When I loaded IE this morning, I was taken to the Windows
Update page. It informed me that SP2 was ready to be
installed on my computer. I clicked Install, accepted
EULA, and then was greeted with an error message

i have recently been getting warnings that files are
unrecognised or unavailable, and need reinstalling but for
some reason when i enter the cd it says the version of xp
can not be used as i have a newer version on my system.

When I shut-down Windows XP Home, it's like the clock stops.
When I first boot up XP, I'll reset the clock to the
correct time and date. I'll do whatever I have to do, and
shut it down. When I next boot it up, the clock is set at

Could someone suggest the simplest way to share a dial-up internet
connection (NOT broadband), between two PCs - one running WinXP Pro and the
other running Win98 or Win2000?
Thanks

While exploring the internet I intermittently get an error
message telling me:
"Your security settings do not allow Web sites to use
ActiveX controls on your computer"

In my music the folder says it is a video is there any way of getting back
to music,
I have tried using tweakui but didn't work
Many thanks

If I was to restore my machine back to factory default,
do i have to download and install all the updates before
SP2 or does SP2 have all the previous updates?
Thanks

Tomorrow, Dell comes to my house to get my new laptop up
and running.
It will have WinXP.
Win98 had ScanDisk.

I have five desktop accounts with my PC, one for each
family member. We use XP. The problem is that everyone
has to use my desktop to get access to the internet. The
toolbar doesn't show the wireless connection on any

Just noticed I had used "Microsoft" as a name on this group:  I AM NOT
MICROSOFT!!  I am just some dumb semi-newbie like most everyone else here,
and I apologize for the apparent misrepresentation!
  I'm not positive, but ... XP SP2 -might- have done that!  After the

How do I back up my favorites on my computer?
Thanks for the help.

Have had a new HP Media Centre computer for about 2
weeks.  Wanted to restore to a couple of days ago - says
I cannot restoreto that point, try another.  I did - same
error message.  This is the 3rd computer I have had where

i do not know if i am in the right group. i tried to
download the windows xp sp2 and it will not download. any
suggestions

don't ask me why I was daft enough to do it- but I ended
up with three separate installs of windows xp on my
computer. Any ideas to get rid of two?

Anybody knows how  to  get  rid of the pornopopups  that  
comes  any time I open  my explorer? Quite  often they pop
up  also while  working. I  have  tried  to  remove all  
suspect  probrams  but they seem  to  come  back in