I've been working on our church office pc, and am going to need to do a
WinXP repair install.  I haven't done a clean or repair Windows install, so
am trying to anticpate potential glitches with the repair.   Some questions:
A.  Will some of our peripheral programs survive the ...

I have a local net with a desktop and a laptop.  They talk to each
other just fine, desktop sees laptop's shared folders just fine, but
laptop can't see desktop's, or even a network.  Both run XP pro with
all current required updates and most optional (except IE 7).

How can I solve this problem?  When I maximize a window and later shut
the computer down.  When I then start up the computer again that window
is in the restored position, not the maximized view.  What am I doing
wrong or where is the setting that will keep it as I last set it?  ...

I just recieved a computer from a friend that had a lot of programs
that I un-installed and cleaned up the hard drive. There is one
program (Enuff PC)  that requests a password for it to be
un-installed.

Running Windows XP Pro and it appears as though some of the services are not
running.  When I boot windows it tells me that some network services are not
turned on.  I connect to a network through router ... I have internet and
email but I cannot see my network.  I attempted to ...

I can not logon to Windows XP SP2 in any mode.  At the logon stage of boot-up
I get a "system shutdown" (in 60 seconds) message initiated by either "\" or
"NT Authority\system" depending on which mode I am trying to logon with.  
Both messages also have the status code 1073741819 ...

Tonight I got the BSOD after my antivirus software (AVG Free) detected a
virus in a file downloaded. Now I can't reboot my notebook without getting
the BSOD. This happens when attempting to reboot even to safe mode or the
dos prompt. Also tried last working configuration option. ...

The following error message only occurs, when I shut down windows (restart ).
It appears only for a short time after Windows says  "It is shutting down",so
that it is on a black background, disappears immediately,then windows
reboots.the only way I can read the text is to take a ...

The laptop I'm using has a Synaptics Touchpad that I need to constantly
readjust because it periodically returns to the original settings. It
especially seems like I'm always readjusting the "Enable Tapping" and "Touch
Sensitivity" controls. Is there a way to set them once and ...

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I've upgraded to above. When I am trying to attach a photo, IE complains.
(Information line pops up) Refuses to run an ActiveX control to the effect
that I can't upload the photos. Is there a way around this problem. Should I
alter my security options?

we have XP SP1 on an old laptop, which isn't used for much except teaching
little kids how to use a computer, so it is not connected to the internet.
however it appears as if one of the kids has deleted something or fiddled
with something accidentally, because nearly every time i ...

Recently I had replaced the motherboard of a PC I had. I needed to
reinstall XP yet I already it installed. The installation process was
complete but its telling me I need to activate windows. The problem I
have is that my PC cant connect to the internet. I even tried calling

I get mired in the discussions about XP Pro OEM, retail, etc.
I have no OS disks nor do I have a recovery partition for my current
system (Don't ask).
I'm going to build a new system and keep the old one too.  I will have to

I have a lot of Audio files in mp3 format and I want to transfer the file
names into a spreadsheet - not the files themselves. Is there a simple way
of doing this. Any help gratefully received.