Please help!
My dad has booted up his pc this morning and all he can
see is his background picture.  There are no icons and no
start bar so he cannot do anything.  When you

I can't get my computer to boot.  It comes up with the
message it can't start because the following file is
missing or corrupt: <Windows root>\system32\ntoskrnl.exe.  
Please re-install a copy of the above file.  I can't get

i really need the product id code for windows xp home
edition windows activation a.s.a.p please

i have an xp pro box that has been working fine until recently.
now when i go to "workgroup" it says
"workgroup is not accessible.  you might not have permission to use this
network resource.  Contact the administrator of this server to find out if

My task manager is disabled.When I try to acess it says on
the screen that: __The task manager has been disabled by
your administrator___. How come when I am the only one to
use it and I am the administrator of my laptop?What is

Hi to all ,
              Wonder if anyone out there could explain ? When I l/click on
start I'm not seeing the usual list of programs in L/H column , have just
deleted 'evidence eliminator' & 'spy sweeper' as I thought these may be to

my system32.exe had a virus and norton and trendmicro.com
couldn't fix the file so i deleted it...now whenever i
start my pc and sign on i get a message saying windows
cannot find my system32.exe...i just need to know how to

trying to reboot computer using system recover disk
(total of 3 disk)  After i start the process with the
first disk it promts me for the second disk.  at about
83% it stop responding an has an eror message, "missing

this will be my last attempt to get help...
Here's the situation...
After d/ling the XP update a couple of nights ago, when I
rebooted my hp pavilion the next day, it was asking for a

i am the account administrator on my laptop and i've
totally forgotten my password. what do i do?

Once logged onto the ISP, I frequently receive a system
shutdown warning dialog box.  In the box, it says that the
shut down was initiated by NT Authority\System.  It also
goes on to say that Remote Procedure Call was terminated

I found that I had 2 files corrupted with trojan.download
and was going thru the sequence to remove it.
One of the steps was to reboot the computer in safe
mode...which I attempted to do.  Someone else came and

I am trying to hook up a new PC, running on WinXP Pro, to
the existing workgroup....After reboot, I can only see my
own computer in "My network places". Any idea ?
I tried both by specifying static IP and DHCP ... still

Apop up comes to the screen every time I turn on the
computer or switch users.  Error in C:\windows.000\System
32\NvCpl.dll Missing entry: Nv Startup
Would someone please explain how to take it away?

When i explor my computer, i noticed that i have 3 copies
of my documents in my computer.  it shows up under my user
name.  in my computer, it shows up next to my shared
folders.  and under my desktop. the one under my desktop