why are there alot of games that won't work with vista

With Windows XP Home Edition, when I attempt to back up my files and I choose
the backup destination as (CD Drive E:)  E:\Backup.bkf  
But it will not accept the file name.
I have tried my DVD Drive as (Drive D:) as  D:\Backup.bkf   -- same results.

Which windows software is the most secure?

I am the only user and I want to stop the all 'my .......' folders that seem
to be default settings. Could someone throw some light on this for me. I did
try and delete them only to find other folders AND files were gone. Maybe I
have overlooked something. I been trying to work ...

For years now, I have been using a second hard drive in a carrier that
replaces the DVD drive, which slides out to accomodate several other
devices.  This device is always in that slot, except on the very rare
occasion that I need either a floppy or CD drive, where I slide out

I'm trying to back up my ThinkPad T30 before installing XP Service Pack 3, as
the installation instructions suggest.  Unfortunately, while I've been able
to back up the C: hard drive's files to a USB drive, I can't create a D:
recovery partition or an ASR "system settings" disk ...

My two computers (office and home) run WinXP Pro SP3 and IE8.
When I open http://en.wikipedia.org on my office computer, everything look
OK and normal .  No problem.
But when I open the same http://en.wikipedia.org  on my home computer, the

My system has lots of different fonts, but only seven or eight are
available with my e-mail.  Is there a way to get more e-mail fonts available?

I have a huge file(of size ~6GB). It is residing on my PC's NTFS drive,
My system is Windows XP SP2.
When I try to copy the file to a USB disk, which is formatted as FAT32 -
then it gives me error as "There is no enough disk space available"

I am unable to restore to a prior date.  I've tried to repair system restore
using the install disc but no joy.  The message given..."Your computer cannot
be restored to (the date).  No changes have been made to your computer."  I'm
using XP SP2.

I got a Verbatum 32 GB flashdrive, which came in fat32 format.
In order to handle larger files, I already re-format it in NTSF.
My question is about pros and cons for formatting NTSF on flashdrive.
Is there any possible pitfall for using NTSF-formatted flashdrive?  Jorge

At present programs in Startup open in the wrong order (One program requires
another to have been started previously).  How do I control the order in
which programs start up?
Thanks.

Is it possible to collect a number of .bmp files together into a gallery.  I
would like to view these files sequentially instead of having to open each
one individually.
Thanks.

What are the symptoms?
Virus?
Have scanned system using MS Security Essentials and found nothing

On startup Desktop icons revert to auto arrange and Quick Launch is not
enabled.  Running Windows XP.
This started happening after I did a chkdsk via My Computer/right click
on the C drive, selected Properties, selected the tools tab, and clicked