Please point me to the right newgroup if I'm in the wrong place...and accept
my apology. Here's the issue. I recently upgraded from Win2K Pro to Win XP
Pro. When I open Windows Explorer it correctly recognizes the primary
(system) partition @ 20GB, but I have a 40GB secondary ...

Is there a way you can backup windows automatic updates and intergrate them
in the windows xp installation. I am currently using windows xp home edition
with SP2. I ask this question because microsoft does not seem to currently
provide an updtae rollup of all hotfixes and patches ...

When I used system restore, and restarted my computer, explorer.exe could not
run.  How can I fix this?

When I install new hardware, windows doesn't know where to go to look for the
drivers. I need to tell it to go to windows/inf. Is there a setting that I
can change to make this the default???    Thanks, Arnold

   I'm having some trouble with my Sony floppy disk drive. It seems to be
software related and not mechanical. When I acces a file on a floppy the
drive runs on for a minute or two after the file loads. Also if I copy a
file from the floppy to the hard drive the floppy drive ...

If from explorer or My Computer I right click on the c: drive and do a
search for something, it doesn't include the Program files or Windows
folders in the search. But I can search those folders starting with a
right click on them.

When you do a CTRL-ALT-Del we all know you get a pop-up window.  Well somehow
I changed the setting for it so instead of the normal 3 tab setup I now only
have one tab that lists programs (like netscape.exe, tskmgr.exe, etc).  This
tab corresponds to tab 2 in the 3 tab setup.

When I open Windows Explorer, I want certain folders open & certain folders
closed.  Is there any way to establish a preference, so that when I open
Windows Explorer, it already shows what I need?

I recently upgraded to Norton Internet Security 2006. I have Windows XP Home
Edition. My Computer has started shutting down - turning off when I am
scanning my Computer with Norton Anti-Virus. Now, sometimes, when the
Computer has almost finished booting, my computer will turn ...

I have an external USB drive.  It's simply a case with a USB i/f that I have
installed a 160GB hard drive in.  I think that's pretty common.  I use it to
back up private data, only plugging it in for the duration of the backup and
then removing it.

Question 1:
I'd like to re-assign the location that Windows XP Pro saves hiberfil.sys to
a USB 2.0 flash drive.  Is there a setting or registry hack that will allow
me to do this?

Trying to fix the Task Manager disabled issue and found that Regedit also
says it has been disabled by administrator. Tried to run XP repair and didn't
fix it. Any thoughts.
Also, can I reload XP from the CD without wiping out all of my data?

While attempting to add a System DSN for a Microsoft Access Database, I get
the following message "The setup routines for the Microsoft Access Driver
(*.mdb) ODBC driver could not be found. Please reinstall the Driver.".
I am running XP, SP2, with Microsoft Office Access 2003 (11 ...

I purchased an HP a year and 2 months ago.  When prompted by Microsoft Update
to enter 5x5 product key, it came back as invalid.   I contacted HP and they
cannot help me because my computer is older than 1 year.  So... I can't
upgrade Office, I can't update Windows and I am going ...

I previously was able to download and account file (CSV format) to
my old Win98SE PC with no problem.  I tried to do it using my new
Win XP Media 2005 PC and it won't do it.  It does not come up with
the window which asks me where I want to save it, although if