I installed SP2 from the cd, now all of the pop up information boxes & fonts
are so small I can barely read them.  How do I enlarge these?  The font size
in Outlook is really small, need to enlarge all of this.  Help!  This older
person can't see very well.

Thanks to all that reply.
Thanks to Forum input, I now have a dual boot system from
2 hard drives (ME on C: drive and XP Home Ed. on D:).  I
am using the Dual Boot Menu to select OS on start-up.

before i install sp2 should uninstall sp1 and all hot fixes for it or can i
install it or is it not worth it. thank you r

what is a clean install and how do i perform this thank yo
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MINDYLEA

My desktop PC locked up during XP SP2 install. The System
Information window shows that SP2 has been installed, but
the MS Installation Log says it failed. I can't find
where to re-install XP SP2 from - Windows Update says my

When I look at the "Program Tree" with XP, there seems to be a trmendous
amount  of duplications show up ... this seems confusing when trying to load
or locate a particular program or documents.  The same program, folder,
files, etc are stored and scattered trought the directroy.

I really hope that I don't sound like too much of an idiot here...  :)
I have a Dell that's a couple of years old, that was running on Windows
Professional 2000.  I really like using my friends' XP, so I installed XP on
my computer.  I followed the directions, and I'm not really ...

hi all, i'm asking if any1 here knows y this has happened 2 my comp. i don't
really know much about computers so any help would b muchly appreciated.
anyway, when i signed into my account 2day, the whole thing jus froze and i
couldn't do anything, then i restarted th comp and it ...

when trying to install software i am getting an error message saying that the
nt system cannot install programs in dos or windows. window title says error:
subsystem16 and in the box is c:\windows\system32\ntautoexe. need some
ideas,i ran out.

Is there a list of the "utilities"(?), with description of purpose and how to
use them, that can be executed thru the "Run" screen of the main menue ? Is
there more than just "regedit" or "drwtsn32" ?

I'm a TOTAL newbie to XP - but not too bad at the older stuff, so please
bear with me.  Upgraded to XP from WinME.
Downloaded and installed the new Service Pack 2 and immediately noticed that
it disabled my (generic) E-IDE 56x CD-ROM - although it didn't bother my

does anyone here knows if there is a Zone Alarm News group?
Thanks for any info.
Doc

The following question has been asked before by another correspondent but I
don't think it has been answered satisfactorily.  I would welcome a response
from one of those helpful and authoritative MVPs.
Since installing SP2, the Welcome Screen no longer shows my name - i.e.to

I was asked if there is any difference in the way sp2 uninstalls depending
on how it was installed.
Can sp2 be uninstalled if it is installed off the update page?   I know it
can be uninstalled if installed using the download or off the MS disk.

I must to change from win xp pro to win xp home. I lost one of my hard disc.
well it appear without problem but in hardware administrator but i don have
icon. it don´t exist. i need recover it without lost information. please
somebody help me