our TV in the conference Room (Fujitsu-Siemens Myrica 16:9) has no .inf File
for Windows.
So, the connected Notebooks (with DVI) only recognising a Plug&Play monitor
with 640*480. I can choose another Monitor (e.g. 1024*768), but only with 4:3

I have a problem where some software blocks ports (110 and 25).  My
system is
Windows XP, Service Pack 2, with all Microsoft patches up-to-date.
Antivirus software and firewall are switched OFF.  Network connection/

I always used the NET SEND command to send messages to other PC's in my
network. This only works if you 'start' the 'service' 'messenger' in Control
Panel - Administrative Tools  !!
But now, on one of my computers I'm not able to start the service anymore, I

Is there a way to let a regular/ordinary user (*not* a power user)
change the power configuration? I've looked in local security policy but
I haven't found anything. Do I to set a special group policy?
Thank you!

I'm not able to add an image as my desktop background under the "Desktop" tab
in the Display Properties window.
When I click on "Browse..." and select the image, it doesn't appear in the
selectable option box with the other predefined images that come with

I have a dell xps 720 with 2 sata drive drives. I want to make my xps into a
dual boot system. I want my C drive to have XP Media Center for fun and my D
drive to have XP Pro for work. Every time i try install XP Pro OEM from the
CD, I get a blue screen of death. It does not ...

Well, I took your advice and just reformated my HD partition in NTFS.  Now I
am getting an error when I try to install my Win-XP Pro CD stating that NTLDR
NT Loader is missing?  I actually did back up most of my data files but I
would like to get on with this, what to do about ...

We have a Windows 2003 domain. The users are local adminstrators.
We' ve set an background image (active desktop) for al users with a GPO. The
background file is stored on the local computers because we have many
notebook users. Is there a way we can secure the image file with ...

I had a huge amount of trouble trying to clone my wife's old 60GB hard drive
to the new 100GB drive (for her Dell D400 via Norton Ghost). I gave up after
over a week and took it down our local PC shop.
They also had a lot of trouble, apparently! They had to use Partition Magic

For several years I have had auto updates set to "notify me but don't
auto download or install"
no-one besides myself has access to the computer, but last week I
found the setting were changed to "Automatic" I changed it back to

Dear,
I have a problem when I installed unistalled graphics drivers and then I
installed back the drivers on Windows XP Professional X64 version. I have ATI
graphics card X1950 Pro 256mb. I installed the Ati Catalyst 7.1 drivers and I

I re-installed XP Professional on my C: drive.  After installation I am not
able to access any of my programs such as MS Office, Adobe, Skype,
Thunderbird etc.
The programs are still under the Program Files on my C: drive.

After a fresh install of Windows XP home edition, and perhaps after installing
Service Pack, I found there is no RUN option in the Start Menu.
Also, ( my Windows XP is spread out over 5 discs for an Acer PC. ) I maybe
accidentally deleted the i386 folder that seemed idle on C: Drive ...

I have a few questions concerning one of my systems.
Several years ago I had a problem with hardware on this system. I don't
remember all of the details; but, I ended up repairing or modifying an
installation. During this process additional user accounts were created.

Is there anyway to get rid of the profiles that are in "Documents and
Settings" that don't show up in the profiles and aren't used? I only need
the Owner, All Users and mine, but there are several others that Windows
generates for some reason, and I can't delete the darn things ...