I tried to reset my computer to reinstall Windows XP using
the recovery CD. But I got the following error: "WRONG
MACHINE" What can I do to reinstall XP ? Please note that
I do not have the original CD as XP was originally

Hi All, I have recently purchased a HP Pavilion zt1180
laptop and installed the factory software Windows XP home
edition. I am facing a major problem which is that the
DVD/CD-ROM combo drive cum writer is not able to read any

how often do have virus scan and defrag your comouter
rod

Please help me :(
I'm using WindowsXP professional version, and I have 3
partitions on my hard disk. I usually put "my document"
on D drive, and the system was installed on the C drive.

We have made a change from Windows NT to 2003.  All of the
community files from the old server came over as read-only
files and will not allow us to change that property.  Any
suggestions?

I JUST MOVED AND WHEN I SET UP MY COMPUTER AGAIN AND TRIED
TO LOG ON AS THE ADMINASTATOR- IT IS SAYING INVALD
PASSWORD. I HAVE HAD THIS PASSWORD FOR A LONG TIME AND NOW
I CAN'T GET IN TO MY COMPUTER. IS THERE A WAY TO GO IN TO

I've just bought a new PC with XP on it - and would like
to disable the welcome screen that comes up after starting
the PC. I'm the only user so there's only one account so I
find this page a bit of a pain - I'd rather switch on and

I want to play msn zone games but the game will not load all the way. it
gives no error message. just will not load. I loaded MS JVM 3809 & 3810.
also when I go to my outlook I have to type in my password. can I fix it to
where I do not have to type my password every time. any help ...

I was wondering if you knew how to access the files for
stored internet files, that a person had visited in the
past.

could any body tell me  to get a free download of excel for up please

I have a Dell Dimension 4500 with Windows XP SP1 Home
Edition OS.
After reinstalling Win. XP with Service Pack 1, I tried
to install a new program & got this ERROR message:

I have run into a problem when starting up XP and it
would just keep rebooting without starting up.  I
followed the directions in this newsgroup to remedy the
problem yet the only thing that resulted was another

When I try to access an ftp site, it says that a
connection to the sever could not be established or
something else. I cant even get on to
ftp://ftp.microsoft.com

    I bought a new computer and had my xp home installed on my new
computer. My grandson can't play asteroids now. When I try to download the
java applet I am told I have to install Microsoft Virtual Machine. What is
that? Can somebody help me?

The cryptographic Services is not working correctly(not
at all actually).  In trying to get it going again I am
performing the following according to MKB Article 326815.
When I type in the second line referred to and hit enter