the problem is as follows
in the system configuration utility under startup I have
an application that is causing my dail-up to activate
everytime I start up my pc. Please could you advise me

Upon opening for the first time, I noticed it was on
selective startup with all the boxes checked. Is the
default setting? I clicked on normal start-up and apply
and all is good. I out of curiousity checked the selective

After installing upgrading windows XP on my computer my
outlook express is not working properly, I am able to
recieve emails but I cannot send emails and I am not able
to access my address book. The messages I get are not

Hi..
i keep getting a thing that says the windows management
instrumentation software is missing. What do i do??

I have 4 GB of free space in the active primary
partition. When I try to enlarge the C:\ drive, using
Partition Magic, a message window says "the partition
crosses the 1024 cylinder boundary and may not be

Doesn't matter which I click on, 9 out of 10 times the machine will
shutdown!!!

On a WinXP Pro with all current paches,
I installed a 75GB drive, allocated 20GB to one partition, and 10GB to
another, leaving 45GB unallocated.
I thought I could allocate the remaining space to one or the other partition

I tried to run my Norton Antivirus and automatically
closes... so does my adware and spyware remover... I'm
thinking:  Trojan...

Just curious as to this newly aquired winxp computer!!
eek!! it's all so new to me... I loved my ME!!!
It seems like there's so much that is running... When I
ctrl alt delete to task manager and click Processes.. It

Can SP2 be installed on a PC that has GoBack installed?  I am hoping this is
possible, because if there are problems afterward I can use GoBack to reset
everything. Thanks for any advice.

When i start up my computer "My Documents" folder
automatically opens. How can I stop this?

I am working on a machine for a relative that has xp home edition. Her
account is an administrator account but by habit I wanted to log on as 'the'
local administrator account. I know in xp you can hit ctrl+alt+del and then
log in as administrator so I did that on this machine and ...

I had read (or heard on a technology radio program) that the SP2 is available
for registered users of XP on cdrom (free - but there maybe a charge for
S&H).  I have a terribly slow dial up connection so I would rather get the
update on cd rather than download.  I scoured the ...

Every time my machine is booted, the system32 folder opens (not currently
set to show its contents)...
It just displays and I can't figure out why.
Any ideas? I looked at the startup programs via msconfig, and still have no

My computer goes into a "sleep" and won't come back up.
Three lights are always running and the monitor is
showing energy saver. The mouse and keyboard won't work
until it decides to come back up on its own. Which could