I have two machines running XP Pro, hard-wired to a Linksys router.  I'm trying
to network them, but I'm clearly doing something dumb.
If on the first machine I go to:
    My Network Places\Entire Network\Micorsoft Windows Network\Mshome

Hs anyone run into this one?
Whenever I try to install a program, I get about 2/3 of the way thru
the installation, and then it stops and I get a message box that says:
"Error 1500; Another installation is in progress.  You must complete

I have the same problem - many unintelligle characters after decompression of
rar file.
Checked language installs and ALL chinese variations in my XP Professional
SP3 are checked.

Having a problem with what I think is called the system tray or task bar.
Located at the right it is where most application icons are located.
When I log on not all the icons appear. Perhaps 50% appear. If I log off and
then on again they all appear.

I have windows xp, After downloading a game, that I got in wal-mart, it say (
need to change display
setting to 600x800 and 16 bit) out of memory, so I
added

First time I ever got that message, and it went
away before I could read and follow its
recommendation. Would someone kindly lead me
to where I can do as suggested? Thank you.

Recently started receiving this message at boot up. I understand it is
problem finding one of the partions on the computer during bootup
I ran chkdsk and it didn't seem to correct the problem. Any solutions or
answers?

Has anyone noticed how Office programs have slowed down since Service Pack 3
was installed. All my virus scanning seems to take much longer.

On my computer WinXP PRO SP3 each action involving any .avi file is causing
Data Execution Prevention (DEP) intervention.
And it even does not involve openning .avi file.
Any click on .avi file (mouse left or right click), action like copying,

Win XP Home SP3- Outlook Express email.
Sometimes I receive email attachment with extension .msg - I think from Mac
computer.
The attachment does not open.

Does someone know where the GDIPLUS.DLL file usually is located? Today, I
found it in My Documents. How and when it got there I have no idea...
Any suggestion will be appreciated.

Do you have to use Windows Update to get SP3 or is there another site to
download it to "Save" rather than "Run" as with Windows Update?  Would prefer
not to use Windows Update.

Does anyone know if there is any type of report I can look at after I
run a disk check in XP via
Disk Properties->Tools->Check Now...
When the scan completes it just displays a message box "Scan

Hello! Friends:
My OS is WinXP-Pro. I wish to create an identical disk (a new hard disk) to
my C drive (bootable) so that when drive C crashes, I would have a back up to
it.

XP Pro, SP2, crashes a lot when programs open or close, here's
details;
Event Type:    Error
Event Source:    System Error