understanding how Microsoft licensing works. Here's the scenario, I work for a small business that has 50 workstations....

How can I find out (trace) what dlls are being called in my product? I am trying to produce a crystal report from a commercial product that calls some basic...

Hi, For a customer of mines, I have bought 7 DELL Optiplex Desktop with pre installed XP. I should deliver them all with the same configuration and as I did...

I have Windows XP Pro with service pack 2 installed. When I boot my computer up (after being off over night), I get this white line (that fills in from left...

When ever I right click any icon I am missing the open option. How can I get this back? Thanks

I am not able to get software installed that uses the Windows Installer. I don't get any error codes, the "install" simply doesn't start. I had to clean up a...

i have mp3s on a disc i want to put them on a cd to play on normal hi can i do this

I'm using a WinXP-pro PC. This "Media Manager" icon in task bar just appeared. If I double-click, it brings up a window entitled "Watched Folder Settings",...

I'm trying to advertise an OBEX service through WSASetService and it simply won't work: 1. If I don't pass a BTH_SET_SERVICE with the WSAQUERYSET...

Help! I don't seem to have control over my own computer! When I uncheck startup items and reboot, duplicates of those items suddenly appear and are checked...

activated XP over the phone giving the info that it was already installed on the machine when received from the OEM - entered the code given and all OK until...

i accidently moved my start menu from the bottom of the screen to vertically on the right hand side. how do i switch it back to the horizontal position at the...