Hello, whenever I open "my computer" I see a few different groups with
different icons. Floppy A, Drive D, C, Drive E, Drive F (neworked).
The question is:  Is there a way to "hide" some Drives, without diabling them?
I need, if possible, to make some drives "dissapear" so that my ...

I lost a service which is messenger service that used by net send command.
I run services.msc and can not find in service list. the question is how to
let this service appear in the services.msc? is there any windows command can
solve this problem?

Which version of the WINDOW XP PROF should I use on this. I tried loading the
X64 version but the drivers are not ready. Is there a 32 bit version that
works

I just used a retail upgrade Windows XP Home cd to install
XP Home over a Windows 98 SE machine.  I told it to
replace the current version of Windows and I thought it would
just install XPH over 98SE and leave alone and relink all the

I turned my compter on this morning and the system font (XP)seems to have
gone crazy. Even the welcome screen is garbled with weird characters, it
boots right up to the desktop but nothing is readable, so I cant make any
changes in Windows. The same thing happens in Safe Mode, ...

I bought a demo laptop from Circuit City.  As such, under documents and
settings there is a user account setup called "Circuit City".  I want the
laptop to match my other computers and have only the user account called "Lee
Lastname".  How can I create the new user account AND ...

Thing is, this is not a client/server machine - it's freestanding.
But I cannot get the HP 1012 printer reinstalled.
I've reinstalled XP; uninstalled and deleted all the HP files, then
reinstalled; checked the Computer management console (both Print Spooler and

I'm trying to set up console messaging in a domain setup with Win2k domain
contoller and WinXP clients. I must not understand the concept well, because
I cannot get the messaging to work amongst any of the machines, except for
one-way between one pair of clients. Is there a ...

Hopefully someone will be able to help me?
This could be related so  will start from what I did -  
I cleaned out the Temp folder under Documents and Settings/Local
Settings.......

   Somehow my WinXP Pro w/sp2 system is all screwed up!  Most everything
works except that I cannot shutdown, change users, or run Windows Update!
When i try the first two my screen freezes at Saving your Settings and I
must shut the machine down manually.  when I try update or ...

Please help. When I click on the "Open System Cofiguration Utilty link, it
will not open up for me. How do I fixed this?

OS = Windows XP Professional, I am unable to access the "E: drive" message
states see system administrtor for access. I am currently logged on with
admin rights, but still get the message. All 4 USB ports give the same
message. What's the fix? Thanks.

I am running XP Home addition with all the latest updates.  When I
start (ar re-start) the computer it pauses at the screen where I have
to select the User that I want to log on.  Since I only have one user
(myself), is there a way to have Windows automatically log me on and

I have a few computers that are currently operating in workgroup mode but
need to operate as members of our Active Directory Domain.  In the past after
I have added the computers to the AD when the user logs in their setting are
lost and Windows XP has created a new user profile ...

Trying to install an old NEC Silentwriter2 S60P to my new system XPSP2
(via parallel LPT1:) the printer installation assistant always fails.
It's not a problem of the driver itself (HP LJ IIP or NEC S90P will do),
I'm the admin, ALL Microsoft hints (German and US database) and ...