I installed a few cool fonts I found on the internet and then I tried to open
the font folder and it crashed Windows. Now EVERY time I open the font
folder, it crashes. I have tried opening it different ways, changing folder
view options, deleting all the fonts I installed, ...

I've just bought a new HP laptop with Windows XP SP 2 Home Edition as its
operating system. I am the only person who will ever use this machine, and
my username is, say, Ethel. Ethel has administrator privileges.
I have finally succeeded, with help from on-line Microsoft FAQs, at

Hi People,
    I'm looking to upgrade the XP Home Edition on my laptop to XP Pro.
Because it is a laptop it has a million and one drivers installed for
things like the touchpad, power consumption, and wireless networking. My

Hi, I would like to know why the date and hour setting don't remain working
continuously without having to set the every time one turn on the pc.
When the pc is turned off the date and hour seem to stop working so that
when I turn it on they're wrong and have one day's delay.

Hi,  I'm studying in Belgium and had my laptop crash on me.  I didn't have my
OEM (Toshiba) recovery cd (from the US) and therefore was unable to recover
properly.  I was able to reinstall XP using a Dutch version.  Now I am faced
with the dilemma of using a version in XP in a ...

Just did a fresh reload of XP and can't figure out how to use the XP style
shut down menu (Standby, Turn Off, and Restart buttons) rather than the
classic drop down list menu style.  I've set it up the same way two other XP
machines are set up and they both have the XP style menu ...

When I run the Flashplayer installer, it asks me to select the
Netscape-compatible browser that I would like the Macromedia Flash Player to
run on.
It is looking for the plug-ins directory.

I am looking for a way to change the product key on a WinxXP SP2 machine.
Pre-SP2 I could use a regedit and msoobe.exe /a (I think) but this no longer
works in SP2. Any help in this would be appreciated.
Cheers,

I'm deploying a company wallpaper using a GPO. The wallpaper is on a network
share (although I've tried it locally as well, with the same effect), and is
assigned as an Active Desktop wallpaper. The user's ability to change the
desktop wallpaper, or any Active Desktop properties, ...

is there a way to empty the recycle bin upon logging off the system?
Many thanks.
Kent

A virus has knocked off the "folder Options" menu item in Explorer. How can I
put it back on?
Ta

Until last week my computer was able to skip all of the login stuff and go
stright from boot up to desktop. My brother was using the computer and now
the computer requires me to press "enter" at the login screen. Is there a way
to skip that whole process and go back to the way it ...

I'm reposting this question, since I haven't gotten a response yet.  I'd
really appreciate any help!
After I had connected my computer to an ethernet connection for the first
time, after only previously using a wireless connection, the notification for

While I am on the internet I cannot see my taskbar whether I have it set on
Auto-hide or not. How can I fix this problem?
Any suggestions?

I have a notebook running Win XP SP2. When I set a power scheme as
Administrator, does that apply to the whole macine or only to the
machine when Administrator is the current user?
I've defined a power scheme as administrator and made it active,