I have it mostly working thanks to some help from here but one problem
remains.
Old system was Win 98 direct to DSL.
New system is XPpro direct to DSL and is working fine online via one NIC and

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Each time i connect to the internet i recieve an error
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and the system will shut down in 1 minute.  After 1 minute
the system shuts down and restarts.  could somebody please

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missing from the System tools menu. Where is it and how
do I intall it to the System menu? I tried the

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Whenever I download a manual or anything else for that matter, it opens with
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SP2 went on yesterday all OK except I can't open my CD burning program. I use
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program, it starts to open the just goes off again. ...

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We are using ADSL internet connection and internet
sharing. On the host computer I can open all the web
sites but on the cliant computer all the web sites are

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Using a Dell 4100, Maxtor 20GB HDD (original), Maxtor 60GB
HDD (new)
I want to install a larger hard drive with Windows XP Home

I recently installed Windows XP onto my computer and
after I did this, I realized that once on the desktop,
the background directly behind the desktop icons and
their titles were all filled with a colour that I could

     I just purchased a new computer and Windows XP and
I want to restore some files. The backup command is
missing from the System tools menu. Where is it and how
do I intall it to the System menu? And my HP Deskjet

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I have Windows Update set to automatically update but it hasn't yet updated
to SP2 even though my computer has been on and connected to the internet at
the scheduled time.
Everything seems to be ready according to the Windows update page but no

I upgraded from Windows 2000 to XP by performing a new installation.
However, Windows 2000 was not removed, and now I have both operating systems
running on the same partition (my laptop has only one NTFS partition).
How can I now remove Windows 2000 from my computer??