My computer won't run the XP Setup CD even though I've changed the boot
sequence for the cd-rom drive to boot first. Even in spite of that not
working, I ran setup with the 6 floppy disk, went through the installation on
the cd for the remainder of the install, and then my ...

A few xp updates ago whenever i ran gpedit.msc, i had heaps of windows
preference settings that i could tweak, lately about 85% of them have
disappeared! I can only set a couple of things for media player and
internet explorer now

I keep getting an error message when I try to open Performance in
Administrative Tools which reads: Microsoft Management Control has
encountered a problem and needs to close. We are sorry for any inconvience.
If you were in the middle of something, the information you were ...

My main user profile has a number of startup applications and services
running. I would like to create a user profile that doesn't load the
majority of those startup apps etc, what is the best way to achieve this?
The startup apps are probably the easiest to handle, but how do I ...

what's the exe  of the event logging utility ?

I'm running IIS on my machine with certein requiered users being able to
loggon to IIS (FTP service.)  I wonder if there is a way to create those
users without having to see them on the "welcome Screen?"
Thanks

Hi there, I'm in a fix and could use some help.  A friend brought me
her PC because it had some Windows XP problems.  While troubleshooting
it, I renamed her  account's "usrclass.dat" file to see if Windows
would create a fresh one (the file seemed to be corrupt).  Well, what

I'm running Win XP Pro SP2.  I found everyone's answers to my previous
question to be very helpful (the question was: how to run chkdsk from within
the command line box).  I have two questions that I must learn the answers
to before I am the -master of maintenace- that I'd like ...

every now and again my machine turns itself off
no warnings just toal shutdown, when i try to turn it back on nothing
happens until i switch the power off at the mains for a couple of minutes.
is ther a virus that can do this, im running norton internet security and

When we go to a website and type in user name & password, the box comes up,
"Would you like Windows to save your password?"  We usually check "Yes,"
because it is so convenient.  This is a home computer, and our new XP is not
remembering our passwords.  Windows Me it remembered ...

Dear expert users:
I am working with ATI RADEON 7500 which allows the use of dual heads. For
purposes of color management, I need to assign two different colour profiles
(one for each of the two monitors). This setting can be accessed from

Looking to log on to a server, but there is no drop down on XP log on screen.
Thank you for your help.

When I start my sons computer it shuts down after about a minute. I can't
even make it to the desktop.
Can you help?
Thanks

Does anyone know how I can set my preference for this so folder details are
allways defaulted to details rather than thumbnails

When trying to install Print Services for UNIX it asks for the SP2 CD,
but since I downloaded SP2 I obviously don't have the CD.  Is there
anywhere I can download the update from, or will the particular files
have been stored on my PC so all I'd need to do is tell the install