when booting up in XP error msg requires me to go to setup (F1)... the
date/time indicates a date in July 2002 .............which I correct .......
the next time I start up my machine, the same thing happens (the date/time is
in July 2002.....any help on how to PERMANENTLY ...

I have a desktop XP and a laptop 98se. I recently tried to
share a Lexmark printer on a peer to peer. The process
caused a problem with my modem on the laptop and I was
finally able to fix that. The XP desktop is  a different

I received a disk to download Windows XP from my school.  
I downloaded the program but I wanted to know if Word,
Excel, and Access are included with Windows XP or not or
will I have to download these items separately.

okay..i turned my computer off one day and turned it on
the next day and my screen was huge..things like the
windows and icons where enormous. and a balloon pops up
and says that your resolution is low or something like

On XP home  - even accounts that are created as administrator don't function the way I'd expect.  Granted, I don't know how it is intended to work, but it just does not seem logical.  If any MVP can point me to some reading as to why account mgmt is so difficult, I'd appreciate ...

Hello there. Windows XP Pro system that accesses a
network. All of a sudden, while disconnected from the
network, using a laptop, Windows won't accept the cached
username/password. Windows says either the password or

Sometimes before doing certain things we are told to backup the Registry.
What is the best way of doing it?
And the best way of restoring it when required?
TIA

I just installed the Win XP pro upgrade and now when I
stutdown it does not end? I selected shutdown last night
and thi morning it said it was still shutting down?

When I boot up my computer it asks me to select a windows os to run and i
cannot pick one so the timer just runs out and it selects a os. I would like
to save hard drive room and delete one of the windows. How??

I recently purchased components to build myself a
computer.  I got an ASUS K8NE Deluxe MB, an Athlon 64
3000+ processor, 1 MB Kingston DDR400 RAM, a Seagate
Barracuda 160 GB SATA hard drive, and an ATI 9600 All-In-

I tried to register this product and when i put in the
product id info with or without the dashes it won't take.
I am looking under the help button and About Picture
Library for this information. How can I register this

After sending some faxes using XP's fax console, I found I couldn't use
the modem with another app (transmitting data to a remote server). The
app couldn't recognize it. I then saw that Task Mgr showed <fxssvc.exe>
still in use after shutting down the console. Only after a ...

Can any body help me please? Just loaded XP for the first time and ca
no longer print invoices from Sage. Get an error message about margin
and it closes the program down.
Thank

I've been having problems with an older version of XP Pro I upgraded to from
Home on a new Dell computer.  Dell is sending me a new XP Pro OS CD and they
are telling me via phone I can re-load XP Pro on top of current loaded XP
Pro.  Is that correct that that can be done without ...

My computer came with XP Home preinstalled. I am told that there is the
Backup utility but it is not there. What do I have to do?
TIA