I want to clean install WindowsXP sp2 on a newly placed 160 GB SATA HD. This
is not an upgrade, simply a redo to get back to ground zero.
I use F12 to get to boot-up list choice, load the CD-ROM, but nothing
happens when I hit Enter to choose to install WindowsXP sp2. Also nothing

How can I make a desktop icon that will bring up an educational HTML on my
hard drive using IE?
With IE running the program, I can drag a shortcut from the URL line (once
I finally convince IE to use something that isn't on the internet), but

I am locked out of my computer due to password problem. I have tried getting
in via safe mode/signing in as administrator but it is still not getting me
in. HELP! What else can I do??

I want to erase a file that holds sensitive information so that if my PC is
stolen there is no way this information can be recovered. I have read of
utilities that will completely erase a disk but have not yet come across one
that can be used selectively for an individual file. I ...

-- when i go to:  
http://windowshelp.microsoft.com/windows/en-us/help/33ecda79-b6aa-42af-8034-87be
9322ac181033.mspx
and click "watch the demo", it opens  media player classic which has the msg
" cannot render the file".  If i try to open the file with wmp, i get the

I was looking into buying an XP Pro Upgrade package that the seller said had
been used, but was no longer installed on an active machine.
If they were lying, but I had possession of the CD, keycode and all the
other materials that come in the retail box, could I still register it ...

Something got reset and now when I minimize an open Windows explorer
window it animates to the toolbar. It used to just close and appear in
the toolbar, now it animates to the toolbar. How do I turn that off?

Sometimes no reaction...
somethimes window opens but closes right away

I had occasion to switch from English to Greek in Language
Options, to type a few Greek letters. I switched back to
English, but even after rebooting, the dates of e-mails sent
or received show as Greek sequence of DD/MM/YY, and time is

How can I remove the LOG OFF option on the START menu? I am running Win XP
Home, SP2.
Thanks,
Falcon

I have just upgraded from XP Home to XP Pro and now microsoft update does not
work.  It currently shows 94 updates as being required and successfully
downloads all.  However none are able to be installed with a generic warning
that something in my computer is preventing the ...

XP (MCE) on a Dell Dimension C521.
I have two accounts on the machine, one called Jack and the other is
Guest.
When I use the Guest account, all the system sounds work perfectly.

Whenever I select files, such as photos, to move from one folder to another,
the selected files are automatically copied within the original folder.  Then
when I select the copied files to delete them, they are copied again and I
end up with copies of copies.  If I work fast and ...

Thank you for responding to my issue of not being able to play win vista help
demo several days ago. I went to the link you provided but it looks like the
stuff there is about 2 ft over my head. I'm afraid I don't know anything
about rich media content and fixed cashe. I also ...

Win XP crashed on my computer. I re-installed it in a new directory. How to I
access the programs I installed with the original WinXP?