Hi - How do I change the default application for an event such as putting a
music CD in the drive or double-clicking on a jpg file?
Sorry for this very basic question but I can't find the answer anywhere in
Microsoft.

i enter the product cd key provided with my pc but i always get the message
that the key is incorrect

i have an original Windows XP Professional Setup CD and i accidentally threw
the product key away. Since i had registered my copy i didnt think that after
formatting the pc, i would need this key again. is there any solution o this
problem?

I have a problem that I cannot seem to work out no matter what I do.  Please
let me know if I'm in the wrong group, but I'm hoping this is the right
place to start.
I have Windows XP Home Edition.  I bought it and have a valid key and all

when i try to close my home page the aol it doesnt why? arthur colirri jr
arthurcolirri@superig.com.br...

Hi --
    I have XP Home SP 1.  Just this past week, I've had trouble
getting online.  No internet, no email, no ftp.  If I go to Services
and manually start the TRUE VECTOR service, then I can go online.  

I have gone into my recycle bin on many occasions, and there are never any
files in there.  At the bottom it also says "0" objects.  As a novice, what
have I setup wrong, and what can I do to remedy this?

How do I roll my USB 2.0 port back to 1.0 so that my 1.0 device will work, as
my computer is not doing it automatically and when I plug in my device it
only shows up in the device manager for a second before windows xp home
edition w/sp2 disables it and says there was a problem ...

I've tried the procedure in article 305117 of the MKB [previously Q305117],
but it doesn't work.  I've ensured that the background image is not one which
requires the Active Desktop be turned on (it's a .bmp), and gone thru
rebooting.  

Thanks for your replys!
I have ruled out the possibility of overheating - My current CPU core
temperature is now in the region of 34'C - 38'C. Previously it was about
70'C ! I just recently purchase a thermaltake Kandalf super tower case.

have 2 XP PC's.
They are connected via a switch.
The PC's can ping each other.
I have ICS setup & the client PC can connect to the Internet OK

Does anybody know a solution that would allow watching a remote Windows
XP desktop? Desktop Sharing does not help, it gives full control of the
remote desktop, and shuts down the remote desktop's user. What I need
is no control, only observation, and the remote user should be able ...

I have a P4 550 running XP Pro.
I'm trying to reconfigue my drive to use all it's disc space, I have a
'Type 77' partition that is 7.6GB that I can't seem to do anything with.
Partition Magic 8.0 can't seem to format it, convert it to NTFS, delete it ,

   I've got 2 computers, one wireless, one wired, in the same workgroup.
Neither
can see each other or THEMSELVES. I've been through this before with another
network and have had no luck in solving the problem. Any thoughts?

I have Vista running on a virtual PC (with the VPC extensions installed) but
I am unable to access the internet. It apears that there is a problem with
the default NIC card (Intel 21140 Based PCI Fast Ethernet Adapter (Generic))
that the VM is imulating.