I have Windows XP Pro on my Compaq. Everything was
running fine today and I rebooted because I was
installing Broadband Internet and My computer settings
have changed and completely locked me out. I do not know

When installing Norton Antivirus 2003 it has to access my
system32/drivers file but it can't do anything to it b/c
it is read only.  When I try to remove the read only check
for this folder it lets me, but as soon as I check to see

Whenever I attempt to access certain websites
(http://www.gecko-games.com)and (http://www.gamespot.com)
that annoying "Page cannot be displayed" message comes up.
Now, the websites are definately online, because I can

I am being bombarded with pop-up Advertisememnt.
Ant suggestions on the best way to resolve this annoying
issue ?
I am running IE 6.0.

I can't open downloaded zipped file because of the
accessibility wizard.  

trying to download,i keep putting the cd in but keep
getting a message saying that "xp reqs newer windows
system components not detected on computer
also says

Hello I hope someone can shed some light on this problem??,If not
perhaps you can point me in the correct direction.
I have windows pro xp + service pack 1 on a stand alone computer
I can dial on to the internet no problem,even with 2 different isp's

Ive recently installed XP profesional. HAd ME before. Also upgraded my
Norton Antivirus. Since then my pc clanks away almost constantly taking an
age to open any program and a full 5 minutes to boot up. Any siggestions
gratefully accepted.

anti virus deleted my Ink files in the registry and now I
can't change to my admin account to edit the registry
Anyone have an idea?

A friend have some trouble with IE6. When he tries to visit a page that
uses frames the page just blinks once (appears and then immediately
disappers) leaving him with a blank page.
Have checked the system with AdAware, which cleaned out a few objects,

my computer keeps rebooting.  when the screen posts, it
would list the two hard drives on my computer, however,
it would then take me to a screen asking to "start
normally" or "start with last configuration that

hi there, i've gone through 'repair' by booting xp cd, i've tried 'fixmbr' and 'fixboot' since the hdd which i'm trying to recover data from use to bot with grub given i had a linux hdd as master before. that hdd is now damaged, so i cannot boot from the hd i need the data from. ...

My brother keeps on (to bypass my password) goes into safe
mode (windows xp) and creates his own account to get on my
laptop against my will. In this way he can get around the
password prompt. I've looked every where, including google

Help! My new Gateway pc will not boot up. I've had it for
4 months with absolutely NO problems. I've recently added
NO new software or hardware and it was virus free. (run
Norton) Prior to my crash, I did a disk cleanup and

I get error " internet explorer has encountered a problem
and need to close. We are sorry for the inconvnience".