When ever i try to update the antivirus software it
always says I am not on the internet.But I am online and
logged in.

why do i get a black logon screen and my  friend doesnt?
i wanted a welcome screen. duz ne1 know how 2 fix it?

 I found some books for troubleshooting hardware, but is
there any book for shooting the software? Can anyone
recommend me a good books for that. I am currently using
windowsXP. Thanks.

 I want to set up a network, and let some miscellaneous
users to use, but I want to disable some features like:
* Disable the start button so that they can't turn off
the computer.

Is therev any way to make my machine shut down
automatically after a time has passed e.g 10/15 minutes

I have a laptop running Msft XP Professional. While at
school I am on a LAN. Whenever I receive an e-mail with a
link to click on my computer tell me I have to log on to
AOL to retrieve the link (url).

Can you please let me know if it is possible to set my lap
top ( IBM Thinkpad) up to allow 2 users to be logged in at
one time and then to switch between users without having
to log off and then re- log in ?

i have ieee 1394 firewire connection and sony ip55E
camcorder.  capture works with movie shaker but not with
movie maker 2.  your kind help please.

I have a new problem:  anytime someone sends me an excel
file as attachment, my Outlook hangs up.  What can be
done.  Help please?

can someone please help me , When i boot my p.c i can get
to the welcome screen then my wallpaper appers then
nothing no icons or task bar the system just hangs any
ideas?

My XP computer has two HDs.  Since  D-drive is 10 GB, I am going to replace
with a new 40GB HD.
Because of my hazy memory, I would like to know whether the newly installed
40GB HD needs formatting with WinXP or not.  When I tried yesterday, Device

Hi, i had Windows XP for about 6 months and for some
reason when i go to the start menu it gets stuck it
freeses on me and i cant do nothing or go in to anything
or try to fix it and it will stay like that all day if i

Whenever I click on a link the box that opens on screen
is tiny.I know it is a minor problem but any help in
fixing this would be gratefully received.It is driving me
nuts.Useless mum thanks you in advance.

I'm having trouble logging into microsoft word on XP.
Every time I try to log into word a box appears
saying "Microsoft word for Windows has encountered a
problem and needs to close". It then asks me to send

After experiencing system slowness due to programs being
written to Startup, we purchased and loaded McAfee
Internet Security Suite 2004 ver 6.0.
This brought the system to its knees as it was so resource-