I'm having this problem with windows xp sp2. The electricity went out in my building for 5 hours and the computer shutdown incorrectly. After that, I did a...

For the last few days I've experienced episodic problems accessing my, "Favorites", web sites from the Start Menu. Clicking the entry has no visible effect. I...

I recently started having problems with my FAX utility -- I cannot successfully send FAXes to local or long distance numbers. The FAX successfully dials up...

When I click the "Search" button on the toolbar of "My Computer"(or other folders), a message box jumps up:(paraphrased)"error:can't find a file, you might...

Greetings, I upgraded my wife's 2000 Pro machine to XP Pro last week, and have begun my journey through this OS's quirks. First off, the hard drive...

Installed SP2 from a disc. Restarted computer, as directed. On restart, a box appeared titled "Found New Hardware". I followed the directions, but it could not...

I downloaded the free Registry Cleaner and it "supposedly" found hundreds of faults, even though my computer, 2.GHz, Windows XP Pro, 512 MB RAM, seems to run...

I receive this error message when trying to open MSplayer. It indicates I should reload Player which I've done from the MS download site; but to no avail. ...

Generic Host Process for Win32 Services encountered and needed to close" szAppName : svchost.exe szAppVer : 0.0.0.0 szModName : unknown szModVer : 0.0.0.0...

Periodically my Zone Alarm Firewall has recently started asking if I should allow the subject program to act as a server to the internet. I don't know what...

At sysem startup, I've recently begun recieving the error message, "Generic Host Process for Win32 Services encountered a problem and needed to close." The...

On my HP laptop running Windows XP Home, any time a Windows program is on, the "getting started with" or help screen pops up indiscriminately, making me have...

Hi, i just got a newly installed windows xp desktop at my office. And am having some problems getting the "group similar taskbar buttons" to work. Infact the...

I am running Windows XP Pro. "startHelp and Support" stopped working in the last week. C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM32\DLLCACHE\helpctr.exe exists and if I double click...

When I try to access "Help and Support" iget this message: "Windows cannot open Help and Support because a system service is not running. To fix this problem,...

I have Windows Home Edition and have lost my “Help and Support� service. I have noticed that many users have lost “Help and Support�, and have not...

clicking on any of these three items in the "start" window results in absolutely no response... all other items (apps, control panel, my computer etc. work...

hi all... cant figure this one out.... running sp2, when try to customize taskbar, the entire section "hide inactive icons" is greyed out (not just the...

Operating system is Windows XP Pro. Have run spyware removers (ad-aware, spybot, spy doctor) & virus scans through our eTrust Antivirus program.. and yet my...

XP Pro, SP2 I'm connected by USB to a Maxtor OneTouch ext HD. In trying to delete stuff, an occasional file generates the following errror: "Cannot delete...