well, i've got this a bit anoying problem where i have a background color for
my desctop icon names.  it is basically as if the names are highlighted.  i
want there to be no highlight at all.  i tried playing with -Display
Properties->Appearance->Advanced.  No luck.  All it does ...

I have two computers, laptop and desktop, both running XP SP2. Neither of
them will recognise a blank cd-r in the drive so will not copy data files or
burn audio. In the properties tab for the drive in My Computer a brand new,
unused cd-r is shown as full with 0 bytes of ...

Using Windows XP-Media Edition.
When I right click start, click explore, and navigate to My Pictures and
click to open that folder, I cannot seem to display the Picture Tasks pane.
However, when I put a shortcut to My Pictures on my desktop and click to

Through extensive research and quite a bit of help from this or another XP
ng over the last few months, determined that my system came to me corrupted
or something as none of the fixes or suggestions resolved the folder view
problem I've had from day one on my home computer.

I am a Hi speed internet used on Windows Xp home edition user and on
Thursday I received a new Modem from my isp  . The letter I received with
the modem said they were
upgrading their network   and I had an older modem that would

What is the difference and can you shedule the pc to do either? Thanks

I cannot get RAR, ZIP, or 7z files to associate with any programs
(winrar, winzip...), torrent files will not associate with any
programs (azureus), and flash will not work, no matter how many times
i reinstall. i am the admin on this computer so i dont get whats going

I need to restore my system. The instruction says" install Windows XP service
pack 1 or greater"
I inserted my service pack and got the reply "that the version of Wimdows on
your computer is newer than the version on the CD.

Greetings All.
   Windows Explorer stops and displays the message Windows Explorer has a
problem and is shutting down, whenever I highlight any/all .mpeg2 file. I do
not have to try to open (run) the file, just highlight it.

When I try to open internet explorer I get a window that says Microsoft
visual co++ debug library debug error and a little further down it says
internet explorer program termination, I had just opened an email and
thought I got a virus, my outlook express is still working and I ...

I have a Gateway PC which runs window xp professional. Currently i ran a
full scan of symantec anti virus program v8.1 which has detected a virus
called "backdoor.trojan"  for a file called c:\windows\system32\gilsoh.exe.
And it also mentions that clean failed,quarantine failed. And ...

When I open a folder of jpeg pictures, the "common tasks" portion at the
left is supposed to say "Picture Tasks"--and it usually does.  But quite
often it says "Music Tasks".  Why is this happening and how do I fix it so
jpeg-only folders show picture tasks?

I've bought a software that, using a Microsoft fingerprint reader, control
staff access. Unfortunately, it only works with an administrator login.
Although I have some restrictions about leaving an adm login open, my main
problem is the clock on taskbar. Administrators can ...