Windows XP Home Edition SP1
I'm finally going to update to SP2.  I understand it has a built in
firewall.  I use Zone Alarm Free edition now.  I think the SP2 firewall and
Zone Alarm conflict.  I'm inclined to disable the SP2 firewall after

\when I looked at Control Panel > Performance & maintenance, there used to
be four folders:  Administrative Tools, Power Options, System and  Scheduled
Tasks.   The scheduled Tasks folder is missing.  I have no idea when it was
missing.   Anyway, could someone tell me how to ...

Hi! Im having a bit of a problem activating my windows. The thing is while
waiting for my adsl modem to arrive the 30 day activation period expired. So
I don´t have an internet connection on the computer in question. I live in
Iceland which doesn´t have a toll free number to call ...

i was have a choice to switch in my control panel fron classic view to
category view.When i update my pc i lost that choice and showing
folders in "my computer" had been changed too.I try to restore the
system but i faild.Is there a way to get it back?

What went wrong? I installed Windows XP and now all my previous FOLDERS are
there but they are empty. I was able to locate all my old stuff in "my
computer"->c:->windows->desktop-> "mom". Folders containing pictures, music,
science reports, etc. All are empty.  What to do?

Can someone please tell me what error 50 is and wheather or not  i can fix
this problem?
Thank you

Using Windows Update, I installed XP SP2, and now am having a minor
problem.
Before the upgrade, in the system tray at bottom right, the icon for a
hard wired ethernet connection was an icon with two minature computer

I have XP Pro and I would say that in the last 5 or 6 days, after I sign into
Windows and it is loaded, the Help & Support window keeps popping up.  This
is more annoying than anything but how do I stop it from doing this?  
Thank you.

I recently went into the Control Panel's "Add or Remove Programs
selection and found two programs that I never used.  They were Java2
Runtime Environment SEv 1.4.2_05 and 1.4.2_06 ... each of those
programs were using over 105 megs of hard disk space and I wanted to

Does anyone know anything about the program on the desktop called microsoft
interactive training? I have tried to use it, but the topics don't play any
sound or anything. HELP?!

when i first purchased my computer, i customized the welcome screen to say
"log back on to **** and ****'s computer" when I "woke" it up from stand by.
**** and I are no longer together and I want to remove that message from the
welcome screen. how do I do that?

No help from other XP group so trying experts here.
When changing pages or any other online update I am briefly seeing a small
page with a "do not enter" type circle over it briefly replacing my cursor.
Actually I believe the page has already displayed prior to it appearing.

Thanks Bert, that did the trick!  I had to think about how to login in
Safe Mode, but I figured it out (msconfig).
-Mike
Bert Kinney Wrote:

When I try to go to my control panel, it pops up with a error that says...
"Windows Explorer has encountered a problem and needs to close.  We are
sorry for the inconvenience." ...i then has a button to send a error report.
I have run Norton virus and spyware removal and it didn't ...

I'm trying to run Cleanboot from a CD-Rom but don't know how to
Could I have some help please?
Do you need any information?
Thanks