We have been getting intermittent "blue screens of death." After much trial and error, we narrowed it down to our cable modem. We concluded that when the...

Hi all, I read on the knowledge base article 321379 "HOW TO: Add a "Print Directory" Feature for Folder in Windows XP" The instructions work fine, but, when...

I have winxp and IE 6.0.2800.1106.xpsp2.021108-1921 and all seems to work fine 99% of the time. But sometimes I get a hyperlink in a message that directs me to...

I run WinXP Home. I have a Lite On DVD Player which uses the PowerDVD software. On occasion when I insert a DVD Movie disc the light on my DVD drive...

does XP Pro have a "Scandisk"? all I can find in Accessories/system tools is "diskdefrag" thanks Patrick Fultz

Can someone point me in the right direction ? Here's the situation: I have two hard drives with two versions of Win XP Home installed. How do I create a...

Hello! I hate to be stupid, but I need to ask this. What do you have to do to upgrade Windows XP Home to Windows XP Professional? Is the Win XP Pro upgrade...

Is ther any way to partition a 120 gb hard drive (112 & 6 form compaq) without reformatting the drive. Compaq doesn't ship with systems disks all the info is...

when i insert a new disk into A drive what it read are the old files from the previous disk what should i do?

Could anyone tell me how to reformatt my computer. The hard disk is loaded and I'd like to clear the whole drive and re-load the windows xp format. Thanks

When I start Outlook Express the msmsgs.exe icon appears in the systray. I have gone into msconfig and disabled ms messenger and also in Outlook Express where...

I have a file in XP Pro NTFS partition (not boot) that I cannot delete. The system will tell me each time that the file is "being used by another person or...

Hello, I have been out of work in the IT field since last September and I have to say I am a bit rusty and need some refreshing.... I am using XP at home,...

Hi, I just finished updating to XP from ME. My Outlook 2000 disappeared as expected, but when I reinstalled it I seem to have lost all my previous folders and...

Hi, I am new to XP, I have XP pro and I am the only user, no one else needs to log on. I have lots of shortcuts and like to keep my Start Menu neat and...

I've searched the knowledge base and not found out how to get my XP Home computer to go ahead and shut all the way down when I hit start, turn off, shut down...

Hello, I have changed something and each time I go to view a folder it brings up a search box. If you right click the start button my task bar is search,...

A friend down the street is having problems with his computer. When it starts up it goes into the windows setup where you can go to safe mode or step by step...

Hello everyone, I'm in situation where my WinXP is corrupt and I cannot boot to it. I have data in the drive that I want. I have a 2nd backup data drive that I...

How do I copy a CD image. I was sent a zipped file that is supposed to be an ISO image. When I unzipped it, I get an "iso-rise" file and a series of files...