How can I tell which CD rom is set for master and which one is set for slave
I had some trouble with my DVD/CD burning and I was told to make sure that
the DVD/CD burner is set to master.

whoever started that can reply if they wanna.Microsoft got nothing to
do with it.Harry gets along with everybody.

I removed the McFee virus protection that was pre loaded on my Dell PC
as it had expired as it only came with a 90 day free trial offer, now I
get two annoying Icons that say that McFee virus scan online can not be
found and that the Security Center also, to reinstall, I can not as ...

Just installed sp2 and now get repeated restarts, cannot find a patch that
resolves.
any suggestions??
John M.

i have recently visited a view sites and when i close internet explorer down
my desktop has a warning message asking you to download spyware programmes.
i have run my virus checker but this finds nothing. when you right click on
desktop it comes up with the normal list however if ...

how do i get rid of wrong addresses in my browser?

I use Windows XP Professional SP2 which is in a Windows 2000 domain.
Is there a way to have the files that are in this year display a different
color?
For example:  Files in 2005 are all colored blue and the rest are black?

I have had a new XP machine at home for a week, and it has come preloaded
with a Norton firewall as well as a standard XP firewall.
I know nothing about these things, but when I tried to connect to my ISP's
provided personal web pages that I use (pages where I put .htm files etc.) ,

What is the difference in End Process & End process tree,These option are
displayed in the task manager in the process Tab when we right clic any
process.
Also how the priority setting can be helpfull .

I have just installed a Soundblaster 24 Live soundcard and expected
Windows XP Professional to pick it up on a reboot.  It hasn't, so I
disabled the AC97 sound function from the Motherboard in BIOS and tried
a reboot.  Still no detection of the new hardware.  Has anyone got any

I am running xp pro on a laptop dell inpirion 1100---I was watching a movie
in quicktime and my battery went dead shutting down my laptop.  Now when i
open quicktime it refuses to open and i am asked to send an error report.  
    I have uninstalled and reinstalled quicktime ...

please help me with this problem
it is driving me nuts
when i try to open my document or click on a movie clip
this error pops up

cant seem to switch users .... have been in control panel and user accounts
and clicked Use Fast User Switching to be on but it wont acknowledge it when
i apply options

after upgrading to service pack 2, there is a bugging prompt which always
pops up saying that "cannot read configuration file" What is the relevance of
this mesage and how could I eliminate it ?

I have been unable to remove Earthlink Total Access 2004 from Add or Remove
Programs in Control Panel.  I complete the process and get a pop-up
indicating the removal was successful.  However, after re-starting, this
program still appears in my directory with lots of sub-folders ...