I'v disabled mesenger but thay are still geting in help

my computer is in spanish!!!!!
i want my thing in english how do i change that?
thank you
shaun baldueza

Having recently installed XP Pro I notice that whenever I open a window it
is minimized. Is there a "PHD"...Push Here Dummy..method that would allow me
to have any new window/file I open maximized?
Thanks in advance..

I put the XP CD in the cd-rom, and
I see a reference asking if you need to load special
drivers and another notice that if youwish to begin the
ASR (Automatic Recovery Console) depress F2. I just let

I turned off my computer and noticed a difference in the log off and logon. Instead of the primary blue logon screen with the icon, i get this small box which says my name and asks for the password. Is there any way to get the blue screen back?

I have lost my settings from my desktop as my son was
looking at porn sites so I tried to set it up so when
logging on a password would be required,however I only
suceeded in setting up a new account and have lost all my

When I start my computer it says "We apologize for the
inconvenience but windows did not start successfully"
then list the following options:
Safe Mode

I think I might be the only one, perhaps not the smartest out there, but I changed my password to log in a couple of months ago on a pc I hardly use because I have a seasonal store and use it about 6 months out of the year.  Well I can't log in and believe me I've tried 200 ...

how do you remove the color in the text area of my desktop icons?

IUpgraded my pc to xp pro and my task scedular, which worked as late as
3/29, doesn't now. Is there a way to reinstall it without reinstalling all
of xp? I don't want to have to redownload hours and hours worth of patches
again.

When I bootup I get a message on the WindowsXP screen as
follows, Printray.dll not found.How so I fix this?  
Thanks in advance.

i just built a new PC comprised of med. to high-end
hardware.  i'm running ME on my old PC and want to save a
few $ and get an XP Pro retail upgrade.
can anyone tell me which is easier:  installing the

i'm a XP home edition user and I previously set my c:\documents and settings\all users\documents to be a shared folder. Now that I turned off this option this folder became unaccessible to me, and to softwares on this computer. A pop-up window suggests access refused when ...

I purchased Windows XP for my home computer and recently
purchased a used lap top.  I installed windows XP home
edition on my lap top and when I tried to register it on
the laptop I got a message that it was already

This may not be the right place to ask but I need to open an attachment that
uses Microsoft office excell. When opening I get the message "xls file
format not valid" This microsoft office product was installed previously on
98. Anyone having suggestions on corecting this problem ...