I have a problem in that many of the program dialogue boxes that pop up
to choose settings are improperly sized too small (both vertically and
horizontally) and thus keep me from accessing buttons normally located
on the bottom and to the far right of the box. Text is often clipped.

I have done a reformat of my drive and now I'm trying to reinstall XP.
Everything works fine until I get to the end user license agreement. I push
F8 to agree and nothing happens, it just sits there. I can Cancel so I know
it's not locked up.

XP friends,
    I just upgraded a computer (name APPLE) on a small office workgroup
(not in a domain) from Windows 2000 Pro to Windows XP Pro. Everything
seemed to proceed correctly and APPLE is up and running.

I've got a Gateway MX6000 notebook with WinXP Pro up-to-date SP2.
I've never plugged a memory card into it before, but have a 4GB RiData
X150 SD card left over from a Dell x51v fiasco I'd like to use with it,
now that the Dell PDA has gone home, permanently (another sad story).

Hello Group,
In an effort to save local resources I elected to try the built-in Remote
Assistance feature of Windows XP instead of installing some 3rd party remote
agent software we've used in the past (Altiris Carbon Copy).

I am running XP HOME and recently had to re-install it because a system file
was missing.
I have noticed that after a couple of hours or so, the PC slows down any
task that I want to open ranging from browsing the internet to even opening

I am trying to troubleshoot a problem with my Media Center XP PC.  Windows
Explorer has stopped working. I have tried numerous things to correct to no
avail. One suggestion on this forum was that my user account may have been
corrupted.  I booted my PC in safe mode and was able ...

Office has 4 PCs as workstations.  Each uses XP Pro.  Just finished
reformatting one hard drive and installing software.  In setup I called the
office network "office" instead of "workgroup".  How do I change the name?

where in the registry do you change the default source location for the sfc
files (I386 files)
I want to change location from cd drive to hard drive location.
Thanks

Does anyone know whether it is possible to change the frequency that
XP Home synchronizes with the Internet.  I have seen a number of
articles relating to XP Pro and Win2000, but nothing for XP Home.
Presently my system does the default sync every 7 days, but the clock

I am running a Dell Desktop PC with Windows XP Professional installed on it.  
I was using the web desktop to display weather map web sites.  I had the maps
associated with schedules so that they updated every 5 minutes or 15 minutes
or so.  The problem is that awhile back the ...

I know when I right click on the desktop, I should have the ability to
either show or no show the desktop top icons. Instead, when I do the
right click, I get a grayed out line that says "Show in groups" and
not the choice of show or no show the icons.

I live US EST but have a Sydney, Australia client .....

When I turn off my computer through Windows XP it logs off, saves settings,
and shuts down Windows. Then it physically powers-off my computer.
This same computer also has XP 64 as a second OS.* It behaves the same way
as my vanilla OS on shutdown provided I stay on for an extended ...

I'm having a problem, everytime
I right click on the cd-rom drive
and click explore,
whether its a data cd, or dvd, I