Hello, I work at a non-profit and just inherited a XP workstation. The
default log on account was the administrator account. I  added it to the my
domain, but forgot to create an admin account for myself. Is it possible to
change the password so that I can log on and create ...

Windows XP Pro SP2 (fully patched)
Non-Microsoft updates (Adobe Acrobat Pro) and other updates will not install.
When trying to install updates, I get the "The Windows Installer Service
could not be accessed. This can occur if you are running Windows in safe mode

I was attempting to delete some audio files (.mp3) which I copied from a
friend. When I clicked on delete, a dialogue box appeared stating that the
file is a system file. This appears to be very strange and I am wondering how
the mp3 file came to be a system file? I assume that ...

Hi every body:
I'm looking to install Win XP on a partition but I need the minimum
files to get it to the login sceen. I need help finding a tutorial or
help, showing what files do I need to copy form C:\ and what

Running program icons disappear when minimized rather than showing up on
taskbar as they did previously.  Don't know what changed.  What can I do to
restore that feature?

Disk degframnetnter in the management consolde and system tool both does not
work, it pops up an rpc error but my rcp services are running. teh strange
thing is i can click the analize and defrag buttons but nothing happens

My son's school friend had a hardware failure which lost him his install of
XP Home beyond fixing. However the laptop is several years old and did not
come with full disks - just some utilities and drivers provided on one cd.  
He needs a replacement copy of the disk to reinstall ...

Windows XP Pro, I want to be able to play MUSIC on one CD drive and hear it
thru one set of speakers (in another room) and CONCURRENTLY play a game on
the other CD drive and hear that through another set of speakers next to the
computer ..is this possible?

Hi there all,
     New problem.  
My System: Win XP, Compaq Presario 2305 (V2000 Series).  All updates
performed and MS Defender installed too.

How do I remove the "send to" from the right click menu?????

Hoping this is the right group for this question:
I regularly mount virtual drives for short periods of time.  System Restore
apparently tries to "monitor" the virtual drives, which is causing real
problems -- I've been regularly losing all my restore points, and the

I recently did a clean install of WinXP on a new hard drive with one user,
myself. It logged on automatically but, as I am populating it with software,
it has stopped logging on automatically. I suspect something called Genie
Backup Manager and have removed it but to no avail.

Display Properties/ Appearance / Effects
Function:Show windows contents while dragging
OS:Win XP
After setting the checkmark to activate this function, I close the effects

I know this is going to be confusing so please try to follow along.  When I
setup a new windows xp PC I setup the Admin account and then a user account.
I don't allways know what the users name is going to be so I setup a generic
account name callled USER.  When I try to delete ...

The Language bar keeps showing up on the Windows XP taskbar after logging
in, no matter if I reboot, logout, logout then reboot, or what.  Every time
I log in I have to right-click on the taskbar and choose Toolbars==>Language
bar to de-select it.