I am running Windows XP Pro...main Hard Drive is 80GB Primary Master; I had
a second (Secondary Slave) 20GB drive where I store all my
files/pics/programs/etc. Both hard drives are Maxtor.
Also I have my Power Options set in the "Turn Off Monitor" to 3 minutes.

Hi.  I am trying to configure a laptop for a non technical friend which has
WinXp Pro Sp2.
She normally logs in with an administrator privileged account, but I had
done some

If I have Windows XP, or Windows XP with Service pack 1, ti add the
Recovery Console, all I do was to place cd of Windows and go to i386
directory, I run d:/i385/winnt32.exe /cmdcons.
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;307654

How can I compare WINMSD files for two computers?  Any programs out
there that will compare two and let me know the differences?
Thanks!

Norton Ghost setup required me to add a second account, and now I must deal
with the account choice log in screen in XP.  I would like to avoid this
screen.  Any ideas?

Why does XP think it is necessary to reload all the desktop icons every
second time i access something, especially after using Explorer?? Kinda
annoying since it takes a while to access "everything" including CD drives.
Using XPSP2, all Windows Update patches.

I run WinXP Pro + SP1 plus all other patches except SP2.  (Don't want
SP2 yet because I have programs which are on the warning list:  
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/842242)
When I shut down XP I get very long delays of two minutes duration at

When I try to create/change a restore point, I get an error box labeled
"System Restore Application."
The message in the box says:  System Restore Application has encountered a
problem and needs to close. We are sorry for the inconvenience."

I keep getting the error code [Error number: 0x800A0046] when applying a
windows update.
The resolution for this can take three steps. I have tried all three but
have an issue with this specific step:

After we installed Norton Anti-Virus 2005, the event "Default Beep"
disappeared from the Sound Scheme portion of the Sounds option in Control
Panel on one of our PCs.  I know this is a registry problem and I once knew
how to fix it as it happened my my PC, but I need a refresher. ...

Using XP, I have moved the My Documents folder to a new drive "E".  Seemed
OK, but I was thrown by the fact I still have a "My Documents" folder listed
under
"Documents and Settings/myusername"

I am attempting to install Win XP Pro into a second partition to dual boot
with an original install of Win XP Home.  Both are installed and working with
the exception of an application that I installed in Win XP Pro that
apparently has some hardcoded assumptions that the product ...

Having set up a new Program Folder on the "E" drive, I have had some issues
with installing new applications to this location.
itunes for example, fails to install here with the following error
1606 - Error Could not access network location E\bin

my com has 2 accounts, my own and the asp.net account installed by microsoft
.net 1.1 framework...i accidentally set the asp.net account to administrator
and my own default account as limited...so when i logged off and logged in
again...i can only access my default account, which ...

XP Phone & Modem Options in Control Panel allows you to run a set of
diagnostics on your modem. Where can I find out what all these diagnostic
command mean?
In particular I would like to know what "AT#CLS?" means