I was recently infected with spyware virus. After 5 1/2 hrs with MSN support
I'm up and running and clean again, expect for a couple of things. 1/ When I
click start up menu, the all programs tab has disappeared? 2/ Internet
Explorer, won't allow add ons and using the tools, ...

i just bought a game for my PC and i was looking for cheats for it. the only
cheat i could find for it was one that said something about using a command
line parameter. how do i do that?

anyway to make the destop icons larger in xp home other than the
resolution setting?
thanks

plz, can you kindly enlighten me on files format likes mp3,wav,wma,wmv,mpeg
files and others.

I've just got DSL and wanted to share with another pc for net
browsing/ surfing.
I m using windows xp and shared file sharing and printing system but
failed to connect for browsing.

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Not sure if this is a Windows problem or not.
Googling "double click"+"caps lock" gives no answers.
I'm running Windows XP SP3, but it has also happened with SP2.
I have  Logitech wireless  S-510  keyboard and LX5 mouse combination.

I've got a nagging ploblem with a wmiprvse.exe application error.  It keeps
popping up saying
    "the exception Illegal Instruction
     An attempt as made to execute an illeagal instruction

Where could I find instructions to do this?  I have the W2K reinstall CD that
came with the computer, and a new XP Pro upgrade from MS.  I'm just not sure
how to accomplish the clean install.
Thanks,

I have a hard disk (installed with Windows XP) which is formatted to FAT32.
I would like it formatted to NTFS.  Is it possible to effectively change the
format without the bother of re-installing everything from scratch?  I was
thinking of something like cloning the hard disk to ...

I installed sp3 by IE Tools/Windows Updates, and it went smoothly. After
rebooting I  bring up a DOS box (start/run/cmd). The commands in the DOS box
work (including exit!). But when I click the X on the upper right of the box,
it does not close, the way it did before sp3. On all ...

I have a 6-year old WinXP desktop that has been running perfectly since I
bought it. It has the original Logitech M-BD58 mouse.  Now, about once a day,
when I go to close any program...whether it be Notepad, Firefox, OE, etc.,
the mouse pointer will freeze. There seems to be  hard ...

The past year each time I restart Windows XP it scans files and takes 8 min.
before I can start using any program.  Is this normal?  How can I skip this
if it is optional?
I am not very fimiliar with computer terminology so please keep it simple if

Running xp pro. Tried windows update, which recommended updating to sp2. Gets
halfway thru with the installation then quits with a access is denied
message. Have tried the steps at http://support.microsoft.com/kb/313222/ and
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us ...

To partition a second HDD, I read that it can be done in either of two ways.
A Primary partition plus an extended partition with logical partitions. Or
with no Primary partition and just an extended partition with logical
partitions.