When I originally established the User Account (administrator) name for my
computer I included the special character "&" in the name.i.e. "John &
Jane", which was accepted by Windows and established. Now I find that when I
want to change or acquire certain applications it will ...

Is there anyway to get drivespace or doublespace installed on WinXP SP2?
Have some old zip disks which were compressed back when I used win95/98 and
now I can't "read" them.  TIA

My computer w/XP Home won't boot since XP system files seem to be corrupted.  
The XP came installed on the machine so I don't have the XP CD to do a
repair.  Is there a way to get around this and not have to do a clean
install?  I'd like to save the data on the HD.

Checked the disk space used by ALL folders on my C: drive (right click on
folder | Properties) and the sum is about 10+ GB.  When I check the disk
space used by the C: drive (right click on the C: drive | Properties) , 22 GB
are used.  What could be using the other 12 GB ?

Does anyone here know how to change the starting screen of the outlook
to be different than the regular inbox default?

Hi, hopefully someone here knows the answer to the
Question: What are the Maximum Processes for XP?
In other words:
How many process ( Handle and treads graphics ) can

I do not have a modem installed on my computer, yet on every startup I get a
message select a country.  this remains until I click on the country, other
it will not open my windows.  Is there a way to remove this annoying drop
down every time I start my computer?

I have a 40 page document that I prepared in Works 7.0. I forgot to close
the file when I shut down the computer. Now, when I try to open it I get the
message “Works cannot open ‘C:\Documents and Settings\…..wps’. The file may
be in use by another application, the file format may ...

I am looking into purchasing OpenType fonts from a third-party vendor. I
need them to be compliant with our printing bureau. I looked into my fonts
folder under Windows and the fonts that I need are already listed and have
the "O" icon next to them, which seems to indicate ...

I have changed the RDP listening port and therefore had to configure a new
exception in the Windows Firewall to allow tcp connections over the new
port.  Now, since Remote Assistance uses the same port I believe I must do
the same for that.  But it's not so easy to do.  When you ...

I am runnig an early version of xp home edition upgrade. this is a new build
(ESC sli extreme MOBO AMD 3700+ 1gig ddr400 2 MSI 6800 vid  I can only start
in safe mode after I install service pak2.  Do I really need it. If so what
do I do now. (I have built 4 sistems and always ...

Is Mozilla firefox any better than internet Exporer?

Under Documents and Settings, I have the following:
Administrator
Administrator.DEN
All Users

how can i correct this?

I do have a couple of Linux-based "Live CDs" for system recovery purposes.
But this looks very interesting:
http://www.nu2.nu/pebuilder/
I wonder if anybody knows about it and has tried it out. Will be glad to