I would like to pre-configure MSN Messenger so that when I open the program
my status would immediately be shown as busy.
At the present time when it comes up on-line inevitable 6 or 7 friends also
on-line "pounce". It really is such a pain that I'm thinking of going back

I have multiple different service provider and each one have a different proxy.
How i can change the ie proxy setup for each IsP?

IE in win XP pro has suddenly become slow and it just dosnt open any pages.
this address bars shows this URL:
res:shdoclc.dll/dnserror.htm
what does it mean?

After completing a system restore I got an error message stating "Runner file
name (fspex.exe) lacks a '-' (the app id separator)."  Further attempts at
restoring to a point before the error occurred have been unsuccessful. Can
someone tell me how to fix this problem?

My computer had picked some some serious malware recently; an updated and
particularly vicious form of "Desktop Search." I managed to get it cleaned up
but apparently now, Windows no longer recognizes the filetypes of my
Microsoft Word files. Any files created by Word in either  ...

We have a domain of approximately 250 Windows XP workstations, with
2 Windows 2003 Servers as domain controllers.  The workstations are
spread over 3 student labs, many desktop machines, and some laptops.
Two of the student labs are in remote buildings.

Brace yourself for a tale of folly, ignorance, and the ultimate lock out.
Got a computer from an old job (100% legit I might add) that was set as part
of a domain.  1 year after leaving said job I decide to finally get around to
setting up my home wireless network, and also start ...

I did the Files and Settings Transfer Wizard on my computer before formatting
it, and it gave me a .DAT file called USMT2IMG.  I stored this on a flash
drive, then reformatted and put it back on after XP Pro was done installing.  
I ran Files and Settings Transfer Wizard, and it ...

I have a user who seems to get all kinds of spyware, and viruses on her
Windows XP computer.  Is there a easy way to lock down programs from running,
as well as IE so they won't run?  This person uses IM, and if I could lock
the machine down to where that is all they use, that ...

We are using Windows XP.  Is it possible to set up a macro button on the
taskbar to insert login details into a crm login page?
For security reasons we don't want username and password  automatically to
display when we open the CRM program but the user details we have to type in

My teenage cousin asked me to look at his recently crashed computer.  A
Compaq Presario 6000 with an 80GB HD, running on Windows XP Home.  On bootup
it gave errors reading, "missing or corrupt files: windows\system32\..."  I
tried to repair option from the Original Windows XP Home ...

I know that this sounds strange, but I have a requirement for one WinXP PC to
NOT change it’s time when our Win2k DC’s change their clocks to reflect
daylight savings.    
Bottom line: When the servers change from Eastern Standard Time to Eastern

Hello!  I wanted to check on something before I tried it.  My 120gb hard
drive has a partition to make a 60 and an other 60.  I want to delete this
partion using start/control panel/administrative tools/computer management/
disk management.  If you right click the partion you ...

I use Firefox as my default browser but sometimes need IE.  For some
reason the IE program start icon is gone and when I search using
"explore.exe"  the results are that the program can not be found.
However if I go to run and enter explore.exe it works fine.  Any