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I have a new PC with XP pro 64bit installed and its driving me mad!
The machine seems to work just fine but with one rather annoying exception.
The only applications that will take keystrokes are 'Internet Explorer
(64-bit)' and 'notepad'.

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I backed up a lot of files to an external drive using XP's backup utility.  I
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me select any of the files I backed up.  I have to be able to get these files
back.  Can someone help me PLEASE!

I, too, have been having problems getting my system to recognize Flash
Drives.  I am getting the message 'USB Device not recognized.  One of the USB
devices attached to this computer has malfunctioned and Windows does not
recognize it'.

It seems that my windows explorer has gone missing or been deleted.
Is there any way that I can retrieve it?  When saving photos to a disc
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Hi - when I started my PC this morning, any application/program (IE, Outlook,
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open it with.
Once I picked a program, nothing would happen or I get a message

Up until last Friday, my Windows XP Home system worked great.  Some time on
Friday, the system crashed, and Ihave worked feverishly through the weekend
to get the system back up.  I am very close, but stuck now.
I have been able to recover all files using Norton Systemworks 2005 ...

I hope someone can help me.
My pc was working fine till some friend of mine inserted her USB in my pc
and a virus appeared in my system.
I ran a full system scan and the pc seem to work OK after that.

I can open control panel, and most tasks in CP, but Add and Remove Programs
won't open. I get an hourglass cursor, but then it disappears and task
doesn't open.
I've tried the "show me' link in support, same non-action for opening Add

Hi,since a couple of weeks at the start up my pc ( windows xp home sp2,1 gb
ram ) stops loading at the user interface and I have to switch it off and on
again  to restart;than it works w/o any problems. When I have to restart it
for example after an update etc no problems: the pc ...

xp home - on startup i get this "The system could not log you on....."  with
a username and filled out password (black dots) in the background.  I then
kill the message and get a screen with my username symbol, click it, and
thigns then go normal.  What can I do to get rid of the ...

Hello. I had to do a clean install of XP Home. I reformatted the drive, all
seems well but i cannot connect to the net. I cannot even activate windows.
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would mean the problem is somewhere in the network ...

In my Dell Inspiron 1501 Laptop, most of the time system try tooltip goes
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