Is there is any metric on Windows XP (ideally I'd like to get the
information programmatically using the Windows API) from which I can
determine the time since the last reboot of a Windows XP machine?
Thanks in advance,

Need help on the following BSOD error;
'The session manager initialization system process terminated unexpectedly
with status of 0x0000102f (0x00000000) (0x00000000).  Stop: C000021a {Fatal
system error}'.

I reinstalled XP, and cannot connect to the wireless internet any
longer. there is no wireless network icon under my network
connections.  I used to connect to wireless with a usb connection-
when i look in device manager, it shows 'USB device' under 'other

I have two USB 1Gb flash drives (SV-U88), One works fine, the other
however isn't. When I place it into the USB slot win XP doesn't
recognise it. I cant read from it, open files or even format it. Can
anyone help ?

i backed up my winxp with imagex from a winpe cdrom i built from WAIK.
Now i want to restore this image to a bigger disk, no problem appling the
image but then winxp won't boot, reporting that cannot find \ntldr. It seems
like i didn't backup or apply correctly boot information.

Wife's PC with XP Media center edition will not go into a "standby" mode
shutdown.  It always comes up w/ the following kind of  message:
"System Standby failed
The device driver for the "Conexant D850 data/fax/voice modem" device is

Ok gurus here a tough one.  Put in a new segate 750 GB drive to
replace an smaller 250 (both SATA).  After heavy use the drive simply
disappers.  I have replace the SATA cable, Power cable and replace the
drive under warranty.  Same thing.   Plug in the old 250 and the drive

I am upgrading my XP Pro 2600 to the latest XP (with SP1 and 2) and all is
okay except near the finish I get this message and can't get past it.
Fatal Error
One of the components that Windows needs to continue setup could not be

I have a eMachine T2085 running Windows XP w/SP2. On Fridary 7/6/07 I was
working with updates (Adobe & Windows) and installation (an inventory
program). I had no problems with any of this until I turned my computer off.
When I restarted it (and every time it has been restarted ...

Would the version of XP on a machine with a Dell 160 OptiPlex
motherboard be different than a standard Windows XP (Home or Pro)?
I am wondering if a standard XP disk would install and run okay on
that motherboard.

I am using windows xp. The question I have is I have 256 mb of ram installed
and system information shows that but shows available ram is 29 mb. I have
run 2 other programs that say I only have 127 mb of total ram. So is windows
not reading the ram right or are the other programs ...

I have a Dell 8250 with a Pinnacle Supplied FireWire (1394) PCI Card. This
was a card that has been working on my Win98 and then moved to my WinXP. The
last I used this for capturing video was Mar-2007.
This weekend I hooked up my camcorder and was shocked to find that the PC

We're trying to convert a 160GB Western Digital external hard drive from
FAT32 to NTSF.
It will be hooked via USB to a Dell desktop running XP home ed..  I'm pretty
sure I've done this before, but not so sure on an external drive.  I don't

I'm using XP MCE on a Toshiba notebook PC.
I keep having trouble in characters being skipped when I type rapidly.
This is most apparent when I type a double letter (letter might come out
leter), but it sometimes happens in other cases if I type real fast.

Ok, it started with my dell optical USB mouse. It would just not move,
and the light would be on and the laser would detect movement. I would
try to move the mouse but nothing would work. I also found out the Dell
USB mice are made by Logitech. So I bought a normal Logitech optical ...