The volume icon in the Systems Tray keeps disappearing despite the "Place
volume icon in the taskbar" being checked in the Sound Control Panel. Every
time I boot up I have to open the control panel, uncheck the box,
close the control panel, open it up again and re-check the ...

I am trying to find out why my bootup takes over 4 minutes: But I can't get
Bootvis to run properly.  I set it to trace a boot sequence, and it tries to
give me a result after boot up. But each time BootVis starts to deliver the
goods, I get the error message "Defragging.... ...

How do I restore the local computer policy and security policy back to
defaults. It was on a domain with GPO's and has since been disjoined from the
domains, but the policies are still enforced.
Thanks

Does anyone have a good understanding of this error mx?
I've run into it with some PCB software used for years but if you type
0x73dd11c7 into a search engine you will see a whole MASS of other apps
involved. Thus it seems more to do with XP (in my case) or Office. I'm not

How do I remove items PERMANENTLY from loading in the system tray and
attempting to start during start-up.

Does anyone know why it takes a long time -- sometimes up to several minutes
-- for certain workstations to "apply personal settings" during startup in
Win XP Professional? I've had this problem occur on more than one computer
and can't figure out what is causing it. Is there ...

my taskbar is on the right hand side of the screen.  I tried to fix it, by
clicking on the blank part of it, but i cannot get the double cursor to move
it, can anyone help me

Can anyone tell me what services are required for Windows Backup Utility?
Some new services are interferring with the backup program so that it will
not run. It starts and then fails every time I start it. Stopping almost all
the services is the only way I could even get it to ...

BlankI am trying to set up scheduled tasks for windows XP home edition. I don't have passwords, but it is my computer, therefore I must have the authorization.  However whenever I add  passwords and click, I get the following message: error occurred while attempting to set task ...

I am have problems with 1 Windows XP pro install.
Backgroud.. What im working with..
2 x Dell D610 - These computers Can convert (Local Disk 0) to dynamic, and
can import Dynamic Disks

I have a ThinkPad A22p notebook without a functioning CD-ROM.
Is there an approved way to install XP Pro in the absence of a CD-ROM? (I
have an XP Pro install CD.)
I tried removing the drive, put into a external USB2.0 caddy, and copied the

XP Pro SP2
Trying to change the port settings for ECP Printer Port LPT1 but settings
won’t stick.
I want to select the port settings ‘Use any interrupt assigned to the port’

While looking far and wide for the System Restore command line tool, I
finally found it and wanted to share:
%systemroot%\system32\restore\rstrui.exe
Hope this helps someone find it easier next time!

I have a system running Windows XP MCE. I have AutoAdminLogon enabled for
the Owner account. When the computer boots up, it appears to logon normally,
briefly shows the desktop and then immediately says "Logging Off ..." and
recycles. This constant cycling requires a power cycle to ...

I tried to access my MP3 player recently and discovered my USB ports are not
showing up in the device manager. I have tired them all and with my printer
as well. The computer doesn't recogize the devices are plugged in. How do I
get my USB ports back?