I just purchased windows xp with my new pc and I have been using Word and the courier bold font for my lecture outlines and exams for years when I used a Mac. ...

My BIOS says it's configured for PNP OS. I'm running XP/SP1. When I boot, the BIOS shows my two hard drives as DMA5/PIO4 on pri and sec IDE controllers. When...

After loading ChefTec, a restaurant database application, I get the following message: ChefTec program error 9502. Error occured while attempting to...

I have tried every possible combination described in MS help, and I cannot establish a direct cable connection (parallel on LPT1) between my desktop and...

The topic of how to stop the annoyning SPAM coming from Messenger Service Pop Up's is a common issue in this newsgroup. This artilce shows you how to sort the...

Hi there, Can anyone help me get rid of an annoying "Messenger Service" (not MSN) thing that seems to have installed itself on my computer? Whenever...

I once found a way of getting rid of Messenger - but I now have it back again. I don't need it - how can I get rid of it for good? -- Regards John

I am trying to uninstall a program and the uninstaller tells me it can not remove because a file is missing. When I delete the directory with all its' files it...

Not sure if this is the right place for this question, but I will ask. When I am on line and messenger is running I am receiving advertising messages of...

Defrag and CHKDSK are available from the Properties menu in Windows Explorer. Right click on the drive in question, and go to Properties, Tools. Some tools...

Sound Recording ,Mic is muted, help Control Panel, Sound Speech and Audio Devices, Sounds and Audio Devices, Audio tab, and on the Sound Recording section...

You should be able to download an Excel viewer that will enable you to open the file, you will not be able to edit it though without having Office or Excel...

Hi Linda, If it doesn't have an option on the startup tab of msconfig (start/run), = then drop a shortcut to it into the allusers startup folder...

Do some reading/research he http://tinyurl.com/8z4g -- All the Best, Kelly MS-MVP Win98/XP-Shell/User Troubleshooting Windows...

In my 98 edition I had phone tools, and could make a phone call from my computer, but now that I have xp I can not find, phone tools. I used my outlook express...

I still haven't been able to fix my Windows Explorer Error I checked my hard drive for viruses none I checked for anything thing that wasn't up to date none so...

Is there an easyer way to access the display options (resolution, color depth,...) under xp than to go over the start menu?

Lately my comp has been having a lot of problems with programs crashing, especially explorer... my latest crash occured as i was just browsing mp3s through...

How can you save the desktop picture to a file without all the desktop icons and taskbar at the bottom? Is there some utility to do this? Thanks

I've just got a new PC with Windows XP on it. On gadget I got a few years ago - a great device - is a DataWise Quickdrive. Basically its just a box into which...