I use Windows XP. I have just bought a Lacie 160gb USB 2.0 external hard
drive
which is already set up as FAT32.  I want NTFS. Since no data is involved,
is my best choice to use the Format command rather than the 'Convert H:

"the local policy of the system does not permit you to logon interactively"
I get this error when trying to logon via remote desktop to an XP Pro
machine. (xp pro sp1a - upgraded from windows 2000 pro). This happens even
when trying to logon as the local administrator. Remote logons ...

Hi Ramesh,
I'm following up on your post on  2004-06-15 06:52:01 PST.
I found myself in the same position as the original poster, without
knowledge of other utilities though. I read the pages you submitted and

On a new XP machine, there is no File and Folder Task pane available. Only a
folders pane if one selects that option, otherwise nothing to the left in
the window.
How can one restore the Task pane, please?

When I call up Popular ScreenSavers, it comes up with an error message
asking if Windows Media Player would like to run that program.
Then the standard "would you like to send or not" error message to Microsoft
comes up.

I upgraded the bios on my mother board after loading XP professional. The
computer is now scpi compliant, but the device manager still shows "standard
PC".
How do I change to "scpi" and have the computer shutdown correctly?  I hope

Where does xp store the desktop Background files that are
displayed in the Display Properties, Desktop tab selection
box???
Thanks,

i have an older scanner that worked fine in win98, but
now with xp it doesnt work at all. i tried to find
drivers for it that work in xp but none do, it requires a
mirascan driver, any ideas?

i did something incredibly stupid, using the DISKPART command to CLEAN a drive, i failed to notice that diskpart was actually logged-on to the *wrong* volume at the time, so i inadvertently wiped-out the partition table (i'm assuming) on a drive that was not the intended target.

I need to change the default location where Windows XP
stores the uninstall information for windows updates in
the registry. I know how to move the files and change the
location that I moved them to in the registry, but how do

I continue to get a RUNDLL Error message (Error loading
C:\PROGRA~1\COMMON~2\ADDRES~1\CNBABE.DLL  
tHE SPECIFIED MODULE COULD NOT BE FOUND.)
I may have inadvertently deleted something.

When I start Microsoft XP (SP1) I get next message:
LSA Shell (Export Version) encountered a problem and needed to close.
Tell Microsoft about this problem...
What can I do to solve this?

I would like to undo the two partitions on my hard disk.
I want to have a large volume for C in stead of two
smaller volumes of C and D.
How can I do that. My D volume is already emptied.

replaced CMOS battery, reinstalled XP Prof., tried doing
the insert tab to clear NV RAM, still get checksum error
when downloading updates from Spybot Search & Destroy.
Anything else I can do?

Is it possible to acces from Windows XP Professional computers (they are in
our comapny domain) data on Windows XP Home.
As I see, this can only be done via Guest account (on win XP home). Is there
any other way (throuh domain users, or local users created on WinXP home