I have fitted an new CPU and motherboard.  Now when I try to boot up the
system I get a message saying hal.dll is missing or corrupt.
How can I fix this problem?
Thanks

I am logged as administrator. I can see the user folders in "my computer"
with the exception of one user. Has my son created some sort of hidden folder
option? If I log in as his ID I can see the files (His) under My documents.

I am wondering what will happen to the many many updates to SP2 that are
 visible in Add/Remove Programs after downloading SP3. Since SP3
contains all those updates/fixes, will that long list of updates to SP2
be deleted?

Sorry if I posted here too. But no one was able to help....
I just got a new CD and wanted to rip the 14 tracks to my desktop pc,
using WMP11. When the CD was inserted, i was surprised to see that it said
unknown album/artist. I restarted the pc and started over again and this

I am trying to back up some files and this is the error I am getting.. I am
hoping someone in the group with more expertise than I have can tell me how
to deal with this.. I noticed as I was reading the error that it says I had
CD-R/RW media  and I did not.. I had CD-R only.  I ...

Having a problem with running programs/opening files. Basically, i can't do
either. I know it's not the mouse button as this works on the Start Menu.
I've checked all the external connections as well. Any ideas? Thank you.

I need the help of you knowledgeable people to help me redress a scam
problem suffered by my son.
He paid about $200 into one of the US firms for a WorkAtHome program several
weeks ago. For all he has tried with them, they only pracrise avoidance to

I'm stupid and I've deleted my System Volume Information folder on an
external HD. Noe I ca'nt see any file but it keeps the space reserved
as if everything was already there. Is there any way to recover my
data?

The Help & Support Center advises to add icons to quick launch by draging
them from "My Computer" or "Windows Explorer". Unfortunately, I couldn't find
the IE "Blue E" or the OE "Envelope" anywhere in those two locations. They're
in the Start Menu, but they won't drag and drop ...

I have tried three times to install  Security Update for Windows XP
(KB944338) and three times the installation has failed.
I do not kow why as the other 3 updates offered at the same time installed
successfully.

My wife  used the auto update thing for XP Pro.  How can
I check her D-600 notebook to see if Service Pak 3 has been installed?

I saw  a thread here asking whether you could clone a system to another
drive.  From what I could see, there was no discussion of actual cloning.
On another OS I used I could do a true clone of the disk at any time onto
another disk and boot that disk at will.

Somehow, 1 of my kids made 2 of my favorite fonts vanish from
the font list : "Bradley Hand" (both types and "Papyrus" (both
types). Deliberately, perhaps,but irrelevent.  Please advise how
to reinstall.

With the basic XP software, when you enable your PC to share files on
the network there is no password required from the other network
machine.  With Vista, one must be logged into the sharing Vista
machine from the remote machine to gain access to the files.

My computer stopped playing MIDI .mid files a couple of days ago and I
can not figure out what is causing this problem. I can play .wav files
and they sound okay. All the computer's sounds play as they should.
When I open a MIDI file the player screen opens and looks normal. The