I have recently purchased the HP Pavilion and have added
the Netgear MA101 wireless USB adpater.  The machine
notices the new hardware.  When I to go the install
wizard, it tells me to use the Windows XP Configuration.  

My quick launch bar disappears everytime I restart.  I
then have to right-click on the toolbar and check quick
launch and it reappears until I restart again. I've tried
creating a new account but still have the same problem.  

I used to be able to do a copy/paste of files from hard
drive to cd but now some wizard comes up and says "You
have files waiting to be copied" and it takes forever and
then it says the files are read only.  This started

Hi - I hope this is the right newsgroup for this question.
When I try to run Regedit I get the following error message and the registry
fails to open:
"regedit

Upgrade to winxp home won't install from win98 with new
motherboard and cpu. What should I check? went from AMD
300 to AMD 2200 Pro and SIS 740 chipset, new 256 DDR, old
HD and peripherals.

is it possible to subtract words (terms) from the search tool in Windows XP?
for example: I want to search references to "info" in my computer but want
the results of the search NOT to show the term "msinfo" within them.
I know this option IS available in Internet search engines ...

Can someone tell me how one can print the screen showing
Search Results?  Thanks in advance.

I purchased a new Dell Inspiron 1150 laptop that has a
15" screen and noticed that certain web sites only take
up roughly 3/4 of the screen width.  The exact same
websites occupy the entire screen width on my previous 17"

How can I make sure that my anti-virus is the first program to load after
windows?

I get this message now:  There is an IP address conflict
with another system on the network.     What does this
mean and what do I do about it?

The new Intellimouse thing was automatically installed,
and now the SnapTo won't turn off and points to the wrong
things.  I tried to follow the steps in the Knowledge
Base articles, removing all the registry keys, but it

I want to upgrade from ME to XP, but I also want to start
with a clean hard drive.  If I purchase the upgrade to XP
will it boot from the disk and allow me to erase
everything?  Thanks

Can someone point me to in the right direction.. I have batch of 30 XP
workstations setup to use Samba server but not part  of AD or PDC..
I used to see the all the workstations in the workgroup.
But suddenly I cannot see any of the workstations in any of the workgroups

When starting up system, I get the "windows has detected a
problem, please send a report to microsoft" for the
giokie.exe file.  I guess that it keeps trying to find
this file because about every 5 seconds I get another

When I run "msconfig" the System Configuration Utility
window opens up, but for only a few seconds and then
closes. I can not get it to stay open. The same thing
happens to the Task Manager window. Any suggestions?