I just upgraded to windows xp, home edition from win ME.
But now I can't go online. When I try to go online, I get
an error message saying that my modem is busy and that
another program is using the modem. Well I don't have

XP firewall is apparently preventing me from getting to a secure website
(Mailblocks.com).  When I go to control panel, network connections and
click on my internet connect and then properties, I get a message that says
Windows Explorer has a problem and has to shut down.  Sorry for ...

I would like to donate my laptop to another individual who is need of a
computer. I want to wipe off all of the information and programs that i have
contributed. Is there a way to restore the computer to like new status?

Every time I click on "Send Invitation" for remote
assistance in Windows XP the same message keeps on coming
up saying "A program could not start. Please try Again"
This is with OE and IE running complete with a broadband

Help me fast please i have an ather comuter whit xp.
I buyd it yestoday but i dont know the password on the
user. how do i change the pasword?? please help me i cant
logg in!

I loaded XP Home version, run updates and loaded service
pak 1. I wanted to load Microsoft Word and Microsoft
Publisher CD's I get a error thats say's no Shell.DLL
file. Had no problem in the past. I tried running from

I just installed XP. Previously I had Win98. I've been having
considerable problems with my CPU pegging at 100% usage. I want to boot
to safe mode, but can't seem to figure out how to do it. When I boot up
I don't get the boot menu that I got in Win98 that allowed me to select

I'm recovering from a system crash.  E-mails were saved
to a CD-RW.  How do I put them back so I can once again
access them from Outlook Express?  I'm using Windows XP.  
Anybody?

I upgraded from Windows ME to Windows XP last week and,
after a few problems and help from Microsoft Technical
Support, the system worked well. I then "activated" XP
and was immediately sent a system update to

A folder has just appeared on my desktop called    " %systemDrive%" can
anyone advise me to what it is?
Regards oxy

I have CD-RW disks that I previously used as small RW drives on my 98
computer. They were formated by INCD as UDF data and Win 98 treated them as
a data drive.
When I put them in my new XP computer I get a text message which basically

Until now I've used external speakers without problems.  Today, I had to
disconnect them, prior to a move.  But I can't seem to get the internal
speaker to take over.  How do I do so?

I bought a PC recently with windows XP home edition pre-installed on it. It
was so unstable that I decided to re-install xp home edition  from a CD I
had used on my previous PC. The product  key on the base of the PC was of
little use to me without the original  installation disk.

I use XP-pro at home and each family member (7) has their own user account.
To keep my disk drive free of unnecessary temporary internet files I run
clean-up regularly.  However, I noticed that this only cleans the files in
my user account.  It is very time consuming to go into each ...

I'm not sure if this is where this goes but I have to try.
I have an email with emoticons in it. I want to save this
email in MS word. I want it saved with the emoticons. How
can this be done so that it can be viewed with the