I remember that I could set up everything that I intended to write onto a CD disk in a directory, say, c:\a - which I could test before wasting a disk. You...

Recently my computer has stopped letting me do certain functions such as using command prompt or task manager as it says it has been disabled by administrator....

Hi, I see a lot of talk about the Windows Registry and was wondering if anyone could give me a simple explanation of what it is and what it does? Many thanks...

Right click on the desktop and select 'Arrange Icons By'.. is the 'Show Desktop Icons' checked? -- Mike Hall MVP - Windows Shell/User "psongman"...

Sorry for the crossposts but I'm in dire need. I am running XP pro SP1, 1gig ram, I have a 250 gig external drive NTFS with 2 partitions one primary and...

I'm having a problem with Explorer sorting *non*-numeric filenames. Explorer just plain ignores a '-' character (aka dash, hyphen, minus, ASCII 0x2d) in...

Dell 4550, Win XP Home. It came with MS Word 2002. Worked fine til few weeks ago. Now, when I log in, desktop appears, and I get small window- Windows...

Hi, I'm using XP Home. I'm having a problem getting rid of an Adware/Spy. It's path is C:\windows\system32\sstqo.dll. It has buried itself in Explorer.exe and...

Hi All When my windows box starts up the FLock and NumLock are both 'off' Is there any way I can change this so they are both on? David

I go online with a user account as recommended and when I get virus updates from McAfee they it says you must be an administrator of the account to install the...

On Wed, 5 Oct 2005 13:13:30 +0800, ³ß¦h§ø³Â¦ç wrote: I just deleted a very important file from my server(win2000 server) through networks neighbourhood,...

My EMachines T1440 was unplugged after locking up. When plugged back in, the PC failed to boot up. It makes it to the screen which gives you the option to...

Is there a way of detecting (identifying) duplicate files on my C: drive? Maybe somehow with the Search option?

Hello, I am working with a Compaq Presario laptop. The laptop is fully patched running XP Home with SP2. The preloaded antivirus software that came with the...

Does anyone know how to save the desktop (ie., toolbar and other custom tools). I have tools for Adobe and I want them to stay on the same bar but they keep...

Can anyone tell me how to change the "Registered To" on the General Tab under Control Panel/System. I bought a Dell laptop for my son for college, but had it...

how do i clean up my registry on xp

Does anyone know how to save the desktop (ie., toolbar and other custom tools). I have tools for Adobe and I want them to stay on the same bar but they keep...

WinXP Home SP2 Hi Since installing SP2, my home page on IE6 is MSN, but when I get google up and make that my default home page in... tools/ Internet options/...

Is it safe to delete the entire contents of the Prefetch folder in XP Home. I am trying to delete IEXPLORE.EXE-27122324.pf I believe it's a virus slowing my...