I have windows xp home edition 5.1.2600 and am signed up
for automatic updates.  I don't know if that is working
correctly, but it isn't my issue, just for background
information.

My son's laptop came with XP Pro pre loaded and the administrator
account and password (only) available at startup. He used this method
for a few weeks, setting his desktop up in the process, with a number of
files and folders on the desktop. Yesterday, he created an account in

Would like to add faxing component. Error message says please insert SP2 CD.
When purchased there was only one CD (from university bookstore). On Cd says
Wxp professional w/SP2. Does with mean SP/2 is on the CD or on a 2nd CD? This
happens whether I try to load from the "setup ...

Whenever i switch users, i just switch and dont log off the other.  But then
when i try to go to the other user it flashes and then comes back to the user
welcome screen.  It doesnt let me run two different users simultaneously.  
Please help.   Thank you.

I have only just bought myfirst computer and was told to install the printer
using the cd. when i plugged the printer into the pc it auto started
installing. I cancelled this and then just installed it via the cd. I can
print and everything but every single time I switch the ...

My Windows Virtual DOS Machine (NTVDM) subsystem doesn't work. There I can't
run MS-DOS or any other 16-bit Windows-based programs.
I discovered the problem is that the AUTOEXEC.NT file required to run these
types of programs is missing from the C:\WINNT\SYSTEM32 folder.

I just bought a used IBM Thinkpad 600 series from my office. They pulled
everything off of it before selling it, including the operating system. I
bought Windows XP, but when I put it in the CD drive, it just sits there. A
little diagram comes up on the screen that indicates I'm ...

Even though I am not signed on to Windows Messenger - people can still see me
and send me messages.  How can this be stopped?  This is what I have done
from info I have obtained from these news grouops....Windows
Messenger/Tools/Options/Preferences and have Unchecked "Run this ...

HI !____ there is a popup every so often on this computer XP-Pro running SP1
and is propertied to come from the messenger service__I am told that there
is a virus or spyware and have to download a patch from www.patchnow.net__
and another web site www.spw2c.com   this is a ...

Please help me

I just bought a new IBM T42 with Windows XP preinstalled. I would like to do
a clean reinstall the whole operating system WinXP with a CD without any IBM
software on it. However, it is against IBM policy to provide such a Win XP
CD. A friend of mine told me that in the past with ...

I have WindowsXP/Home on an e-machines computer. For the past three days
e-mail won't open on the computer. As I have my e-mail as an additional
user on MSNTV, I can open MSN mail on MSNTV but not on my computer.
I just discovered today that when I click on Inbox folder on e-mail on

my log on screen instead of having a list of the user accounts is no
changed to where you have to type in your name and passoword!! how ca
i change this back
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I recently downloaded SP2 and have encountered problems.  I also recently
downloaded Error Guard out of curiosity.  I ran a scan of my computer with
Error Guard and it found 286 errors. About 210 of them were "Exhaustive
Registry Check" errors. Can someone tell me what this is ...

I recently replaced my Win/ME PC with a new one running Win/XPHome.  The old
pc had a logitech quickcam express camera attached to it via a usb 1 port
and worked just fine. However, when I tried to install the camera on my new
pc (usb 2) it doesn't get recognised. Downloaded the ...