On one of the newsletters I subscribe to I get the following message:
"Your current security settings probihit running ActiveX controls on this
page. As a result, the page may not display correctly."
What do I have to do?

how do i restart the pc after all the setup files have
loadded up and the computer says to remove the floppy but
not the cd. then the whole installation statrs again. what
do i do

hey all,
after installing sp2 I'm getting the following error:
THIS HAPPENS EVERYTIME I CLICK ON ANY PROGRAM FILES ICONS TO CREATE A
SHORTCUT TO DESKTOP. AND THEN MY DESKTOP REFRESHES.

I'm new to XP, and have a minor complaint.  I REALLY miss the "Show
Desktop" icon that is on previous versions of Windows.  I see where on XP,
you can right click on the taskbar and choose "Show Desktop", but that's an
extra step in the process. Is there a way to get the "Show ...

  Do the 2 Windows XP SP2 Hotfixes , Q814995 and Q819696 , need to be
removed before the installation of the SP2 pack installation . Those 2
hotfixes are the only SP2 hotfixes in the Add or Remove Programs list . Please

When I click the "turn off computer" icon, it takes a couple minutes then
comes up with a window saying "it's now safe to turnoff your computer".
Is there a way to skip this last step and have it shutdown when you click
"turn off computer"?

I have installed a wi-fi card on my laptop.  tried to use
at a hot spot and found that a connection is made ok but
when i lauch explorer it only wants to use dial up
connection and dosn't seem to see the wireless

Do anyone know if you can configure a desktop that is twice as wide as
the monitor resolution e.g 2048x1024 for the desktop and 1024x1024 for
the monitor. Then simply be able to scroll with the mouse between
them..

i don't know what happen to my computer i try to log in
but i can't and i was the only one with the administrative
account how can i recover my password? HELP  

I have a new laptop with an 80 gig hard drive with a primary partition and an
extended partition.  The extended partition has 55 gigs of the total drive
space.  I want to delete the logical drive assigned to the partition, d:, and
the delete the partition.  Then I want to extend ...

In the Processes tab of Windows Task Manager, is it
normal to have more than one instance of svchost.exe
running.  Right after start-up I have four going.
ASUS w/ XP SP1, Pentium 4 2.4gHz.

i,ve been trying to open files that i saved in my documents but when i try to
open it i get this msg :
windows cannot open file
it needs to know what file created it

Auto update for SP2 has been delayed per article I read in Zdnet.
http://zdnet.com.com/2100-1104_2-5312747.html
Dannie

I am cleaning up my PC of superfluous folders created manually to store
files within My Documents, and have got rid of most.
However, one particular folder is causing me problems.
When i double click it to open it i get a message stating that C is not

Everytime I turn on my computer I get the same error --
C:\WINDOWS\Downloaded Program Files\bridge.dll
I click okay and it goes away; but the next time I turn
on the computer I get the same message.  Any ideas?