I need some expert help please... After logging in to XP I am not able to run any executable programs after about 20 seconds.  When I try to run any .exe program I receive the error message:
"only part of read process memory or write process memory request completed"
If I try to ...

When I click on the start button and then all programs, I want the menus (or
list of programs) to span across the desktop rather then having to scroll
through them and I've forgotton how to do it. Can someone please let me
know?

I have an app called StyleXP, and I had downloaded a couple of theme files
from www.themexp.org but my styleXP app claims that these are visual style
files and not themes. Any ideas as to what i'm doing wrong?
Thanks,

I need to wipe my system clean and start over. How do I
save my Outlook express files to a disk so that I can put
them back once I reload all of my software?

WHere can i get the screensaver with the moving clouds? I
have 'bliss' loaded with XP. But, I have seen other
computers with the clouds rolling. Can i download this
from somewhere?

how do i back up my files or copy them?  i want to do a recovery (format) and I don't know what to do

This is my first time on this board, and I apologize in
advance for the length of this post, but this problem is
so hard to explain. Anyone brave enough to read this
explaination, I thank you if you can offer some help or

TEMP=C:\DOCUME~1\0987\LOCALS~1\Temp
TMP=C:\DOCUME~1\0987\LOCALS~1\Temp
This directory which is on a remote computer in the
local network is set as the temp, tmp directory and

My current computer (bought Nov-03) and the one before it have had
'issues' with the open/close button on the CD player.  I contacted the
mfg-er on the last one and they determined that nothing was wrong with
the player, but there were some other issues regarding the updating of

Youve spent hours downloading all the latest patches via auto-update, over a 56k dial up connection, and then the system dies.  You restore via Ghost and then download all the updates again.  Before the system dies again you'd like to backup all the downloaded updates....but ...

I bought a new gaming computer and we needed to load the
Windows OS on it.
We have the original Windows Home XP we purchased about 6
months ago for the old computer that no longer works.

Hi, I hope that someone can help me. The seperator bar in
the taskbar has frozen on the left-hand side of the
taskbar. The taskbar is unlocked but when I place the
mouse over the seperator bar and left click, to slide it

I'd like to make a CD copy, as backup, for
c:\Documents & Settings. I can do File>>Copy
and highlight what I want, but when I try to
Paste to the CD drive (E:\) I get an error

When i try to configure the automatic updates box, i get
the message THE WINDOWS UPDATE SERVICE IS UNAVAILABLE
(everything is dimmed). I am using XP.

I am doing an installation of windows XP home, all seems
to going well, then it freezes up at the point were it
asks if I would like to start in Safe or normal mode,
regardless of wich I choose it seems to go right back to