I have a several-year-old Dell with Windows XP.  The CD slide tray says that
it accepts DVDs, but it appears that there is no software activated to view
DVD discs.  Is there something buried in the innards of the machine that has
to be activated . . . or will it require purchase ...

I have like no sound!!! My microphone doesnt work, and my speakers wont work
either. i can hear sounds from my headphones though. help.

With XP HE and following kb27067 I am confused. The third step is "Select
the folder location and then press CTRL+C to copy the location. I do this by
scrolling over the file location dialog box and with the release of CTRL+C
there is a flash of a circle. Does this indicate the ...

I have been receiving a error message when I boot up my PC. It comes at the
very end of the start-up, after all the desk top icons are showing and
programs have loaded.  The message I receive is:
Remind_xp.exe has encountered a problem and needs to close.

When I go to shut down windows it asks me if I am sure as others are logged
on to this computer...........who are they?
How do I find out? What do they want.......please help? TIA  John

From time to time I like to check up on how the various space probes
are doing, and I'd really like to check
out the Visible Earth pages, but I can't.  I was in the habit of doing
so, but a few months ago I lost the ability

I have a user who received a new XPSP2 system three months ago and has
started getting a weird problem of whenever he opens a new window (any
application) it hides in the background.  He notices it the most in his
email applications (Netscape 7.1 and Outlook 2003) just because he ...

I just got a new WD 250 GB hard disk.
I have windows XP pro and P IV 2.4 GHz with 1250 MB RAM.
before I installed the new HD in my computer,
I configured it to be the slave disk with the plastic jumper.

Using Windows XP-Pro.  Does anyone know if there will be a download coming
to adjust for the change in the Daylight Savings Time schedule that begins
this year?  Used to start the first Sunday in April and now will start the
second Sunday in March.  Used to end the last Sunday in ...

Something is wrong to my Windows Explorer (WE) and when I click
a folder to make it open --- this is the error message:
Microsoft Visual C++ Runtime Library
Runtime Error

I recently installed Windows Live OneCare for viruses and spyware and
firewall.  I don't know if there's a connection, but when I start my
computer, I get the Messenger screen and then MSN Today. How can I stop
these from appearing on my desktop when I launch?  I have a Dell 8100 ...

Hi, Im new to this site,and quite a numpty on my comp,but Im getting
better everyday.Can you tell me why when I try to use disk clean up it
takes ages to gather info and then when I press clean up it doesnt. The
first time I tried a box with run as appeared should that happen?I  ...

What do I do with the listed file in a folder  within my C drive folders?
it is a tiny file: 1000 bytes.
Necessary? delete?
Thanks

According to this BBC page http://www.microsoft.com/uk/press/executives/ 
users in the Uk are going to be ripped off yet again by being charged DOUBLE
the prices charged in USA. Let's boycott Vista in the UK until this rip-off
culture stops.