The hardware wizward does not find my RS232 ports on the computer.
I checked the Bios and they exist.
Is there a way to install the hardware driver for these outside of the
wizward?

my taskbar is silver not green as shown in all the books.  How do I change it?

I have a lot of KB log files within my Windows directory. Is it safe to delete
these, or should they be kept??
Thanks

I tried to use add/remove windows components, and it returned "cannot open
medctroc.inf.  I checked my .inf file and I located medctroc.pnf, but no
medctroc .inf. Can someone suggest how I can use add/remove windows
components under these circumstances.

After initializing my laptop doesn't go any farther.  It doesn't even show
the startup screen for xp.  I just stare at a black screen.  I've tried f8,
f2, f12 with no success.  I just continue to get a black screen.  I'm at a
loss.  Any ideas out there?

when we set up our kids computer, we set up the admn accnt for parental
control reasons and then set up the user account for the kids.  Now, when we
go to user accounts in the control panel, the only account that shows up is
the kids account.  I need to find out how to locate the ...

Can someone please tell me how to disable Windows file Protection? I'm using
F-Secure virus/etc. protection, and I've been advised to turn off WFP since
my computer is now taking an AGE to start up. Apparently "this might cause
System File Checker (sfc.exe) to go through certain ...

-- I need directions on how to un install windows xp pro edition . I am
trying to down grade to home edition
In Need of direction and guidance

hello -- i got behind on my antivirus protection and now i have a problem.  
windows will not start on my computer.  the message i get is "windows could
not start because the following file is missing or corrupt:
\windows\system32\config\system    you can attempt to repair this ...

Is there any way to stop the OS from displaying "What do you want Windows to
do?".  Jeez, you would hope and pray, that the OS might figure out, that I
bring my work home every day, and every day the OS asks the same question.
Its a flash drive, dammit.

Following a problem period when I had to reinstall Windows XP several times I
note that I have many folders in my Documents and Settings folder, such as
Administrator, All Users, Default User, Guest, OEM, which I am happy with,
plus OAM, OEM.CENTRAL.002, All Users.WINDOWS, etc….. ...

I usually leave my computer established on a connection to the Internet to
receive new e-mail messages whenever they are sent to me. When I try to
double-click on the "Internet Explorer" icon on the desk top, I get a note
that states 'that no connection to the Internet is ...

When Java and Adobe are trying to update I'm getting an error message that
says, " unable to establish internet connection".  At the time that I receive
this message I'm all ready connected.  How can I resolve the problem????

When I try to shut down my puter I sometimes have to go through the
procedure twice to achieve it. When this happens it seems to close down my
MS Office shortcut bar but does not appear to do anything else - the puter
seems to hang until I click Start, Turn off Computer, Shut ...

This just happened a few days ago.  Does anyone know if this is a new update
by microsoft?
I don't like it and want to return to the original format - can this be
done?  If so, How?