My 'Recording Control' shows Microphone 'select' button checked. Volume Control does not. Could this be part of the reason I cannot use my microphone to record...

I was using MSN aquarium screensaver, and it locked up the screen. I rebooted and changed to pipes. This was ok for a couple of weeks, and then pipes locked...

I keep getting a runtime error on my computer. I ran a system check, and it failed in the network section. The DHCPServer failed the check. How do I fix...

I have a problem, repeatable, getting System Restore to work when removable drives (in this case software based drives that are mounted as needed). are...

Occasionally, when I click the All Programs Menu, explorer.exe goes to 100% cpu usage and the menu doesn't appear until about 20-30 (sometimes longer) seconds...

I have XP Home SP 1. I want to back up my documents. I have a second internal HD. Is there a simple run-line command, like xcopy (do I remember correctly)...

Experiencing extreme slowness when right click shortcuts for deleting, renaming or looking at properties in Windows XP. Is this a known problem? Is there a...

XP's "Backup Utility" is not recognizing tapes in my tape drive. Can anyone suggest what I must do get "Backup Utility" working? Following are details and...

My computer had Norton Anti-Virus before. It had warned me one day that I had to delete it in order to unactivate an incoming virus. Before I found out that I...

Each time I log off IE, the pop up blocker goes from enable checked to disable. Each time I open IE I have to reenable pop blocker under tools/internet...

I'm using XP Home SP 1 on my laptop. I also use Zone Alarm. I cannot get it to load up automatically when I start the computer. Yes, I have checked Zone...

When performing any action my computer goes to a blue screen saying that the hardware/software was not installed properly, but none has been installed, and...

Hi - I've got two questions (okay, three!): 1. How can you prevent your computer from entering standby or hibernation when it's running defrag (without...

I want to install windows xp on my slave drive. The problem is that I don't have a Windows XP CD. All I have are two restore cds (eMachines) the time I got it...

I'm running XP Pro with SP2. After installing the most recent Windows Update (on Aug 23, 2005) I'm experiencing a problem. Once my screen saver goes off and...

I have been unable to use Norton Virus scan because before the scan completes, the computer shuts off and the indicator light turns orange like it is in...

A couple days ago, as I was rebooting my computer... It showed normal signs of booting... The BIOS page...the MICROSOFT XP Page... then as it should have...

Windows XP Pro sp2 While in a single-user Administrator configuration, I filled two existing folders with 13 gigs of my CD's and tapes. Folder...

My PC has suddenly decided it is no longer doing auto & manual updates, even though it is all switched to on. If I try manual, I can validate + get a code, but...

Hello, I recall seeing something w/ regards to slow startup for laptops after installation of SP2 before. But I can't find it anywhere. Regardless, I have a...