Everytime i use the keyboard it causes my music to skip in the background
and also if i hold down the ctrl key and then try to select multiple items
it freezes the computer till i let go of the key. Has anyone seen this
before? Thanks in advance for any help.

ever since adding the quick launch and WMP toolbar to the
taskbar open files dont appear in the taskbar so to
change between windows i have to open task manager. have
tried removing quick launch and WMP but the taskbar

I recently purchased a new computer running XP (Home).  I
am trying to facilitate a direct parallel connection from
my old computer (running Windows 98) utilizind the LPT1
ports so as to copy all of my data files.  I have used the

 Whenever I try to do an, 'Open With - Paint' on one of
the files in 'My Pictures.' I get the message
that, "Paint has encountered a problem and needs to
close"  Why? How do I get Paint restored? I can find

Where can the Popup descriptions for Icons be disabled (so when the cursor crosses over an Icon the popup message will not appear)?

when i try to acyivate task manager ( control=alt=delete ) it says the administratior "me" has disabeled task manager.  Ok, how do I reactivate ?  What did I do progionally to screw up ?

My Computer runs Xp Pro from a OEM CD  but I  downloaded service pack 1 and
2 so I have no CD for the service packs. When I tried to add fax services
(Windows Components) I get message to insert sp1 cd to get missing file
fxsapi.dll

Whenever I log off XP Pro I get a close program box hat
says it is finishing a task .. then I get an error
message that systecure32 isn't responding. I would really
like to stop it. Any help appreciated.

I am new to XP and was told to update it as soon as possible. When I try I keep getting this error code 0x800c0005 and have no idea what it is or how to correct it.  Driving me nuts please help!!!!!

i just installed the Total Recorder but i can't record because it says "you have to reboot the windows before recording". so, what can I do to reboot the windows?

When I copy any text or anything, and try to paste it into a different
program such as notepad/FrontPage or word, it only will paste if the program
is open before I copy it.
 If I copy some text and then open Word to paste the text nothing gets

how do I scann a document and then type directley onto
it. ie replace the text
I have the ocr pack from simpleocr.

New hard drive installed on laptop. I installed XP upgrade
home edition (from Windows 98SE). I then installed Word
2000 (version is 3.5 years old). Now when using Word, the
cursor will randomly move about the page while I am typing

When I click Start then Programs I get two Down arrows at the bottom of the menu (like office 2000 applications).  How do I switch this off so that I see ALL the options instead of waiting for windows to wake up??
I have tried setting scrolling off and on in the properties for teh ...

I upgraded driver for my daewoo internal adsl modem but mcaffee came up
saying there was a problem with the sockets.  on reboot no internet
connection and modem said it could not get an ip address due to problem
communicating with sockets.