I have Windows XP Professional service pack 2 installed. I cannot install
some applications or uninstall some applications. I can't put my finger on
why some and not others. The install or uninstall process starts but never
finishes. What could be causing this?

I have a Windows XP Pro system.  I would like to allow one user access to the
internet and completely block all other users.  How can I do this?

I have a Sony Vaio running XP Pro sp2 with a P4 running at 2.8 mhz.  It has
1gb of RAM and lots of free space on a couple of 7200 rpm drives.
Right after booting up, when I start MSN and select Mail the browser will
just hang for anywhere from 30 sec to over a minute.  During that ...

I am sure there is easy fix/solution for this..... BUT........ Ever since I installed the Microsoft Passport Network stuff on my computer, I have had Windows XP coming up when I turn my computer on with a "log onto Windows" screen. It's a blue box that has my name in the field ...

How do I find the instalation date of a operating system?
Thanks
Charles

I have a Thinkpad laptop with xp home. The device manager shows the
following devices with yellow exclamation points  under the UNKNOW  node:
"1394 Net Adapter, High Rate Wireless LAN Mini-PCI Adapter with Modem II,
Intel(R) PRO/100 VE Network Connection. I first downloaded and ...

on xp home ed.  The hourglass spins for a while but the restore box will not
come up on the screen.
Any ideas

My administrator dissapeared off my computor and I only have guest. Don't
know how shut down one night it was there started up next night and it was
gone. Can't do anything I need to do. Can anyone help me?

Out of the blue, my Win XP Pro machine stopped playing system sounds.  The
volume control icon no longer appears in the system tray and the "play"
button is greyed out when I go to Control Panel>>Sounds..  CD and .WAV audio
plays fine with Quicktime and Windows Media Player.  ...

I had a service hang on Windows 2003.  I tried to stop it from the
Services control panel but it got stuck in the "stopping" state.  I
found the hung process associated with the service via the task manager
and killed it.  However, I cannot start the process (from Services)

How can I get all folders in the system to default to "Details" view.
But only for the first time.  Thereafter I can adjust some select folders th
other views.
Please help, Frank

Is there anywhere in the registry you can set "small icons" if you using
"classic startmenu"?
thanks

Hi, My daughter was rebooting the comp, using crtl alt del, and was a bit ham
fisted and nmanaged to rotate the screen image 90 dergees!!!
How can i undo this??
Thanks andy

Im using office 2003 w/XP. I have common program icons on my task bar
including the desktop icon. all of a sudden it changed to a blank icon and
when clicked it tries to search but can't be found. where can i found that
icon.? (hope this is right forum)

I have a long-standing (18 months) home wireless network built around a
Linksys WP54G router.  I've had three different computers running
either W2kPro or XPHome working happily with it, using a variety of PC
cards from Cisco to Linksys and Netgear.  My wife just bought a new HP