stop error; 000000a8?? what & why is that??
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it started months ago, a blue screeen appears and says
that the system will shut down to prevent damage on the

Husband and I are set up under separate User Accounts.  I
want to use Outlook Express; He uses Outlook.  Can this
be done in Windows XP?  Everytime I am logged in and set
my default mail handler to OE, it changes his default

Is there a way to bypass the startup box in XP by using
cancel as I do now with 98?

The com 1 port keeps stoping working on my xp laptop
i have found other pepole who are haveing the same problem
on diffrent makes of xp laptops
if i uninstall the driver and reboot it will be ok for a

We have just changed our computer and we are now running
win xp.  We use dreamweaver for our website.  However now
when I try to test the web in explorer the links on the
pages will not work.  I have tried the same thing in

I have this problem of having duplication of windows
(minimised). Everytime I open an application, it creates
two of the identical task window on the taskbar. Does
anybody know how to remove one of them?

i just installed windows xp sometimes when i turn on the
it locks up while trying to start windows what could be
my problem

When the user logs on to his account, there is no
wallpaper displayed (ie plain blue background) even
though when I go to desktop settings an image is
selected.  This problem only seems to occur when JPG

I am running Windows-XP Professional
1.  I set the Taskbar/Start Menu to Classic Start Menu,
then customise it to Show Small Icons in Start Menu.  It
keeps this setting until I re-boot, then it reverts back

I just got a new computer at work and I really like the
new look of XP, but for some strange reason, I can't
switch back to that look, I always have the classic look.
I know you normally have to search

I download music and my computer sits idle for more than
20 minutes, so i get the message that windows wants to
disconnect me. How can i increase this time longer than 20
minutes?

Power management powers down my monitor after 15 minutes
as desired, but won't go into standby mode at all.  
Standby is set for 30 minutes, and hard drive shutdown is
configured as never.  On occasion, the system might go

Could anybody tell me how to get rid of MS Messenger?
I've tried removing it using Control Panel=>Add/Remove
Programs & also unchecking it in MSConfig=>Startup, but
everytime I go online the icons back in the notification

the icons in the toolbar next to the clock are blurry,
any idea how to make them clear?

I have a WinXP german localised and I want to use them in
english. How I can do this without make a new clean
english installation ?