My new laptop seems to have developed the following error each time I start
up: "Rundll - error loading ctccw32.dll". Whilst by just clicking on the "OK"
button to make it disappear, it's knowing that the system is not running
correctly that's annoying.

Sorry if this is off topic but I hope someone can answer this for me.  I
will be moving and will be having movers pack, move, and store my stuff in a
warehouse in Texas and I am sure it could get up to around 125 to 140 inside
one of those metal enclosed storage units (non air ...

I have recently returned home from being away for 5 months to find that the
computer was running in safe mode.
I have asked the other members of my family what had happened and they
didn't believe that they had done anything to cause it although they had

Has anybody every found real words in a key to register
their Windows XP?
I would like to see some of these:
BILLY-GATES-SUCKS-GOATS-COCKS

I was on a website when I clicked a link and could go nowhere.  Got the
message "Firefox cannot find the server...."   Also, received the same
message trying to return to my homepage.
So, Closed the browser, deleted cookies, history, etc. and tried to return

I have purchased a new notebook running XP Home SP2. I have set my Windows
Updates options to "notify but do not download/install".
When I use "Start >> Turn Off" to shut down the system, I notice that the
"Turn Off" icon that next appears in the "Turn Off Computer" pop-up has a

I have discovered that I have 2 XP Home updates from February that are
listed as "Failed" in my Windows update log. I would like to correct the
situation by installing them but I can't locate them among the Microsoft web
pages.

I normally have 2GB of RAM but just now I am testing the four sticks by only
inserting one 512K at a time.   Now I thought that if XP required more
memory it would use its page file and if the page file was not large enough
it would increase it automatically as long as the ...

After a blue screen of death due to bad data on WindowsXP, I somehow loaded a
second copy of Windows (rather than replacing original) in a small partition.
I keep running out of room due to every thing getting put on the small
partition.  What can I do now?

Now that Microsoft is discontinuing support for WinXP (I believe in June),
what will happen to TechNet Subscribers?
1. Will current XP product keys that have been obtained from TechNet remain
active even if they haven't been used?

I have a problem with the clock on my computer resetting on power up to 01
January 2002 00:00.  This happens every time I start the computer and has a
knock on effect to other applications.
I am running a desktop with Windows XP Media Centre Edition.

I was trying to apply an address from my mail address book to a letter I am
about to send out and discovered that all of the addresses have been wiped
out.  All that is left is an Outlook Express list of my email addresses.  I
believe that I have these addresses saved a s part of ...

"Your request cannot be completed because the service could
not be found or did not respond.  The service might be
experiencing technical difficulties, or you may need to adjust
your network settings"

I used to have tannish-gray horizontal boxes with black outlines and black
letters under my desktop icons, and I liked them.  About a week ago, after a
Windows update, these changes to bright neon blue boxes with white letters
and without borders.  I searched and searchd under ...

What is the purpose of this folder ?
Should I back it up ?
Same questions apply to "C:\Documents and Settings\NetworkService" and
"C:\Documents and Settings\c4"