Under task bar and start up properties (I right click on start then
properties then the taskbar tab and then hit customize the hide inactive
icons needs to be check, but you experts know that already)
I have a list of current items and a list of past items

I have changed the settings in video modes and I receive a message that says
"cannot display this video mode"  I have tried everything.
boot in safe mode
boot in vga

Can anyone tell me how to change the default home directory for all users
both new and old from C:\Documents and Settings\%username% to a different
location such as D:\Documents and Settings\%username%.  I have 2 HDD's on my
computer 1 with 250GB (C: drive), and 1 with 400GB (D: ...

When I go to help and support, system config/ start up, in the box that you
check that you want to have running, I think I have a program that has a
virus that starts up sometimes,it's called elitelob.32.exe, plus I have about
15 other programs that I don't know how they got ...

I have 3 computers...2 are networked together with a crossover cable(xp
pro)...the third has no monitor, keyboard or mouse(xp home). I would like to
possible daisy chain the third comp to the network or use a hub/switch. How
can I set up a VPN to access this comp? When I mean ...

Every time I try to install this patch I get the following error message:
"WEIpdate cannot retrieve information needed for setup fom database"
I get this message on some computers and at different networks, Does anyone
know why? For more details please see the attached file.

Have a PBell P4 pc and did a clean installation on a new hd  with a retail xp
home cd using the cd key supplied with the pc. The pc has the  ati radeon
32MB TV-Out vedio/graphic card(?).
I do not have the cd for all he soft ware as it comes pre-install and there

I get an error in IE, "my security settings prohibit running activex controls
on this
page" in *any* web page and can't go to the microsoft windows update page to
even see if there are any updates for my computer.  I'm forced to use Firefox

Sometimes when I move the mouse to recover from standby mode I get a blue
screen with lot of text then before you have chance to read it the machine
reboots.
Some of the text says something about "Kernal Stack Impage Error"

I'm trying to upgrade a win2k machine to an xp home machine.  The upgrade
advisor runs but does not give any info, it seems to just stop. If I try to
just install it tells me the path to upgrade is not valid.  Any ideas why
this may occur?  And what would be the next step?!

I inadvertantly changed the file type of a proprietary program to an exe
within the program folder. Now I cannot read the files on one computer. I
deleted the folder and copied it form another computer. That didn't work. I
then looked for the file type in the registry and the ...

What is the difference between an English OS and a non-English OS which has
all the Regional and Language Options set to English or between an English OS
which has all the Regional and Language Options set to other language (let's
say Chinese) and the Chinese OS?

I use Firefox but sometimes I would like to use IE.  The link is gone
and it is not in the list of programs.  I went to add Windows components
and the box for IE is checked.  I tried to download from MS web site and
I have a message saying that my copy of IE is newer.  I just ...

My 3-day old clean-install XP Pro-SP2 with (to my knowlegde) features the
following registry key:
HKCU\Software\ORL\VNCHooks and depending subkeys like Application_Prefs with
inderneath that a whole slew of definitions of applications on the machine.

I have a large number of users with systems that have the nForce2
motherboards. I am trying to install Windows XP from a Windows 2003 RIS
server. I was able to get Windows 2000 to install from RIS using $oem$
information from Q315279, but that process doesn't seem to work with XP ...