If I have 4 harddisks
HDD1--> OS
HDD2-4--> RAID 5
I am running windows software raid 5, if my OS is corrupted, can i just

I have been experimenting with Ruby.
I have set file extension .rb to invoke /bin/ruby.exe
If I run a Ruby program as follows, all is well: (my help is displayed)
ruby  myprog.rb -h

I use a web based program with field help that opens a separate window for
the help instructions.  Everytime I try to close the help window, it pops up
with the message "The webpage you are viewing is trying to close the window.  
Do you want to close the window?   YES  NO"

is there any way to make it so that when the computer is on standby mode,
moving the mouse will NOT take it off standby? I have a cat and i put my
computer on standby every night, and she always jumps onto my desk, bumps the
mouse, and turns the computer on all night. I want to ...

OS =  XP-MCE
2G RAM
Plenty of Disk
Unable to run Norton Speed Disk on drive 'C'.   Error msg askes that I check

Normally I leave the laptop in hibernation mode when it's not in use, but
occasionally have to do a complete shutdown and reboot, like when I get a
windows update. It takes as much as 15 minutes to go through all the steps it
feels it needs to before I can get on with some more ...

Who do I take out the color on my desktop?

I have a customer who has the Drive Icon in Windows Explorer associated with
a program.  Double-clicking the drive icon launches that program.
Windows Explorer | Tools | Folder Options... | File Types | (None) Drive |
Advanced

Everytime I log on the XP window, there is a message pop up:
Error loading C:\WINDOWS\system32\ppfark50.dll
The specified module could not be found
How to fix this problem?

I'm using XP HE SP2 and in one of my photo programs, Photoshop 7.01 when
I use Save As on any file, for example a .tif file, the program used to
replace the .tif with whatever I was Saving it As, for example a .jpg.
For example, shot.tif, Save As .jpg and the file became shot.jpg. ...

I'm looking for programs to create web based slideshows and be able to
add transitions and multiple audio files as well. I have Nero, but its
slideshow programs is for burning dvds, video cds, etc.

Sorry for asking - I have searched online for an answer to this, however
all the advice seems to involve moving disk drives between old and new
laptops, which I hesitate to attempt.
I need to de-activate my retail XP Pro on a old laptop.

System crashing every other day!
Clock and date come up wrong all the time.
System logs onto windows but ends in blank screen before password
comes up, then I have to unplug as off button doesn't work.

I am signed on with only user id in XP Pro and when i make any changes and
click apply in msconfig i get the following:
"An access denied error was returned while attempting to change a service.
You may need to logon using an administrator account to make the specified

used to be I could partition and format un-used HDD space in xp's
computer management. Now the only option available is "properties" and
"help". "new partition" is grayed.
How can I fix this?