yes when i click on certain desktop items instead of opening it gives me a
search window   what happened and how do i fix this problem

A few days ago I installed SP2 and had no problems until yesterday. No
when I am on a site that opens another window (such as a game) th
status bar cuts off the bottom part of the window and I cannot see i
or use any buttons which may be there. How can I fix this

I am installing Windows XP on a friends computer. They have so muc
crap on it and it's so slow, basically they want to wipe the whol
thing and start again.
Their serial number is on the side of their machine but they do no

I've become interested in using DOS commands that I can access from
Start>Run>cmd.  I'm not sure if this is normal or full DOS or a modified
version that is available in this way.  I have seen some books and it seems
that the most up to date version of DOS is 6.22.  The books ...

I have windows XP home, in accessories, my brothers pc (also on xp home) has
option for disk defrag/ clean up and full system backup. Mine has defrag etc
but no backup. the only way I can backup files is by dragging them
individually to my CD writer program. Does anyone know how ...

Have questions about computers or other tech gadgets? Who doesn't?
Here's where I found help:
http://www.techtodayonline.com
This is from the same folks who in three months catapulted

Can anyone assist, please.
XP offers the opportunity to switch users without having to log off, with
programs still running.
About 6 months ago, I experienced a crash

Pls explain the purpose of decoder?   My HP dvd writer fails to to accept
more than one burn with MAGIX "Photostory on CD and DVD"  While
troubleshooting I received the notice "No decoder found"

I decided I needed to upgrade my Display card so I install a Gforce
4000 card. I then lost my sound so go to device settings and I find
that my sound card had a yellow flag. I then went and bought a new
sound card Sound blaster 24 bit to replace the 16 bit card. That took

The Zone Alarm program on my system alerted me that a program called bonjour
is trying to connect to the Internet. A Windows search found 2 folders
associated with this program:
In the Program Files folder there is a Bonjour folder that contains 2

A friend has just had a boot failure with Windows 2000 and his problem has
prompted me to ask what I'd do if I couldn't boot my laptop.  I recall in
the older systems, it was possible to create (or get hold of) floppies from
which it was possible to boot the computer.  Is it ...

How do I figure out what all the processes are that run in the background and
if I really need them?

I have 2 windows xp computers and one has a hard drive just big enough for
windows. Would I be able to install software on one and use it on the other.
If so, how. Thanks

several times already this happened.....
when i start my computer the red balloon button appears on the right hand
corner of my PC. when i go to the security center and click on windows
firewall this is what i get...

I am building a new small office system and after much research have decided
to format my hdd with separate partitions for OS, Documents and Settings,
Program Files, Temp files.
It seems that the traditional way to do this is to reset paths for each of