I`m running xp pro sp3 on a sony laptop.I recently installed a program
called Auslogics Disk Defrag and after running the program once everything
seemed to be working fine until I tried to shutdown the computer. It would
not hibernate or shutdown. I shutdown manually rebooted and ...

Using xp/pro + Zone Alarm.I'm being asked to Give Access to the internet
from above via a Zone Alm Pop up.!.What is this Pevalence about
please.?. jim

I removed a HD with Windows XP from an eMachine <A> and wanted to install it
on another eMachine <B> running Win XP. So, I removed HD from machine B, set
jumpers on disk A to master, connected, but computer could not find it.
How can I install this disk A on machine B?

I receive the following error, below,  [or whatever] at least 4 times/day w/a
reboot needed most of the time...How do I fix this so I'm not being
continually asked to send a note to Microsoft, rebooting, etc?  
My thanks ~ SOSICSuz

I was offered a used Laptop with Win-XP Professional
installed. Can someone tell me if under XP-pro is also a
DOS-Emulator installed like under XP-home, so that I can run
DOS-Programms like under XP-home?

Recently I went to do something that I always did with the other versions
of Windows I've used.  I was going to edit the volume on the startup wave
file.  I don't like to be blasted first thing in the morning.  I did the
reduction in volume but couldn't save it back to the ...

How do you set the default font size in Wordpad?

I just installed the Service Pack 3.5 update.  Does this replace all the other
Service Packs I currently have listed in my programs ie: SP 2, SP 3?
And if so can I delete those as this update used alot of disk space?
I use Windows xp pro and have my updates automatically set up to ...

I've got Acronis True Image 9.
I want to backup my standalone's o/s to a diferent physical harddrive on the
machine, with the priority being on simplicty and actually being able to
re-install when the o/s goes bad, or won't boot, a year or two from now.

My sister's computer has a very weird problem.
The PC boots up okay, until it displays the wallpaper, and then it
stops.
No icon, no taskbar, no nothing.

Just wanted to say hello.
I have been working on/playing with computers since I was 12, I'm 31 now,
and have experience in all Win variants through XP Pro and Server 2003. I
have minimal experience with Vista as I refuse to purchase new hardware 'til

The program is called Driver cure.. I have not heard of it.. so I'm not
jumping right into getting it.. and also if it's bad, it could really screw
up my computer or the operating system... Would love some feedback if you
are using the program.. Made by ParetoLogi  if that helps. ...

When I started my PC this evening it started up as soon as I turned on
the power strip switch, so I never even pressed the on off button. It
started with a dark screen and ran through some configuration stuff,
and I pressed F1, and then it started normally.

"Due to an unidentified problem, Windows cannot display Windows Firewall
settings." Ok?
This from going to Control Panel and trying to open "Windows Firewall."
That after it told me that "no firewall is set, "click here", yada yada.

Hey All,
Had the usual tracing cookies, but this time, I have a few new items - I
Googled them & no results, other than a few Registry Fix Sites.
In the results, under Adware.Vundo/Variant, are these 2: