While installing XP professional on my new hard drive I
made a mistake during setup. I mistakenly select the
domain instead of selecting the workgroup prompt.  Now I
cannot logon to XP because I donot have a domain acct. and

I have the normal Messenger and MSN Messenger (which I prefer) - Anyone know
how I can turn off the normal Messenger when I boot up and have just the MSN
Messenger start?
Any help much appreciated.

how do i find out who is the manufacturer for my video
card and how do i find out the web site so i can down
load latest driver updates.

I've been trying to help a friend figure out why his computer is kicking
off.  When he runs disk clean up or  his virus protection his computer kicks
off.  He is also having problems with his ebay search page loading.  I've
been through security  and advace options with him and ...

  My discussion board window is 4" x 6", is there al way to enlarge it?
When I click on a subject it then opens in the window directly next to the
thread window thats also 4"x6", can I enlarge either window?
Thanks

I seem to have ended up with non-standard drive letters in my setup, as
follows:-
A: FDD
C: ZIP Drive

I just installed XP, upgrading from 2000. I can now see
my old files, but all seem empty. We didn't save old
files in 'My documents' and stuff like that, so they're
not there. I can only see they exist when searching for

How do I put captions on my photos on my Windows XP? There
used to be a little icon on the bottom of the screen to
put captions in my digital photos, and the icon
disappeared (I don't know why) and now I don't know how to

I wonder if USA is on vacation.  I do not appear to have received my quota of spam messages in the last 48 hours.  Have all spammers gone on strike?
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I use non Microsoft products where ever possible which requires no
activation. I buy WordPerfect Office for less than $50 from ...

what does it mean when i get a prompt telling me that an
area network connection is unplugged? i am using a home
system, i shouldn't be connected any where else should i?
                    thanks for any help

INSTALLED XP-2, WAS HAVING TROUBLE WITH USER ACCOUNTS.  
HAVE NOW LOST "ADMINISTRATOR.  CANNOT RE-LOAD XP BECAUSE
OF THE XP-2 DOWNLOAD. ANY SUGGESTIONS??

My wife's computer no longer boots.  This was after downloading service pack
2 and rebooting as recommended.  It now hangs at various locations and then
the System Recovery demands a password.  Which we don't have, nor do we know
what it's asking for.  So we can't even re-install ...

In the process of chasing down a networking problem I have ran the
networking wizard a few times. It failed to finish each time "probably due
to my static DSL" but it also left the FIREWALL OFF to the internet each
time.

hi,  i encrypted some folders in xp pro using the properties right-click
window, now I can see the files but haven't a clue how to decrypt again. Pls
help. Thanks.

Let's say I have a less than legal copy of Windows XP Professional Upgrade on
my computer.  I just installed it to make sure that the hardware is running
properly, and to test out some software on it (I didn't have the money to buy
my own version right away after getting all the ...