In this new installation of XP Pro an icon for MS security is on the
system tray and is constaltly popping up a bubble telling me to turn on
auto-updating (and unless I do my system is going to die the death of a
rag baby and never live to see the back of its neck).  How can I get ...

I've read that when you install XP you will be asked to activate it.  That
never came up.
I've read that you can choose to activate through the Start menu.  It
doesn't show anywhere.

If anyone is out there can you tell me how to get clip art without
downloading them.  I'm helping my daughter with a project

After my DVD/CD ROM drive suddenly disappeared (code 37) I followed the
troubleshooting ideas per device manager, i.e., removed and reinstall the
drive but the problem remained.  However, if I run in safe-mode the drive
reappears. I believe that indicates that I have a conflict ...

gday all,yeah when using IE after right clicking,the resulting menu used to
have a 'similar pages' function.ive no longer got the ability after having to
do a reinstall for unrelated problems.how do i get this useful function
again.???   cheers.

Everytime I try to delete a particular file I am told: “Cannot delete file:
The file name you specified is not valid or too long. Specify a different
file name.” When I right click I get a “Open Open with Send to” but nothing
else.

New to this group,and new to Windows XP,Media Center,2005.The OS is
on a month old Dell XPS 410.The isuue that I will try to describe has
not been able to be fixed by Dell on Call tech support nor by the XPS
hardware support people.We have been trying for the past three

My thanks to those who replied to my post and suggested several ways to
solve the problem.
It has now been resolved and I thought others may be interested to learn
how.

I am new to computing (never used a computer.
i have windows xp.
I cannot get any icons or anything that will put me in the right direction
for word prossesing, ive clicked every icon i have come accross but dont seem

I currently have a Win 2K Pro system that I had hoped I
wouldn't have to upgrade, but there is a software package
I want to purchase that runs on XP and above.  So
I have some questions...

Someone sent me a document as a attachment to an email. Upon
downloading, there seems to be no program in my computer to allow me to
open it. When it goes to Microsoft Word, it opens with a jumble of
letters and numbers. What might I need, and where can I get it?

New to this group,and new to Windows XP,Media Center,2005.The OS is
on a month old Dell XPS 410.The isuue that I will try to describe has
not been able to be fixed by Dell on Call tech support nor by the XPS
hardware support people.We have been trying for the past three

Every time I reboot, about when my taskbar is 3/4 activated, I hear an audio
that says something that sounds to me like "Hard tail plus has loaded".  I
haven't the foggiest idea of what it's trying to tell me and if anybody can
enlighten me, I'd appreciate an email response to ...

I have XP Home Edition with all the requisite MS upgrades installed but
within the last few days my computer will not turn off or restart when I go
to START \ TURN OFF COMPUTER in the usual way.
I am always online (high speed connection) but would like to turn it off

I have been looking for help i cannot sign in to msn mail as the message
keeps coming up (unable to connect to the socks proxy server. ok i have
checked my proxy server and the is no address in there could any one tell me
what address am i looking for to put in there i have got ...