I am wondering if it is possible to change the name of a user folder in
'Documents and Settings/User'? I have changed the name of the account in
"User Accounts" but the user folder is the same old name...

I gave my wifes new laptop a password to log-on, and it won't let us on. We
have tried everything, every possible password we can think of. Is there a
way to overide the password?

xp pro sp2 ie6--spent last several nights trying to get rid of
(winserver,optimizer,wsem dll and others. these ads installed themselves
through ie into ie browser add on, control panel and registry. how do i stop
this? how do i know if i got rid of all of them?

My computer crashed and I lost the cover for the windows xp cd so now that
makes it impossible to reinstall it without having some code that is on the
outside of the packaging. could someone please help me??

I just bought a second hand laptop, and would like to format the hard drive
and install a fresh copy of windows XP prof.  How do i do this?  I tried just
inserting the windows cd and doing a fresh install, however it would not
install on to the hard drive because "the selected ...

Hi I have tried installing xp and it's fine until there is 34 minutes left to
go, then suddenly it freezes. Can anyone help please.

As recommended earlier in this NG, I downloaded and ran the Stinger
anti-virus/trojan (I already have AVG). But it (Stinger) does not have an
update feature. Does that mean that it should be deleted after use and not
be kept in my download files, and do a fresh download everytime it ...

I have recently set up a new machine with XP for my wife. Present
computer is running 98SE. What is the best way to transfer all
settings and folders from the old machine to the new machine?

I have a Brother HL1230 on which prints come out as if the paper is slightly
grey.  I have cleaned the Corona wire without any improvement.
Has anyone an idea of what to do to clear this problem please?
Regards.

Last night I upgraded my Windows ME to XP.  Ever since, I have no sound on my
computer.  When playing a CD or MP3 file in Media Player, if you turn the
sound up all the way, you can make out the faint sound of static that
coincides with the beat of the song playing.  Other than ...

When using iis in Win98se, I could access a Personal Web Manager screen
where I can change the default page to index.asp index.html etc etc.  It is
located in the systems directory under inetsrv\pws.exe
Where do I find this in Win XP Pro?   I have the server running OK but can't

hi...
  i'm a Windows XP professional User. i was wondering whether i can switch
on my laptop without having to go through the login page?i want my OS to
start up automatically..is that possible?i can't seem 2 find any option 2 do

## W.E. wont keep the folder settings such as keeping my photo folders set
to Thumbnails.
I got this from some NG here:
Why doesn't Windows keep my folder settings?

Hi, I just bought 15x Blank DVD+RW from Tesco, they are MR.DVDs that they
have just started selling. I wanted these to copy just over 50Gb of files n
stuff so I can format my hard drive. But for some reason I am unable to send
anything to the DVD Rom while these DVDs are in. It ...

helping a friend with XP Home ed.  This is a hard one that i haven't run
into before.
he was attempting to get rid of spyware.  had to turn Restore off.  Then
he tried to delete lingering files in a folder per instruction. Couldn't