It appears that on Win2K and WinXP I can no longer start an app from a DOS
prompt in a folder that has whitespaces in the name, e.g., "Program Files".  
Does anyone know of a way around this?  Using the Windows GUI
("Start"/"Run"/...) isn't an option for me in this particular case ...

Bought my 81-yr-old Dad a basic Dell Dimension 2400 last year and got free
Dell color photoprinter.  All was working great.  But now it doesn't print
e-mail or WordPerfect jobs other stuff till he turns the computer off and
then on again.  When he turns the computer on, the ...

How do I alphabetize my labels by last name?  Not just a column.

When I go to certain websites, I start getting messages that Microsoft
Installer and Word 2000 is trying to install. I then have to click Cancel 2
or 3 times to stop it. So
far it happens on one or two news websites. What kind of a bug is that? What

The pc is a 3 year old DELL running Windows XP Home Edition.  It is my
daughter's pc that she has at college.  She powered it off after it would not
shut down and seemed to "freeze".  It will boot up in safe mode.  Did she
clobber her user profile?  What else could cause this to ...

i want to install fresh xp pro on sony vaio pcg srsk. can someone guide me plz

I had to reinstall WindowsXP pro after a crash and I want all my old special
fonts back.
I have a full backup from before the crash.
I tried copying over the old Windows/Font file from the old backup to the

Hello there. My father has XP Pro and I have been trying to do a back up
disc for his system. However it will only letme transfer to  the floppy
drive and not dvd/cd drives. Cannot seem to find a way around it....Any
ideas anyone??

I'm curious, while poking arround system files I found a PCHealth folder
inside the WINDOWS folder that contained xml files with current modification
dates.
What are these?  Are there system utilities that read/report based on this

This is just a test

When I hold down the CTRL button or the SHIFT key and right-click on a
program or document, I am not getting the RunAs option in the context menu.
Running Windows XP Pro.  The Secondary Logon service is running.

how can I organize the order of my programs in the START<ALL PROGRAMS list,
I used to be able to drag them up or down the list and drop them where I
wanted them but I cant seem to do that now.
Any ideas thanks

My pc keeps crashing over and over, online mostly, I keep getting the error
message
"windows has recovered from a serious error"
and here are the two files that it says will be sent to microsoft with a

My "Command Prompt" scroll slowly, but the others GUI applications
run smoothly.
Could someone tell me what is the problem? and how can I solve
this problem?

When I insert a cd of mp3's into my cd player, Real Player tries to
open it even though I do not have anything other than RP files
selected as a file that Real Player should try to open.
Okay, so I go to the cd in question, right click and choose