I am trying to install a usb device for blackberry storm. I have figured out
how to do manually it through device manager using the "pick the device"
approach. The bottom line is that with everything set up for the install, I
press "next" and it brings up the appropriate animated ...

I think most of us will agree that formatting a hard disk will remove all the
data from it, simply because microsoft said so
(http://support.microsoft.com/kb/313348)
/*If the hard disk already contains data, back it up Make sure that you back

How do you set one bmp image as the desktop for all users when they log on.  
I  have been through the registry and saved an opening splash screen and have
the logon image for the administrator but whenever a user logs on, no desktop
image is displayed.  Even under display ...

I have XP Pro SP3 without a Domain.  I cannot get the Use Welcome Screen to
be enabled.  i go to user accounts and select use welcome screen, then click
apply, but when I log out I get the "Select Ctrl Alt Del" screen and when I
hit ctrl alt del, I get the classic logon screen ...

After backing up my hd using the Windows Backup utility I tried to use the
utility's Restore feature to recover just a single file but I could not
determione how to do that. Is a single file restore feature available from
the bkf file?

I purchased my Acer Aspire 5634WLMi about 18month ago.
Although I was running AVG Antivirus, my Acer was infected by a virus to the
extent it rendered it useless. I had no choice but to delete everything from
the hard drive, all programs and windows to clear it with the intention ...

I have a problem with System Restore not working (Win XP Pro). Having trawled
this discussion group I have tried some of the obvious recommendations
without success:
1. Have tried stopping and restarting SR - it appears to be running even

Running up-to-date XP Pro with Norton 2008 ...
ThinkPad laptop boots fine with normal CPU usage at startup. Within minutes,
computer slows and Task Manager shows that rundll32.exe is locking up 100% of
CPU capacity. ErrorSmart, RegCure, and my other feeble research have not

I am having Sony Vaio laptop (1.6 GHz, 80 GB hard disk and 1 GB RAM). Since
3 months, I am facing major issues. Whenever I start browing (IE or Opera or
Firefox) or even when connect external hard disk (to copy data to my laptop),
CPU shoots to 100% and stays there making my ...

I'm getting stop errors after having this computer for 2 years with no
problems.  No new devices installed.  The codes are never the same.  After
trying to fix this problem over the past couple of weeks, I'm asking someone
here for help.  The last 2 most recent errors are:

I have a Toshiba P-25 Sattelite laptop with an Intel Pentium 4 processor,
2.0GHZ, I tried to update the SP-3 but half way through I got this blue
screen saying Microsoft shut down due to an error and shut down to prevent
damage, I tried to do the update 3 times but with the same ...

Last night I changed the log-on password for my desktop Windows XP computer.
I may have set the new password incorrectly as I now can't start Windows with
any of the passwords I have tried today....
I am running Windows XP SP3.

Without much thought I took a recent XP update which installed Silverlight
on my PC running XP SP3 and fully updated.  This appears to be taking me down
a road which includes a multiplicity of updates and possibly reduced
performance on my PC.  I have tried to use Control Panel > ...

I can not install winxp 32 bit over windows vista that comes with my new laptop

My hard drive had crashed. I called up Sony Vaio for the original software
recovery CD, and they say they no longer have the CD for my 3 year old
laptop.  I have the original installed sticker for Windows XP on my laptop,
product key number.  Is there a place a can download the ...