Unfortunately, I've had a handful of occasions now where I've had to
reinstall WinXP due to hard drive failure.
Each time, and *inevitably* so, WinXP will sooner or later decide to
"give" me a screensaver even though I always specify that I want no

My browser won't allow for redirection, Is this a browser setting? thanks..
Rainy

Something just changed to my system...no idea what prompted it.  Now,
whatever I do (receive an email, try to close a Word or Excel file w/o saving
it, etc.), whenever my system wants to alert me to something with audio it
does so with a beep that I dislike.  The sound that used ...

I have installed windows xp on c: drive. I cannot see any folder on
this drive because all of them are hidden. I have checked tools>view

files by typing their address in address bar( e.g c:/program files) .

I hadn't looked for updates for a while, so
I went to Windows Update, and it went "Checking for
Latest Updates" and the green bars kept sliding across
forever.......it used to take a few minutes, now it's

Hi..this morning after waking up, I found my computer frozen, and was forced
to at first restart which let me to a screen that told me Hardware Monitor
found an error  and to click F! to continue.. I was not able to get F1 to
respond, and after trying a couple of times to turn ...

For Windows XP Home
I'm looking for backup software that would do several things:
1. Create an "image" backup suitable for completely restoring to a new hard
disk in the event of the original's failure

           I have just finished installation of Windows XP PRO from the
scratch.
With all the updates including SP3 the size of  \Windows folder is over 4.2
GB

I have recently replaced my hard drive for my HP Pavilion s7220n Slimline PC.
I do not have a XP software disk.  I would like to go back to factory
settings, and at start up when I hit F10 nothing happens.  There is no file
under start, all programs,...that says HP tools of any ...

I have an engineering client in China who is having
a problem since installing SP3. I have not been looking
for it, because the last time I was in this group,
about a month ago, I read that SP3 would be released later

Not strictly an XP problem but don't know where else to post it.
Advent 7096 laptop, ECS 331 m/b with onboard Ralink 2500 wireless adapter..
XP MCE/SP3, Acronis True Image 10.
I have a TI image of the laptop on an external USB HDD which I am trying to

when i type, on some keystrokes when i use the shift button it will pull a
drop down menu- the one where you can choose copy, paste etc.  i have no idea
why.  it just started doing it one day.
also, now, after i took the pc in to be looked at and they did

Now that SP-3 is out are there any issues or reasons not to install it? I
have heard of a few blips, but litttle of serious consequence. Just
wondering before I hit the Enter key.

My machine's not coming out the boot sequence in either safe or normal
or anything, XP Pro, SP2, Sempron 3400, 2 gig mem, Asus, Sata, erm...
I try to run micro-scope diagnostics on it and can't as locks with the
run-time error r6003 - divide by 0

I have a new computer that refuses to stay in either hibernation or standby.
It will go in to these modes but turns itself back on after a period of
time, sometimes several hours. What can I do to correct this annoyance??
John Mathisen