A few days ago Windows automatic update prompted me to update the sound card
drivers on my computer.   It originally had an NVidia sound driver, after
prompting to update, I now have a Realtek sound driver.   It did list the
reasons for the update, but it is it normal for sound ...

I repaired XP yesterday, but now when I go to the Windows UPdate page, it
hangs up and I have to CRTL ALT DEL to get it off the screen.  Help!

I just upgraded from W98 to WXP HE and now I can't get my Ethernet port to
work. It shows as enabled but I can't get to the internet. I can get there
with dial up but not with my Cable modem. Any help is appreciated thanks.

if I do a right click and then choose "open with" and then "choose program"
the computer runs always the notepad application. There is no choice...
any help? thanks a lot and merry christmas!

I had to do a repair on Windows XP today, and now it takes forever on the
blue start up screen.  Once it gets to the log in page, it's fine.  Does
anyone know what could be causing this?  
thanks!

Hi,
When i want to run some software in WinXP a messegaebox appeares and says
thies error:
title:16 bit MS-DOS Subsystem

I have version 5.1.2600 service pack 2 Build 2600. I have a new game [Sim
City] that says before installing the software I should run ScanDisk followed
by Disk Defragmenter. I know where Disk Defragmenter is but my computer says
there is no ScanDisk.  What program on my computer ...

I am using dialup to connect to internet. Today all of a sudden the
connection manager is behaving funny. My saved password appears to have been
changed -I can say it because my password contained 10 characters, but
whenever I try to connect, now it shows saved password to be 16 ...

This is probably a stupid question, but I've lost my xp installation CD (I
had to reconfig my whole computer recently and had initially installed it a
few years ago) yet still have the product key...has anyone committed this
folly and/or tried to contact XP to get another ...

I keep getting a message that says Internet explorer has incountered a
problem and needs to close. I also get that same message except for Windows
Explorer. What should i do?

My task maneger has a red line in the cpu usage box, what
does this mean?

Okay, let me ask another question:
I have Windows 98 running on C drive.
I have copied all files from my XP install CD to a folder (winxp) on D
drive.

system32/autoexec.nt. Systemfile is not appropriate to run ms-dos and windows
based programs. Pick close to continu.
-This is a error message I get now when trying to run ms-dos related
software like Borland Pascal 7 or old MS-DOS related games.-

I had a boot up error, was told only way to fix was to use system
recovery disks.  Best Buy backed up my data to two dvds.  Some things
are different and I don't know how to get them back?  So I was just
wondering if there is a way to restore the settings the way they were

I had to have my hard drive reformatted and Windows XP
Professional reinstalled. My system speaker says "No
drivers are installed for this device." I have gone
through the troubleshooter. My speakers are plugged into