Im running windows XP sp2 it seems that when you select a printer and try and
run properties nothing happens nothing ever shows.  and when I select
Printing Preferences I receive a windows error message Operation could not be
completed..  Dont know what changed but printer ...

Im running windows XP sp2 it seems that when you select a printer and try and
run properties nothing happens nothing ever shows.  and when I select
Printing Preferences I receive a windows error message Operation could not be
completed..  Dont know what changed but printer ...

We have added a couple of new machine to our small company network running
Windows XP home addition.  While our Windows 2000 machines seem to be able
to see each other, we have problems with the XP machines being seen and
seeing each other.  We have tried turning the firewall off ...

Hi- I'm using Opera as my browser and email program.  I'm tired of,
periodically, having to open Outlook Express to remove all mail.  Eventhough
I've deleted messages on Opera they remain on OE.  Can I remove/disable OE
and still get my mail?

O thing th

When I re-boot, eg from VNC remotley this Dell XPS PC stops at (NIC
Failure) and I have to hit F1 to continue the boot. So I cannot re-boot
remotley. I have replaced the on-board NIC but in the boot sequence the
on-board NIC gets looked at. I have switched it of in the setup menu

How does one uninstall and reinstall IE/OE?
thanks,
charles.....

I work at a school and one of my users is the journalism and PR lady.
As you can imagine, she uses USB card readers and external hard drvies
alot.
She also has several networked drives that all my users have and need.

I am trying to make changes in my IE 7 Internet Options. I would like to
change how cookies are handled. I know how to do it and where, but when I
make the changes in the dialog box, the "APPLY" button fails to light
(become other than subdued gray) so that I can make the changes ...

I have a desktop running Windows XP Home.  I recently bought some Durabrand
Speakers from Wal-mart, nothing fancy, real simple speakers.  I hooked them
up and only one speaker works.  I've done all I can to figure out how to make
it work but I can't get the other one to work.  ...

Is there a way to copy some piece of text, and then copy a different
piece of text and then paste both pieces of text somwhere else without
having to do them one at a time?
Thanks,

Hi, I have bought a Dell computer almost 2 years ago and it already had
the modern.ttf font file installed (no, I am not talking about the
modern.fon file).  I have first reinstalled Windows XP without any
problems.  When I have installed Windows XP for the second time and

When you hover over some desktop icons, system entry fields, and various
other fields a yellow tinted box opens up with either help or a
description. How can I eliminate this box or set the pop up delay to a
longer period (eg. don't pop up unless 5 second hover).

I have a shortcut to a folder located on my desktop, that launches Windows
Explorer when I doubleclick on it.
The default view of the folder is a single window showing the contents of
the folder.  I would prefer it to show a vertical-split-pane window with the

    we have developed our own application in visual studio and
integrated it with our own winxp driver.
we read a song file using the application and send the data to our own
pci device through  our winxp driver.We can send the data to the pci