I just reinstalled windows Xp on my Laptop, and everything
went as planned. But, i have no option to enter stand by.
Not even in the advanced power options. It is very
strange? Is there anything i can do?

Software that need cd to run that were working just the
other day, now I recieve this error message:
C:\Windows\System32\Autoexec.nt
  The system file is not sutable for running MSDos &

My copy of windows XP home has started acting up and i think either a virus
or malware has gotten on to it.
Although i use an upto date copy of Norton AV and a malware program call A2
and nothing has been found by either.

hi folks - ive had a problem for a few weeks now where my
computer will halt itself for approx 20seconds for no
apparent reason, everytime i reboot the system windows xp
runs scandisk removes and tries to recover files the

I tried to recover my system and i had a "VIA FIR VT1211
Device Driver for win2k/xp Faild. How do i fix that prob?

I just installed Recovery Console.  When I run it, it
gets to the point where it asks for an Administrator
Password.  I am the only person using this PC.  There is
only one account on this PC and I am the Administrator

My current operating system is Windows XP Media Center
Edition.  When I place my computer into hibernate mode,
it turns itself back on after random periods of time.  
Any suggestions as to how to correct this?  I was using

When I right-click on the title bar of a window or program in my
desktop computer, I don't get the usual context menu. Instead, the
window or program closes without warning.
This is not true in my laptop, only in my desktop.

I have tried to use portuguese language and seems like
the windows XP doesn~t recognize the characteres. What
can I do about it:::

After adding a GE USB 2.0 hub (expands to 4 slots), my HP
computer (with Windows XP Home) will not start back up...
I only get the blue and white HP logo..then nothing.
If I unplug the new Hub and restart the computer...no

Is there a way to generally configure XP so that any datafile (e.g.settings,
or an Outlook Express.dbx be NEVER stored on C. Some soft are fond to store
the datafiles in the same directory that the application.
Days after installing XP PRO ( and reinstalled the files I had safely

How do I access "my recorders drives" properties in
Windows XP home?
I need to disable DLA recording which won't work by "un-
clicking" the option.

I recently bought a new hard drive.  I have WinXP on my old hard drive
and commenced to install WinXP on my new hard drive using the WinXP on
my old hard drive, i.e. i formatted new drive and opened install disks
through old WinXP.  I eventually want to use my new hard drive as the

I want add second hard disk as slave on primary IDE to
increase storage for data (not necessarily backup) and
still use C: as is.  Can I designate the new drive as a
target to save data through configuration or will I need

I am trying to redirect shared folders on a stand-alone computer running
Windows XP Professional.  When I open gpedit.msc, Folder Redirection does
not show up under User Configuration->Windows Setting.
I will appreciate any ideas.