I live in a rural area and my only options for Internet are dialup and
satellite. After 8 years I am finally making the move to the satellite, and
want to also keep my dialup ISP as a backup. I'm not sure if this is the
correct forum, but I am looking for information on how to ...

I installed a new hard drive, thought the old one was dying.  Turns out
it was something else.  I've left the new drive in place but disabled it.  
Does it still run every time the pc is started?  Should I disconnect the
power wire to it?  Or just go ahead and take it out?

when I put my mouse cursor on a subject that has a long line in these
newsgroups, nothing happens. Used to be it would read the whole line
including whatever there was after the dots, but not any more. How do I
get this back

instead of getting @ when i press shift+' i get ". its vice versa when i
press shift+2 i get @ instead of ".
trivial problem i know but very annoying!
anyone got any ideas how to fix this?

I want to delete outlook express and then reinstall it, can anyone tell me
how to do that

I have no idea whether my problem is XP related,    browser related, or
ornery computer related.  Whenever I go to the New Yorker cartoon caption
site a box appears indicating that there is a "stack overflow at line:  0."
I click ok and then my browser closes.  I never get that ...

remember this is the basics page before you start ragging me!
Can i link my pc on xp with a laptop on win2000 via an ethernet cable? i
want to swap some files without having to use discs or sticks.

I am using Windows XP and IE 7.  I have installed several programs on a new
computer.  Each application shortcut appears with the IE icon.   How can I
get the icons to change to their normal icon?  I have done the right click,
Properties, Change icon, selected any available icon, ...

Have windows XP - home, and everytime I try to view a map on mapquest, the
internet explorer crashes.  Error signature states:
AppName: iexplore.exe
AppVer:6.0.2800.1106  

I asked this question a few weeks ago but have not yet found a cure, so I am
posting again in the hope that someone new may see this or that someone may
have thought of a cure:-
I used to have a html page (just a home made creation) displayed on my

When I insert a blank DVD into my Rw-DVD writer, windows explorer opens to
create a temporary location for files to be located.  However, the option to
"Write files to CD"  does not appear and when I try to drag a file into the
directory, I get the message "Windows encountered a ...

I've got 2 PCs one running XP Pro, the other running XP Media centre.
Both licences were OEM versions purchased with the hardware to build
the machines.
As I only use the XP Pro machine (it's a higer spec than the other),

I recently upgraded to Windows XP on my computer. I can not transfer my
information onto this operating system. It views me as having a PC1 and PC2.
For example, I use Outlook 2003 for work and it reconfigured the Outlook so I
do not have access to my original emails, contact ...

I am using window xp SP2.
I want to put some more information on system property general tab, like my
company name, my phone No and also my companies logo. Please help
Ratib

I have a repeating security update (KB923723).
I tried the solution suggested in a previous post, namely deleting the
registry entries and reinstalling, but to no avail. The update pops up a few
seconds after each install.