I keep getting this error everytime I try updating XP Pro sp1 to sp2. That
setup could not verify the update.inf.  I've tried evrything short of the
right thing.
I've re-registered dlls, I've tried renaking catroot2 with no success, there

maybe this was a SP2 so called improvement, but i do not like it.
every once in a while outlook express starts compacting my folders without
warning.
i prefer this to be done manually when i don't have to sit and wait for it

If I have a computer that has 1 gig of ram and I only have one application
open at a time, do I really need to have file swap enabled?
I know that "rule of thumb" of 1.5 the ram for swap file but it gets really
ridiculous when you are running a computer with 1 gig or more of ram. I ...

Client's new XP home machine's workgroup name refuses to hold on his new
setting; oddly it will stay for a re-boot or two, and then returns to
"mshome"

My monitor is set to 1024 x 768. If I put a 1024 x 768 x 96ppi image on
the desktop with "center" not "stretched selected the image still
appears to get enlarged.
Please advise

Dear Experts,
I'm having Windows XP Pro + SP2 on P4 3.2GHz, 512 MB RAM, Compaq Presario.
When ever I click on "Turn off", it never shuts down at the first attempt,
some times it just logs off or nothing happens. But it succeeds on the

I installed the Catalyst driver recently for ATI. The rotation hotkeys
never worked.. i tried restarting and it still does not work.. I
actually never worked.. anyone has any idea why the rotation hotkey is
not working for ATI? I am sure that i am not using a hotkey that

When I installed WXP, SP2, I initially gave my full name in setting up my
account, but then changed my account type from "Administrator" to "Power
User" and shortened the account name to my nickname.  I then created another
"Power User" account for the other user on the PC, ...

My system has 512MB memory, yet I sometimes recieve a notification message
stating I am low on system memory and that the system is increasing the size
of my paging file. I know what a paging file is, and why it gets increased,
and my current settings for memory usage are:

When I am at the log on screen windows tells me I have 16 unread messages and
when I click on that line is lists all the hotmail addresses that have
messages in them. I have checked those emails but windows insists I still
have unread mail in them. Is there a way to turn this ...

The "$NTUninstall" or "$NTServicePackUninstall" in the \windows folder
are huge. Can some of them be safely deleted?
                     Thanks, CMA

I am in the process of replacing my new hard drive  to Maxtor 120gb Diomand  
9(IDE). I used Maxblast 3 to copy my old drive to my new drive.
This all worked fine and when I restarted the PC with the new drive as the
master, the Bios recognised it ok and Xp started to boot up as ...

I messed up my WinXP Pro installation on my C drive, and, short of time,
rather than trying to fix it and lose all my files, installed a second copy
on my D drive to use temporarily.
Now I'm back in operation on my C drive, is there anyway to remove the OS on

Hello you friendly helpers.
I'm running WIN-XP/SP2
My desktop has suddenly changed. On the left side of my 17" display. I have
a 3" column wich looks the column you see in a folder. On the top "Folder

I have a folder which always opens on startup of windows XP home.  It's not
in the startup folder.  Doesn't seem to cause a problem it's just annoying.
Can Msconfig get rid of it ? I cant seem to find any reference to it anywhere.
Cheers