Yesterday i upgraded my system from Microsoft ME to XP.
After the installation The My Documents folder and
Favorites folders did not contain any of the files that
had been resident in ME. It's as though XP had assigned a

I just bought my windows xp. And I did an upgrade instead
of a new installation. Pls advice on what I should do...
I want a installation, how should I go abt doing it??
Thanks

when i tried to load a disc a message comes up on the screen as
follows......16 bit windows subsystem
c:\windows\system32\autoexec.nt.................the system file is not
suitable for running ms-dos and microsoft windows applications...........HOW

If anyone can assist me with a problem I am having I would
greatly appreciate it. Here is my issue: I receive the
BSOD which contains a Stop: Error stating  
Bad_Pool_Caller

I just recently installed WinXP Pro, and dealt with Microsoft a few times to
get everything set up correctly and safely.  I can't recall what the
"sxe5.tmp" file on the desktop is.  Can one of the millions who seem like
rocket scientists compared to me remind me what this file is ...

If anyone can assist me with a problem I am having I would
greatly appreciate it. Here is my issue: I receive the
BSOD which contains a Stop: Error stating  
Bad_Pool_Caller

I HAVE WINDOWS XP HOME EDITION 7.0. WHEN I MAIL MERGE FROM MY DATA BASE TO A
DOCUMENT, THE DATE AND NUMBER FORMATS CHANGE. EXAMPLE: DATE IN DATABASE
READS: SEPTEMBER 22, 2004, IN THE WORD PROCESSOR DOCUMENT IT READS:
09/22/2004, NUMBER IN DATABASE READS: $71.00, IN THE WORD ...

Can anyone help me with this?
I plan to purchase a new laptop with XP Home. I would
prefer not to pay the price for an upgrade to XP Pro.
I currently have XP Pro (I bought the CD) on a personal

I keep seeing the icon on my tool bar of the microsoft
download updates. I have installed. The icon keeps
showing up and the same updates are shown downloading all
over again. How can this be stopped?

In Win 98 I can place passwords on shared drives.  I can't find that
option in XP home.  Am I missing something or is Home lacking in
security features?
David.

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I have a Dell Intellimouse (PS/2 Compatible). My son gave me a wireless
mouse which plugged into the port where the Dell Mouse was. The wireless
mouse acted up (batteries ok) so I put the Dell mouse back in the port. That
continues to work. Where is the driver for that Dell mouse?

does anyone know how to get more toolbars. when i try to
get the 'forms' toolbar up-its not there and theres no
drawing toolbar either.

I know this is not a hardware NG, but maybe someone could point me in
the right direction to find the cause and fix.
Four year old PIII running WinXP Home. Two Hard drives, CD-DVD and CD
RW.  System crash and on cold boot, error: Disk failure can't read hard