I'm not getting the "normal" screens I usually see when I
start my computer and shut it off.
First, turning it on...
My computer used to bypass the welcome screen, not as for a

After turning on my computer(xp home edition) the admin tools window is
displayed on the screen. How can I keep this from occuring. I've tried to
customize the start menu. BUT IT DOESN'T HELP!! Any ideas would be
appreciated.

In explorer, Under my c drive>janis> start menu> start -up>administrative tool.
the administative  folder is empty. However I cannot delete it because it is
a windows program file. If these functions exist in the control panel why
does the computer recognize the folder as a ...

I have a Sony desktop PCV-RX860 with HP monitor w/side speakers. When I
open Windows Media Player 10.0 and select music, or for that matter even the
sound on bootup, the sound is hardly audible. I have opened the Volume
settings and turned everything up to maximum, but the sound ...

where in the registry do i set my default web browser / email client ?
the web browser / email client I want to use is not showing up in SP2's
"Set Program Access and Defaults"

So if a dog has hip displasia, is surgery the only route?
How about the herbs, minerals, vitamins, which are good for joints?
-Pete

How do I change the order that programs start at boot time?  The reason
I ask is that my NAV software seems to start late in the process as I
always get a warning from the security center that says I don't have
antivirus protection and then a few seconds later NAV fires up and ...

I recieved some updates which I installed and now I seem to notice that the
start up speed is slower. Am I getting paranoid, or could this really be so?
Right now I feel i just want to throw the stupid program out. Would that be a
bad idea? I'm not really into the computer race, ...

Outlook Express was auto archiving my 'email' files.. why it does that I do
not know.. we had a power blip and the computer restarted itself..... I seem
to have lost all of my Sent Items and most of my Inbox.. can I restore these
emails or are they lost forever.... I have tried ...

what is the difference between a windows xp from windows me, windows 2000 and
windows 98.
and how can i disable my spyware and and replace it with a new spyware
program.

Hi, I just got this new puter and during set up it asked what browser we use.
After reading it the puter suggested we turn off the netscape browser stuff.
Now i want to go to Pogo and it is not working and java says I need to add
the netscape and Mozzilla(?) Any ideas?

Hi, I just got this new puter and during set up it asked what browser we use.
After reading it the puter suggested we turn off the netscape browser stuff.
Now i want to go to Pogo and it is not working and java says I need to add
the netscape and Mozzilla(?) Any ideas?

Can someone describe what "Standby" mode is under the power settings?  I'm using
XP-Home on a Dell Dimension desk top.  I've looked through the XP help and Dell
manual that came with the computer, but they're not much help as to the
specifics of what the mode actually does beyond ...

Hello, I have had quite a bit of grief lately. I created for a few of my
friends (3 of them) their own user accounts, I restarted and when I tried to
log back into my account(Administrator) I found to much dismay, that it was
not on the list. I set one of my friend's accounts to ...

This is probably a stupid question.
I have AVG running on XP, but I can't figure out how to command a scan on
demand.
Can anyone help?