Have lost all of my settings,pictures,mail prior to
8/8/2003 ect.When i tried to restore to previous restore
point and the computer re boots and the message
is "computer is not able to restore to previous date"

I have windowa XP.  computer was installed with programs
at purchase.  I can open .xls files, but my son cannot.  
What do I need to do?

Here's the deal, I was given a copy of Windows XP Pro by a
friend to upgrade my computer. I forgt my password and I
don't have the administrator password to change my user
account password. I also can't find the disk to save my

Ok umm i think i messed up my pc :( i kind was checking
out the file types and made it how now all my folders
open in a separate window. i tried the option of making
the folders in the same window but they still open in

My Windows XP Home became very unstable after installing
service pack 1. Therefore I decided to restore the hard
disk to it's original settings by using an Application &
Support CD which accompanied my compute 18 month's ago.

Have MS Windows XP Hime Edition (for home use only)PC was
ON (with internet running in background while playing a CD
game), functioning fine & then the screen that says: "we
apologize for the inconvenience...options to reboot are:

I reinstalled windows and now I cannot connect to the
internet because the Remote Access Connection Manager
will not start.  I've checked the services that it is
dependent on and they are all working.  Gives me an error

I am posting this problem on behalf of a fellow user who
cannot connect to the internet and needs help:
I was able to connect to the Internet on Wednesday with
no problem.  Then on Thursday; nothing.  It won't let me

running winxp pro when trying to open software that is
installed keep getting preparing to install window. When I
choose cancel a few times then software opens normaly

I have a recently new Dell Laptop with high end configuration. However, the
windows explorer takes a lot of time when I want to browse any folder -
intermittently it shows as it hangs for a while. It has been driving me
crazy recently. Any help in this regard is hightly appreciated.

I am having trouble with outlook.  When I attempt to send
mail I get the LOGON-POP3 screen whick asks me to enter a
user name and password.  It keeps coming up incorrect.  I
am getting quite frustrated with this.

I have a laptop that now is stuck on the Windows XP startup
screen.  I have tried to go to last known good
configuration and also tried to repair the XP system.
Neither of these worked. Any other suggestions?

can anyone tell me how to remove a user name from the list
that pops up when you are on line and have to put in a
user anme and password to acces a web site
thanks

Norton Anti-Virus system scan logged a problem and it can not fix it.
the full comment was
C:\Program Files\Common Files\InstallShield\Professional\Run
Time\0701\Intel32\DotNetInstaller.exe    can not access a necessary file

My computer keeps crashing and reporting a problem with Product 768_1
Any idea what this product is and how to rectify?