I can't use windows update or upgrade my internet
explorer because I keep getting a message that
says "check to see if crytographic services are running".
When I check it shows that it is running. Also I get a

I have an HP with Windows XP Professional installed.  
Sometimes when I start up my comuter, the mouse will not
move my pointer.  Other times, it may work for a few
minutes then quit.  I've tried a different mouse and it

I just bought a brand new dell computer with windows xp installed. My old computer too has windows xp installed, plus tons of other files. I want to put the old hard drive in the new computer, but not have to delete windows xp off of the new hard drive. Any suggestions on how i ...

I brought my computer into a shop to get some viruses off, blah blah
and they put on XP pro, I like home much better and have the disks an
so on for them, how can I put Home back on
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  Curious if it is possible to format 1 volume of a partitioned hard drive.
For instance I have DRV1_VOL2, DRV1_VOL3, DRV1_VOL4 and would like to format
DRV1_VOL3. Will this format the entire drive or just the targeted volume?
Thanks,

I just installed a new 200 GB Maxtor IDE into a three year old Dell Optiplex GX150. The BIOS recognizes the HDD properly (the BIOS is up to the latest rev), but when I performed a clean install of XP pro, XP only recognized the disk as 130 GB
Does XP have a partition size limit

DEVICE DRIVER LOADED CANNOT FIND HARDWARE DEVICE CODE 41

Can some body help recenly reinstalled windows xp and
keep geting blue screen and when i send the crash report
of it reports hardware drive problem so i have updated
all my drives and since then i can not access my cd-rom

both of my shift key aren't working, i would consider it
a busted key if it weren't both.  is there any program or
diagnosic i can use to fix this

Where can I find XP drivers for my 3DFX Voodoo Banshee that are compatible with Directx 9.0? Id appreciate help with this so that I can appreciate the new games that I can't play because my drivers for my video card don't have the right directx version. Directx 9.0 ain't all it's ...

i have recently encountered problem with sound.
sound is all scratchy and distorted.
i have tried using the support centre, but that cant find
any of the help pages.

I have an AOPEN CDRW5232 which Windows XP Pro is not able
to detect. The drive doesn't need any drivers so the
problem is not device drivers. Win XP sees it as a
standard CD-ROM which plays as usual.

I have recently upgraded to XP PRO from XP Home. My
printer stopped working, and after trying to reistall all
of the drivers it still does not work. I believe that
somehow the USB ports that came with my computer are no

I have been given a computer with a newer cpu w/XP home installed. Instead of reinstalling all of my programs and updates, can I simply switch my own new C hard drive w/XP home with installed and updated programs with the hard drive w/XP home in the newer computer? Will this ...

I recently bought a USB adapter which can play external EIDE
devices, such as Hard Disks and CD/DVD ROMs. The adapter is
capable of USB2 high speeds but since my PC is not, the
external devices run at very slow speeds. So I purchased a