A small app, netmeter, shows a lot of D/L - incoming - activity. Another FW
blocked all incoming except permitted ones. Possible to run Zone Alarm,
e.g., along with Windows FW, or better to turn the windows  one off...

Looking in Event Viewer under Application there were a whole load of
warnings about Msinstaller, either 1001 under description "Kenny" (me) or
1004 under description "Network Service".  MS says no further info on these
errors.

When ever I receive e-mail through outlook express with a attachment whose
extension is .PPS. I cannot open the attachment, the message error is " This
file does not have a program associated with it for performing this action.
Create an association in the folder options control ...

I have two machines running XP Home SP2. One has Dit.exe on it (not sure how
it got there) the other has not.  The one that has throws an error every
time any usb memory device is plugged into it. It puts up the dialog box
saying Dit.exe as encounted a problem and needs to close ...

Now what?
everett williams

I have a local machine at home, its just my personal pc, and in a workgroup
with my other home pc.  I am tired of having to type in my admin password
every day, I just want to hit the power button and go get some coffee. How do
I do this?  I remember seeing somewhere that it can ...

When I was using Win98, I had Communicate!Lite installed as my fax
program (bundled with the faxmodem card).  It had its quirks, but I
learned to get along with it.
Now that I've (finally) upgraded to XP Pro, I'd like to continue using

tried f8 to start with earlier config. that worked; nothing.  blank black
screen no other action.

I cant send email messages via OE as the pc just takes forever and my
account hasn't changed

I'm wanting to know the best brightness and contrast settings for my
KDS Rad5 lcd monitor...I have color profiles that I never use and
wanted to know the recommended color settings for everyday use and for
printing photos

I have one user account (Home) and one called Guests (which is never used).  
when is go to User Accounts in Control Panel they are all that are seen.
When I use Windows Explorer there is a duplicate account (Glenardis) which
appears to have exactly the same files as Home, ...

Tune up your operating system with some useful advices...
http://windowsxpsp2pro.blogspot.com/

Using My Computer/performance/advanced I have set the following pagefiles:
(a) Disc C:  5-50MB pagefile.sys
(b) Disc D: no pagefile.sys
(c) Disk G: volume "Scratch disc" no pagefile .sys

I once saw somebody use the select tool in ms paint to select an area
in another window, it was just like taking a screenshot over a limited
area.
He used the select tool while holding down a key (or keys) on the

When windows XP starts up, is there any way to disable the password window.
No password is needed to log on to this computer.
Thanks in advance for your help.
James