If a server/pc is set to download but not install updates, where are those installlation files located while waiting for you to initiate the installation?

New to forum. I use IE and have no problems because I run a program called GuardwallIE on my machines. It used to be shareware, but now is free. You will have...

Hi. I recently installed a halloween desktop theme (from a microsoft site) on my computer. It worked just fine, but today when I tried to go back to the...

I can hear my PC running some program in the background.....this goes on for more than an hour. How can I positively identify what it is and stop it? Thanks,...

I am running Windows XP Pro SP2 on Dell Inspiron 5150 . For some reason , a while after i startup , my CPU starts running at 100% and then shuts off...

Please set up my dialup connection for vewing different web site perfectly.

I try to Launch the little Web Messenger version of Yahoo Messenger... through yahoo mail... and it brings up the window and the java thing runs, but then a...

Having got admin rights on our students laptops i want change the power options so that the monitor/hard disk don't go on standby after a certain period of...

Every once in a while, my computer slows down considerably. When I go to the Task Manager, it shows my CPU usage at 100%. I would like to shut down some...

Can someone help me. I have been trying to restore my system to an earlier date but can't. I click on the calendar within system restore for a previous date...

I keep getting the following error message when trying to reinstall Corel Draw 12, other programs install just fine. I don't understand why it won't let me...

When I turn on my computer, windows will not load. It says that NTLDR is missing and tells me to press CTRL+ALT+DEL to restart. When I put the Windows CD in my...

I'm glad I found this site, I have enjoyed reading the expert advice given out to lost souls like myself. My pc has just passed the warranty stage and I'm...

I'm running XP Pro (Pentium 4 3.8Ghz) and have only one application running. I would like to maximize clock cycles on this program so I have the performance...

I tried to burn a cd using WMP and it asked to put in a cd. So I decided to use Nero, (which has been removed from my removed) so I went to install it. With...

Yesterday I received a Windows Product Activation error (0x800703e7) when I tried to start my pc. I was able to restart in safe mode and performed a system...

did a system restore and everything ok apart from a banner came up which said tapmmdlg.exe-bad image the application or dll c:\program files\lime...

Does anyone know what causes my file explorer to lock up when looking for a file for, say, insertion in to FrontPage? I go to "Insert" picture from file, the...

I'm stumped on this one, I hope someone has an answer. I recently had a commercial PC game cd stop working (when I went to reinstall it (it previously worked...

When I had Windows ME installed I could suspend my computer by soft pressing the on/off switch. Now that I have upgraded to XP Professional that option is not...