When I open Start-up in MSCONFIG I see a "checked box" but there is NO name for the program under "Start-up Item" or "Command" column. The "Location" for this...

I was trying to install DirectX 9.0c directly from Microsoft but at the end of the installation then was an error saying "the cabinet file needed...

I have a new Pavilion Notebook with an internal DVD/CD-RW drive. Last week, the Windows CD Writing Wizard, the built-in CD burning software, stopped working....

Wife did something that put a hidden file ("Fwd_ On A Lighter Note.............,") on our XP SP2 desktop (C:\Documents and Settings\Roy\Desktop). It has...

I have some applications that I used before and I want to instal it again, but now they don't work to instal any more. Every time I try SETUP.exe I have the...

I stared out by installing an older drive from my win 98 computer to my win XP pro. used the disk manger to format the fat 32 deive to NTFS. the computer...

When I try to install programs some files are missing or corrupt. This happens from CD or internet. The problem seems to be getting worse. I suffered a total...

I am getting this message and can not figure out how to save things to the directory.Ihave tryed to change thigs in the propertys part of the directory.

i have a small program that i have unzipped into it's separate files. i tried to run the exe. file and i got a message saying "cannot write to disk...

On my XP Pro SP2 system when I right-click on a file, then "Open With," although a number of shortcuts appear, when I click on "Choose Program," I get an error...

Neither Microsoft nor Gateway support have an explanation or help for me. I have 4 users set up on my XP Home system, but I can no longer access the "choose...

When trying to (re)install a digital camera, which worked 24 hrs prev. but failed when I tried to connect today. The following error message appeared...

Hi, I started getting this error last night after updating a driver for my BT keyboard! I tried xp restore (went back a week) but that did not help! The...

Under Documents and Settings there are 4 folders. All Users, Default User, Compaq_Owner and one other. Is there a non-destructive way to change...

Yep I have dail-up :( For some reason checking "Connect Automatically" doesn't remember it's been checked. What can I do to fix this?

Hello, I have racked my brain and scoured the internet in pursuit of a solution to this problem I'm having. To begin with the problem manifested itself as a...

Hi, please can someone help me cos I feel there is a really simple answer to this one but I am quite a new computer user and don't know what to do?!! This is a...

After almost completely installing Windows XP service Pack 1 I get a dialoge that says "Control ID not found" and the the install exits. I've registered XP...

I cannot access my control panel; When I click on Control Panel, I get an error -- "Windows Explorer has encountered a problem and has to be shut down"; then...

If you go to start - run and type in "control userpasswords2" you get a window that you can't normally get to by browsing through control panel (at least not...