I have 2 DVDRW's both NEC + same model.  In 'My Computer' under 'Removable
Storage devices' one of the DVDRW's shows the correct default name of
'DVD-RAM Drive' when empty and 'CD Drive' when it contains a blank DVD.
However, my other DVDRW, has mysteriously acquired the name 'SD ...

Hey all. I want to capture the exact screen that is displayed but here is the
problem, I have printscreen.exe setup. I can't delete this .exe
Is there a way to capture the screenshot without using the print screen key?
ALT + print screen stills prints and print screen will print

Folks:
I recently installed realPlayer on my WindowsXP system then I decided to
test it all out by playing a VOB file.
The results turned out to be mixed. The AUDIO was excellent but the VIDEO

Can anyone recommend a decent book for learning XP?  The only thing I
could find locally was "Windows XP for Dummies" by Woody Leonhard.  I
guess it serves a need but it you remove all the extraneous corny
jokes and wisecracks there isn't much left in the way of reference

My problem is that when I select "Show hidden files and folders" option in
addittion to unchecking the "Hide protected operating system files
(Recommended)" option so that I be able to view hidden and system files in
my system but after doing that It does not work I mean Windows ...

I'm having a hard time with my sound on my computer. On Itunes, it
skips for the first few seconds and then will play fine, even upon
start-up, the windows XP start-up sounds will sound skipped or really
distorted.

When I replace the CMOS battery in my Dell desktop will my XP(MCE)
recover its settings on its own or will I have to provide all those
settings myself?
There is a DOS program (CMOSRAM2) that copies and restores all those

Windows XP Home
This is apparently a hardware problem but thought there'd be some pretty
good
ideas of the problem here.  No power, no lights, no fan action, no HD

windows xp pro sp2
I have recently noticed that the button with the left-pointing arrow that
separates the taskbar from the notification area has disappeared, and I
cannot "show hidden icons" any more.

I am having a problem shutting down my computer.
When I click Start>turn off computer it takes around 2 minutes before the
shut down dialog appears.  When I click Shut Down, it gets to the "Windows is
shutting down" screen, then hangs for another 2 minutes.

I have a few folders which I would like to back up to a dvd disc (these
folders are about 3.5Gb in total, which is why I don't want to use a CD disc).
Can anyone tell me how to do this?  Do I need any special software to do it?
The only option i am getting at the moment is to ...

I'm having trouble with windows xp home.  Not big troubles.  What it does is
stop at the login screen and wait for a password, but there is no password
so I hit enter and it finishes the boot to the desk top.  I had this same
problem with a laptop a while ago and gave up on it.  ...

Sometimes when I open a new window, it displays larger than the view area.  
Also, if I go "Start", "Programs".......I can not see the entire list because
they are displayed beyond the monitor's screen,
Any advise???

Whenever I right click on the desktop or try to drag an item to or from the
desktop, my computer freezes up. I have all necessary updates and have virus
scanned the computer multiple times and still have problems. Anyone have a
suggestion as to how to fix this?