Question:  I have a computer that is currently running
Windows XP home edition and I need to get XP pro running
on it.  Can I get an upgrade or do I have to purchase the
Windows XP professional disk?

The language bar keeps appearing on my taskbar every time
Windows starts up.  Not a pressing issue, but still
annoying, and no support found either in MS support or
via a Google search.

I installed spybot- search and destoy to delete some
adware I had on my computer. Ever since I first ran it I
have not been able to open up anything on my computer
besides the Internet.

Cant get these programs to run.  They pop up for a second
(or less) then close.  They aren't minimizing, they're
exiting.  I can't connect the start of these occurrences
to any particular event (loaded a new program, performed

For nearly two weeks, I have not been able to access my
hotmail account. I type in my password, press Sign In,
and the Page Cannot Be Displayed error comes up. I cannot
sign in to the messenger, and when I use Windows Update,

When I try to write an email I get a popup that says my
security settings prohibit running activeX controls on
this page.  As a result, the page may not display
correctly.  How can I fix this so I can write emails?

My tv tuner card displayed when lock out after few second
of programm launched. with my new HT P4 system. Pls help

Whenever I try to run any applications (word, excel,
Outlook, ACT, Snagit, etc.) I get the following
errors. . .
1st error message:

im having problems with my xp real playe
i cant burn more than 10 songs before the pop up say
-error try burning at a lower speed - 100
i tried it and  it still isnt working

I received an email message with a zip file attached. I
am working with Outlook 2000. the operating system is
WinXP Pro. Everytime I try to unzip the file within
Outlook it comes up with a wizard and wants to extract

After recovering my pc to the factory settings more than
once and installing a new hard drive my microsoft words
(or works) which ever one comes with the windowsxp home
edition program is lost as is an upgraded outlook express

I cannot sign on to my computer.  I keep receiving the
message that windows is experiencing problems verifying
the licencing for my computer.   Does anyone have any
suggestions?   Thank you.

I have been trying to apply KB840374 to our 3 XP Pro machines and I
get the same error on all 3. "You do not have permission to update
Windows XP. Please contact you system administrator." I tried logging
in with the local admin account and the domain admin account and I

I had two partitions in the hard disk, drive C: for OS
(Windows XP Professional) and drive D: for the data files.
The files in the drive D:(it was NTFS file system) was
encrypted. Due to some problem (virus related, and the

When I go on an internet site and go to view a picture or
a graph I get a box with a red cross in the top left hand
corner.  Why is this?  How can I get the picture or graph
to show?  Is it a setting somewhere?  Please help me with