After I download Critical Windows Updates, I try to open
XP downloads but then it just reopens the same dialog
box, showing all the categories (with "18" by XP so I
know there are downloads I could get, with a dialog

A year-old Dell computer was re-formatted yesterday and WinXP pro was
re-installed.
Everything is working fine so far.   I set "autoupdate" (for WinXP) under
Autoupdate tab.

I just installed Win XP Pro on a new PC.  It is showing this unfortunate symptom (after -- if I recall correctly -- the SP 1 was installed): the "Turn Off" button shuts down Windows but does NOT turn off power to motherboard or drives AND the system immediately reboots. I have to ...

on my user account welcome page, it keeps telling me that
i have one unread mail message in my account. i have read
them all and deleted them all but i can't can't rid of
this message. please help.

I believe a user account file was inadvertantly shreaded
when ousting some data miner files.
When I goto Start>Control panel>USer Accounts
I get the error:

Hello, on Windows 2000 when you play a movie or clip on IE
after it played completely you can go and find it on
Temporary Internet files, save it or move it to another
directory and you have it stored permanently. I just

Hi Al
Please could anyone please tell me how I find out my IP addres
I am using xp
Thanking You

when i right click and sent to my cd rom it has an filecd icon and it wont let me do anything........It tells me to insert a cd in the drive when ther already is one in ther......

hi, I have installed the MS powertoy TWEAK UI and i would
like to know how someone can still log in, if you remove
their name from the welcome screen?  I would like to do
it with my name, but after testing it on another user, I

My brother has just had a new laptop Packard Bell he says he keeps getting a
pop telling him to activate XP and he has 30 days to do it in.  I thought a
preinstalled version was already activated by the Manufacturer.
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Every 10 or 15 minutes i get a shutdown message
System shutdow
This shutdown was initiated by NT AUTORITY\SYSTE
Windows must now restart because the Remote Procedure Call(RPC) Service terminated unexpected

Ok experts here it goes. When I want to burn a file or
folder on a cd I put a blank cd in(we will call it CD#1)
and the go to the folder hit save as then goto my
computer, c drive , then to the cd drive or burner. It

Just upgraded W98 to XP.  System now randomly shuts down
and restarts in the middle of tasks, whether on the
internet or not.  Anyone have similar experience? Running
on Gateway P3.

How do I get rid of them?  The remove tab is not working
under ohone and modem options at advanced tab.

Having locked the task bar, I now find that the check mark is grayed out, if
that's the right phrase. In any even, it's inaccessible. What can I do to
access that setting?
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