Someone was helping me on an xp group and gave me a link to a page with about 200 windows fixes and tweaks. messed up my computer last night without being...

I have a notebook computer that has a non-working cd drive. It is is dire need of a 'clean' install of XP (pro or home - I have disks and unused licenses...

Please answer by number: 1. What problems were you having that you thought reinstalling WinXP would fix? 2. Did you do a Repair Install or did you format &...

My mothers pc will not boot up after SP3 was installed. She gets to the screen before XP Home boots asking if she wants to go to Safe Mode, etc. But when a...

My laptop runs WinXP SP3. Is there any way to do a search in Add-Remove Programs? As far as I can tell, CTRL-F doesn't work. I also can't figure out how to...

I'm running XP SP3 and just installed the latest version of Windows Defender, at least, I think I did. I can't find it anywhere on machine. There is no...

"Lee" wrote in message ... I'm totally green when it comes to this...

When the Dell Latitude D800 is undocked from its docking station, the unit will not power on when the 'On' button on the notebook is depressed. When the unit...

I forgot my password so I can't change it. I, however can get into my computer with my old password even though I changed it the first time just minutes...

I installed Live OneCare and now I cannot send/receive e-mail in my Outlook 2003 client unless I disable the firewall. I am not sure which step(s) I am...

not able to defrag my lap, pl help!!

Dear Experts I am using genuine Windows XP and updated it with SP3 , and then Windows required reactivation which was also Done - online . Now My computer...

Firstly I should congratulate MS for making their O/S accessible to the less able through the Accessibility options. But I should point out that there is a...

Hello, One of the companies I work for issues a laptop with their company documents on it, only accessible via Internet Explorer installed on the system. The...

Hi, since a while I am getting the following error message when I'm closing my XP home. End Program- HttpAuthWndClass This program is not reponding, to...

I have been unable to use Windows Live Mail with Windows HP Home Edition SP3. I get an error message saying that Windows Live cannot locate its message...

As soon as I connect the LAN cable to my laptop from my desktop, I'm start having trouble with my desktop WLAN. My USB WLAN adapter shows green light,...

I know I am in the wrong group to ask this question but I would be thankful if anyone knows the micro news group address. Sammy

(cross-post added to XP General) "Kirk" wrote in message ... Windows...

This Windows warning popped up, and since then everything on my screen looks squashed -- desktop, email, texts, photos. Any idea how to correct? Restarting...