Hi. first off I usually use Macs and don't know my way around PCs
(yet). I bought a secondhand Dell Optiplex GX260 for my children to
play games on. Came with Windows XP Professional installed. Games
weren't good with the built-in graphics card so I bought an Nvidia

I have to replace an ECS motherboard with an MSI in an
XP Home machine.
1. Do I do a repair install and if so what do I type in at the
   prompt if/when I get it?

I have a partition [FAT32 File System] that I back up using NT Backup, but I
am obliged to do it with multiple backups as I am backing up 8-9GBs and am
stymied by the 4GB maximum inherent with NT Backup/FAT32.
Is there any way for me using NT Backup to accomplish this process in a ...

I've done dual boot machines before but is there any way I can take a
drive from a now defunct Xp system and put it in a USB enclosure and
boot it on a new Xp system as a second bootable drive.  The reason I
need to do this is one of the programs that I have on the old drive is

Can Windows XP be installed on both the primary hard drive and a secondary
removable internal drive (not a USB drive).   More specifically  can this be
done without any partitioning (i.e. are the two physical drives already
effectively two different partitions such that XP will ...

I have a dell laptop running windows xp pro and recently I've found
that when I leave the computer idle for a few hours, whether the screen
is shutoff while the lid is closed or even if its left open, the screen
is blank (black, but still lit like it's on) and I can't make it show

Does Windows XP Pro support dual processors? I say it does. Our new computer
manager says "NO" and is removing one processor from all of the systems (we
have 2 Athlon MP 2200+) I have seen a performance decrease in the
applications but he won't take my word for it. I need written ...

When I go to attach a file in email my doc are always listed in random
order.  I always have to sort by name.  My computer at work has xp but the
files are in alpha order.  Where can i change my file order?  I searched
couldn't fix.

Windows XP Home
Windows Media Player 11
I currently use two video host sites to store video's for others to view
and download. A couple of weeks ago one of the sites changed all my file

cant see any files anymore? i know there there, the recycler s-1-5 etc
states there is 450 files and avg scans them also but just cant see them
anymore? even if i delete a new folder it doesn't show up and i have checked
everything i can, it doesn't delete them straight away, they ...

Windows allows you to save folder settings on your hard (C) drive.
Some folders can be "lists", some "tiles," some "details," etc.  In the
control panel, folder options menu, there is a setting under "views"
then "advanced" that allows you to set Windows so that it remembers the

I'd like to add a null (000) character to my password.  IOW, I want a
character that must be there, but doesn't show up on the screen.  How does
one do this?
Thanks,

Every once in awhile someone wants to know how to print the directory.
Microsoft provides the instructions to add the action to Windows XP.
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;321379

I have an icon on my desktop named "fix3.bat."  I'm pretty sure it was
put there by a technician who configured my new computer last year.
When I click on it, what comes up is a window entitled
C:\WINDOWS\system32\cmd.exe.

I wish to donate my old computer to Goodwill. It has Windows98 installed.
I would like to know the easiest way to remove it from the computer.  I don't wish to pass it on to the next user without removing programs that have my name listed as the owner.
Someone suggested to go to ...