I am using Windows XP Home Edition.  When I click on
properties it doesn't say Service Pack 1.  Do I need to
update to SP1 before I download SP2?  I've gone to
Windows Update and it tells me to download SP2.  I tried

in device manager the system board, system speaker, system timer, direct
memory access controller, mother board resources properties, numeric data
processor properties, and programmable interrupt controller all say " no
drivers are installed for this device" and the box below all ...

I think I have it straight that cookies aren't always bad to have on the
syystem, and you need them actually to help open web sites you frequent
more quickly, but after running an on line scan for spyware, the results
picked up a lot of what it calls tracking cookies on my system ...

When I turn on my computer it takes a long time to get to
Windows. Get to watch the blue scrolling bar longer than
I want to and longer than my other (older) computer .
When I get to "starting Windows" it's ok. Is there

I bought a bopy of WindowsXP Home OEM for my new rig last
week, the original cd came damaged and i couldnt wait for
a month for it to be RMA'd so i copied a version my
friend had and used the Serial Number that my original

I purchased XP home and when I try and install it as
upgrade to 98se it goes through the whole installation and
then on reboot it stops and says (windows could not start
because the following file is missing or corrupt. windows

I have installed Windows XP Pro and when restarted got
this error message:
"The system process 'c:\windows\system32\lsass.exe'
terminated unexpectedly with status code -1073741819. The

I'm trying to clean up a harddrive and noticed some large files that end
with the .hdmp extention in a Temp directory under Local Settings.
What are these? Can I safely delete them?
TIA

Can someone help . I have 2 hard drives on my computer D and E. I had to
reinstall windows xp as my computer crashed and it has been re installed on
C which was not there before. I cannot install any downloads at all as there
is insufuicient memory on C as it is only 7.84mb. Please ...

I have been trying to upgrade my ME (installed on an upgrade from 98) to XP
home, using the full OS disk with service pack 1a. I have removed Norton,
there is no antivirus in my Bios, and I have tried selective start up and
safe mode. The setup runs as far as the first reboot, ...

I wonder if someone could help.
My brother has a new computer and is using Windows XP Home Version.
He has lost the scroll bars in Outlook Express.
Can anyone give us any advice as to how we can get his screen back to

I have a simple problem but its driving me crazy-everything looks huge on my
browser window, the font size is big and the pictures are huge. I can't
figure out how to make everything smaller so i can basically see the whole
page without scrolling to the right or left. Any help ...

How do I get rid of the annoying Key-Click sound in IE 6.0.2800 when
browsing from page to page and clicking on sites.  I can control sounds in
every other program but can not figure this one out.  There has to be a way
other than turning down the speaker volume.  In windows 98 SP ...

I have a few WIN98SE machines I am thinking of upgrading
to XP Home.  I built and maintain these machines myself.  
I have read inside-out and nutshell, sniffed around the
web, posted a few places, and gotten good answers to all

Until recently, when I Saved picture As, it would save as a jpeg by default
and give me the choice of other formats with the drop - down menu. Now it it
saves as BMP and gives me no choice. Is there a way that I can get back my
choices?