I haven't been able to close the document files without the computer hanging
on me.  It just sits there and when I try to close out again i get the "not
responding" error.  When I click on end now the computer hickups back to the
desktop and then it will finallly close.   Has ...

Using XPHome & IE7.  Trying to repair my Sonic DigitalMedia so I can once
again copy dvd's.  Get Runtime Error R6025 which may be the culprit.  Is
there a fix for this?  Roxio (Sonic) Support was, as usual, very lame.
All help is appreciated.  Thanks in advance Fran.

On my XP desktop when we logoff or shut down the "saving your settings"
window stays on indefintely. Not sure how to fix this. Our solution so far
has been to manually turn off the power and re-start when we need to use the
PC again. Windows update says our computer is current, ...

hello, i have acedently deleted the administrator profile and i can not get
to the control panel to change this. how do i fix it. there is no option for
control panel on the computer the change setting or programs does not allow
me in because i am not the admistrator.

I have a number of Perl scripts that I often have to execute as a
different userid. Up to now I open a command prompt and launch the
script using the runas command.
I would like to be able to add an item to the Windows context menu for

Although Windows Desktop Search will normally find text within a file, I do
not have any success trying to find a file or folder name.
Any suggestions for getting the settings right to find a file name rather
than text within? It would be a great help in tracking down a wayward ...

Doing something fundamentally wrong at this end!   Wish to "generate" a
special, printable (and displayable) character - procedure is failing OR I
am failing to follow directions.
How do I create a  Square Foot character?  This character consists of a

Occasionally my PC fails to hibernate. Recently a window popped up stating
that hibernation was being blocked by com 2 and something to do with a modem.
Unfortunately I didn't make a note of the message.
According to my system info I have a modem on com 3. Presumably this is my

I compressed my c drive to save space, and now I am
trying to defrag. IT says I have 20 % free space. The disk
is VERY fragmented. Everytime I run defrag, it runs for a minute,
and then reports that it can't defrag some files.

On my daughter's notebook (with XP Pro SP2) she had been running windows
live one care.  However at one stage, her notebook started to require
extensive chkdsk runs every time she started it - these would take up to an
hour to complete and would generally return no errors.

I had to reinstall WindowsXP Pro and now the Volume tab on Sounds and Audio
Devices Properties says "No Audio Device". On the Hardware tab it lists "TSST
corp CDW/DVD TS-H492C" DVD/CD-R. Prior to the reinstall it was "LITE-ON COMBO
SOHC-4836K" DVD/CD-R and also "Realtek High ...

I am unable to get to my active when i select the properties on my desktop.  
When i select Customize Desktop the WEB tab is not there. However when i
creat a new account the tab appears but i have other issues with windows
crashing when i enter User Accounts so i say in my ...

Everything was working on my computer a few days ago. I booted it up
this morning and something is definately wrong with the display. Even
before windows starts up, I can see lines and such on my monitor. Once
it makes it to windows however, I end up getting a blank screen.

I ran SFC /scannow after a suggestion to help with another problem and now in
many of my system headers and bodies i have SLOVAK or other eastern
European language. For example all of my wireless headers and text are in
this language and many more.

how can I disable in general on Windows XP the popping up of file
explorer when I plugin in a USB drive?
Searching the web, I found the same question raised several times
but I have not found any solution/answer to this.