I got a bunch of photos (JPGs)in a folder from my daughter.
If I use Windows XP Explorer to view them (using Thumbnail or Filmstrip
view) many of them are rotated 90 degrees CW. This is not unusual -
she's taken Portrait shots.

I need to install win xp on a drive attached to a Q-Tec Serial ATA 13434
card, which is the secondary drive in the pc. Problem is that the pc in
question does not have a floppy drive like many other PCs these days. How is
one to load the drivers for this card during win xp ...

I am krazee about checking, checking everything on my machine.....every
Sunday is spyware-adware-chkdsk-scannow day.
I haven't updated or installed anything this week and all my drivers
etc. are up to date.

i am getting an "error 1714" when i try to install a new version of
adobe reader.  and i cannot uninstall the old version using anything!!
so i was going to try the windows installer clean-up tool to fix the
problem.  but i would like to back up my registry first.  how do i do

I sure would appreciate some help with a very confusing problem I am having.
Each time I start Word 2000 the Windows XP installer gives me a message to
please wait while Windows configures Microsoft Office Small Business Edition
(I don't have this problem with Excel)

I have a client that has had some system files corrupted by a virus. I cant
access device manager, system restore or many other features (they simply
wont open). I tried to repair the Windows installation by going through
Windows setup from the CD and install Windows over the top ...

A PC at a clients have suddenly started to get problem with its NVIDIA
graphic card or driver (I don't know which one) and pc crashes to blue
screen at the very start of boot up. I asked them to start the pc in safe
mode and that lets the PC boot OK. Going to last known good ...

I have Windows Firewall enabled but its not asking to block any new
programs.
To test it I unchecked all the programs in the EXCEPTIONS tab and the
Firewall is still not asking for approval to block or unblock.

running XP home with SPII, all updates.  When I go into my computer,
properties, system restore the computer locks up. Error messages get sent.
When I got into administration, services, it says system restore is on,
automatic.  I have gotten a message that windows cannot run some ...

Two of my four users on my PC are sometimes getting a blank screen (apart
from the mouse cursor) after logging off.
The PC cannot be accessed again until its rebooted after pressing the button
on the PC TOWER. The PC does not go into the Check Disk program though after

I had to run msconfig to clean boot my computer in order to fix a problem.
Although in misconfig I have selected "Normal Startup - load all device
drivers and services," every time I boot up I get the following message:
"You have used the System Configuration Utility to make ...

You can laugh, but please don't call me an idiot...   :)
I accidently deleted my user account (not admin account).  So, I
created a new account and thought I could copy the ntuser.dat files to
the new account.  Problem is the ntuser.dat files did not have my old

I have a Sony Vaio VGN-S560P laptop. The vesmgr.exe background task
that controls the function keys is taking up 30-50% of the CPU and it
goes up and down... Even my mouse is getting jerky..
I tried to update my software and drivers on the Sony website, but

Help!  My QuickBooks program failed today and when I tried to remove and
reinstall it was not listed in the Control Panel/Add or Remove Programs list.
I then saw that a lot of my other programs are not listed either such as my
Zone Alarm Anti Virus.  I am logged in as the ...

I want to display My Computer, My Documents and Internet Explorer on all user
desktops in Win XP.  The computer is a member of a domain and everytime a new
user logs in, he has to 'turn on' My Computer, My Documents and Internet
Explorer.  How can I set this up so they ...