When I get the baloon to notify me to download SP2, I
click download but the autoupdate tray icon disappears
and does not download. Anyway around this?

i need some help--how to delete an website address from
appearing in files

Every time I start Internet eExplorer, I get a home page
that is not the one I have been using. How do I delete
the one that keeps popping up? I have tried ad ware
remover and it doesn't work.

I need to clone the hard disk containing my XP OS and applications. I know
that there are now several 'cloning' packages available. Can anyone advise
on the pros and cons of each?
Many thanks.

Greetings, After 12 months of flawless operation and not a single BSOD.
I have encountered a problem with
Windows XP pro.  During a network setup wizard procedure in XP pro the
system required a restart after the

PC was set up to work on dsl.  Moved machine to area were
dsl is not available.  In connection manager all accesses
to dial up are grayed out, also never dial is selected,
is grayed out and cannot be changed.

What is it and how do you fix it?
Dennis Bequette with ASI
DSL Maintenance for Dallas and Houston

Can you change Windows XP language and change it to
French includeing the icons?

computer is locked and have forgot password.  how do i get
by this

Normally if you hit the Windows Logo key on your keyboard
the Start Menu comes up.  Suddenly hitting the Windows
key does nothing.  How do I get this keyboard key to
bring up the Start menu again?

   Using the Device Manager it is possible to enable or disable devices.
This is fine, but what I want is a way to enable/disable a device using a
script (batch file).  How can this be done?
   Thanks.

Can anyone tell me how to access "my recorders drives"
property settings in XP home?
                      Thanks, Jane

Why would the date change lately to either January 2004
or, today, to December 2004?
I do change the date back to "normal" manually, as well as
the time on the Summer hour. The time zone and the hour

I CANNOT RUN DISK DEFRAGMENT BECAUSE IT KEEPS TELLING ME
TO RUN CHKDSK /F.  I HAVE TRIED AND DOES NOT READ. WHAT
TO DO ?

XP Pro SP2:
both regedt32 and regedit seem to open the same program now? They were
previously different... (on win2k)
I was following the direction of KB article 815229, which instructs you to