I have a lab of computers i just loaded with windows XP pro and when the
students log in and log out it synchronizes there directories from the hard
drive to the network.  Is there anyway I can disable this so it goes
directly to the network?

Please help.  My daughter was showing her friend how to
use Alt Codes to enhance MSN Messenger text.  Their
machine is a Windows XP with a French keyboard.  The
result was that their video inverted within the monitor

Could some one please tell me why when i put my home page
in my internet options and press apply  it will not stay
there it only stays there for 1 time and then ones i go
back on to the internet it go's back to another one i

When I run "msconfig", my desktop stop responding. And
the system configuration utility appears for a short
period then suddenly disappear.
Could someone please tell me what's the problem?

I have a 200 g HD that I was running NT 4.0 on. The HD was
partioned into four separate pations, all with NTSF. Long
story short, my NT OS crashed and I can't get the repair
software to fix it nor can I reinstall NT. So, I set the HD

I just got a new PC with XP Home Edition installed on it.  Other than the
hardware drivers, there is very little else installed on it.  I also bought
Windows XP Professional.  Can someone please tell me the best method to
upgrade the XP Home to Professional?  Thank you.

I am helping someone get rid of a virus. According to
Symantec I got them to set MSCONFIG to restart in Safe
Mode. Once restarted, they are asked for password. It
doesn't accept it. (We know it's right) Can't get out of

I am using windows xp Proff.  I am using gpedit to lock
down the computer.  I can remove everything except the
printers and faxes icon from the start menu. I called
microsoft support where you pay 35.00 per incident and

    I use XP Home.  I want it to bypass the welcome/logon screen.  I
get a dialog box saying it can't logon, and showing "Administrator" as
the name.  I change the name to "Owner" and then it logs on.  I do not
have to enter a password.  

I started off Windows XP's disk compression utility and not long after it
started, I got the following message:
______________________________________
"Error Applying Attributes

A local computer shop had to re-install XP Professional
after servicing my machine.  All I saw when I got the
machine home was a blank desktop with the recycle bin
icon.  All of my previous settings are intact within the

Hello i have a question about the search option which
allows you to find file, folders etc. Is there a way to
delete previous searches saved into memory?

I'm running short of disk space and can't afford a new laptop hard disk at
present. Is Microsoft's disk compression utility safe? If not, is there a
third party one that is?
Regards

1.  When I schedule a task like this:
C:\Documents and Settings\Douglass Davis>schtasks /Create /MO 10 /SC
MINUTE /RU "Doug D" /RP "mypassword" /TN "Maintenance" /TR
"\"C:\php\php.exe\" C:\src\runmaintenance.php"

After installing Windows XP on a Dell 4100 I get an error
message when trying to access the  "c" drive through "my
computer" which reads:Please go to Control panel to
install and configure system components. What are they