When I shutdown my XP Pro on a ThinkPad X30, it takes almost
5 minutes to complete, I get a blue screen with intense disk activity
is there any way to stop that. Any help would be greatly appreciated.

Help please anyone.
My computer is running WinXP Pro formatted as NTFS on one partition of my
hard drive.  I have another partition that is formatted to FAT32.
I have games that are not compatible with NTFS...Is it possible for me to

I did an on-line security test and was told that my "internal" IP address was
showing but that it shouldn't.  How can I configure XP Pro (svce pack 2) to
make it hidden?

I am able to navigate through my local c: folders and files and my network
drives by opening My Computer and double-clicking through.  However, when I
go to Windows Explorer some of my C: displays and then it hangs.  The same
thing happens in Office applications when I do a File ...

I won't bore you with the reasons, but I need to make a complete duplicate of
my windows directory including all system & hidden files (i.e. 'Copy of
Windows') without the dreaded 'File In Use' stopping me.  
It must be possible because my Acronis backup software does it, but ...

We are having trouble adding an AD printer globally as the default printer
for multiple users on a single PC.  We have a script that will add a global
printer for multiple users on one pc, but cannot find one that will set that
printer to the default for everyone.

Ok i got a random file (Dont remember where it came from) on my desktop in
WinXP Home Edition. The file name is: "CA2J05OP". I dont want this file. I
never created it. I can not do anything with it though. when deleting it i
get the following message: "cannot delete file: cannot ...

I have a Compaq Presario 2305CA (2000 series) laptop with Win XP sp2.
All updates are up to date, scanned with anti-virus, on pc and online
scanner and no viruses.  No Spyware.  I scanned for all and system is clean.
The problem:

I've recently discovered that files from the system32 folder have
disappeared from my computer. These aren't necessarily important files, but
files for programs such as volume control, sound recorder, backup, and
accessability wizard have disappeared. What happened to them and ...

I recently updated my Dell GX1'S to windows XP. However, whenever I go to
shutdown it ends all the tasks and says a message" It is safe to shutdown
now" at which point we must force shutdown by holding in power button. Is
there a way to force a shutdown totally first time??

I am currently implementing the Firewall in my domain.  However, I need to
allow allow all communication coming from just a particular IP to be allowed
through?  Is there any way to do this?  What about via GPO?
Is there any way to allow users, that are not administrators of the ...

Ufter installing MetMos parallel port driver. Unable to get device object
pointer for port object. Any solution?

hi,
i was wondering if anyone could help, but i've been having problems with my
operating system (a windows XP pro) it was upgraded to this from XP home.
the problem is that i've not been able to collect or view system

I finally came across the answer to my problem I previously posted
in the MS Office Knowledge Base files.  And it worked !
Here is the fix, in case someone else has this problem.
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I have Windows XP Home SP 1 and scads of software installed on Drive
C.  I also have a 2nd internal drive -- F -- that I have used for
storage.  I suspect Drive C may be going bad.  I'd like to migrate
everything from Drive C to Drive F and use Drive F as the boot-up.