Can anybody explain what I could do to prevent the following error message which appears in the event viewer after  startup
"The general purpose USB driver (adildr.sys) service failed to start due to the following error: The service cannot be started either because it is disabled ...

If you are the only user for the computer, is it possible
to skip the step where you have to click on your user
icon when you want to start up Windows? I want to go
right to my desktop with out having to go through the

tested a server I made and made my home pc join the domain but now I have
moved it back to a workgroup its lost the nice XP log-in screen and pic on
the start bar. Is there any way to get it back?

Since installing the latest set of updates and Office
Student and Teacher Edition 2003, a change has come over
my system. Whenever I right-click on an image, it does
not give me the option to set it as my desktop in the

I want to add a link/menu to the startmenu like the "My Document", "My
Music", etc folders show up on the right side of the startmenu.  Is it
possible to add a custom link/menu here?
Craig

I live in Spain and I have a friend who has just bought a
new PC and of course the OS is in Spanish. Is there any
way to change the dialog boxes and start menus into
English. I looked at the Multilingual Packs and there is

There are no letter in my Add/remove window to tell me what
the icons mean. Is there a fix for this?

I have a user account with administrator access whose
settings keep reverting back to the original settings
(toolbar, background, etc.) when I restart. The other
account I have, which was the "owner" account, keeps it's

ok... i want to make windows explorer open to C:\. I want
C:\ to be expanded in the left pane so i can see all my
folders on c: drive listed. i have tried every string i can
find in my target area, and nothing works. i know it can be

Does anyone know how to do a file transfer in remote
desktop, or is it even possible?

When I right-click a folder in "Start / Programs", and select "Open",
it used to open the target folder as expected.
Lately, it opens a "Move to" window, then a "Copy to" window, and finally
the target folder.

Is there a program to upgrade from XP Home to XP Pro???  
If so where can I get it??
Thanks

XP Home perversely uses identical task bar icons for my
LAN connection and dial-up network connection. One user in
the house sometimes heads for the wrong one, which leads
to the LAN being inadvertently closed on the Host, leaving

When I turn on my computer a recorded message comes on
saying "computer performing self check.....computer now
booting from operating system".  It's rather annoying.
Any idea how to turn this off?

Yes, I tried all of that, but it still doesn't work. I
also tried to search in the ms support and tried all the
steps they show me but nothing seems to change.
Please tell me if you have any other suggestions