Not sure I have the right newsgroup - I have Xp Pro.
1) What's the purpose of creating a DOS Startup Disk (See
File\Format\Options)in Windows XP? There appears to be no
help available on this.

When I started up my computer, Windows displayed several
extra divisions in the taskbar.  Now, two of them display
what programs are running.  How can I get rid of the extra
sections?

What should I do if I forgot my old password?

I lost my administrator password.  I found it.  Before I
found it, I reloaded Windows XP on my hard drive.  Now I
have 2 copies of Windows XP.  When I boot up, I can chose
which copy of XP I want to work with.  (dual boot

does anyone know how to start up in MS-DOS as opposed to
windows XP?? i have xp, but it wont boot and i just want
to get into dos before windows and transfer some files
and format the harddrive... but i cant get into windows

i am unable to go out to the internet with a user account and with the guest account, i have other users including the adminstrator account that are able to go out. what restrictions do i need to take off in order to allow access with this account. these accounts are on xp ...

When addressing an email message, the name does not
automatically fill in.  I've gone to Internet Options and
turned on the 'inline autocomplete' option, but that does
not do the trick.  What to do?

a search engine some how made its way to being
my "default" home page, and I have been unable to get MSN
back.  What should I do?
I have followed instructions on changing the default, but

lost my password what to do now

I cant open control panel, everytime I click "control
panel" from the "start", everything just vanish and comes
back including the taskbar and the icons.
When I re-start mt computer it says "runtime error 32 at

When i start up. I get these.
asmihwio I do not recall which letters are uppercase in both these
situations.
Can't open kernel driver.aslm75.sys

I have a home network of 5 XP computers. For a long time
all computers could share files, share printers and etc.
Now one laptop is not longer able to be accessed from the
others.  It can still connect to them and to the internet

How do I log on as the Administrator on my computer?  I have Windows XP Home Edition.

Is there some way to turn off and on the internet keyboard buttons and the print button. the only buttons on the keyboard that work for me is the hybernate and the cd/dvd buttons. All the internet buttons have a file or web site attached to them, but they refuse to work. Any help ...

Is there a way of having the on-screen keyboard come on at logon without having to restart the PC. The problem is that we have a number of users who cannot physically use a keyboard who have there own user names and passwords however when you just logoff, the on-screen keyboard ...