help i am having a problem with my RPC (remote procedure
call) it is doing a system shutdown for no apparent
reason! please how do i fix this problem and keep it fixed
thx.

I'm doing a long-overdue cleanup/format/reinstall of everything on my wife's
computer running XP Pro. It originally had ME OEM. Anyway, my question is as
follows:
I want to make 3 partitions on a 40GB HD -  C for Windows, D for program

Hi, can anyone help with this one please?
I have a toshiba satellite laptop with xp home ed. Atfer
the machine has been on for about 20 mins, it shuts down
for no apparent reason. I have checked for virus'

I am using Windows XP professional. In my administrator
login, my taskbar and desktop icons have completely
disappeared. All I see is an empty desktop with only the
wallpaper. The right click doesnt work. I think one of the

I have 2 hard drives in my computer, one has the system software and the other is completely blank.  How do I transfer info from the main hard drive to the other on a weekly basis so in-case of a hard drive failure I have saved all my info.
Thanks for any help.

help, everytime i start up the computer in displays these
messages, c
;WINNT\dllreg.exe, c:\WINNT\system32\vxdmgr32.exe, if i
push ok they go away, now i have a new message that keeps

I just reinstalled XP on my computer, formatted the whole
drive and all that fun stuff, but now XP wants me to log
in every single time I start my computer.  I am the only
user on the computer, and I am the admin, so shouldn't it

Does anyone know why when I try to enter my administrator
password in windows repair it won't accept it?  What
password does it want?

My PC has been crashign every now and again.  I've got rid
of a series of Errors listed in the Eent viewer under the
Aplications section with the source "True vector Engine" -
apparently due to Zone Alarm, which haven't reappeared.  

Ok, here's the deal
Running XP Home, upgraded from ME...
Recently downloaded some updates from microsoft, including a graphics driver.  After download, graphics started hanging.  At same time, I updated my BIOS.  Ultimately, my system wouldn't boot to xp.  it would get to the blue ...

       I was haveing problems with my cpu useage (always at 100%)
A process CONTROL.EXE was useing 99%. I have restarted my computer twice
and now i have a process UQDPT.EXE useing  99% of my cpu.
Do i have a virus? Just completed a complete virus sacn but nothing was reveled

is it good maintenance practice to delete (from software
and programs group in control panel) previously installed
hotfix updates still listed (may be 10 to 12 updates
listed) and keep only the most recent?

I recently reformatted my hard drive, and after reinstalling all the stuff I wanted, I noticed that boot times were considerably longer and also when I tried to start up programs once booted up, those would take longer as well. So my three questions are:
First, should I be asking ...

I am not able to get software to load in my xp home 2002.  Can't even get McAfee to install.  Can anyone give me some advice?  Can't get windows update either, since early 2003
Thanx Mary

Where can I get Windows XP 5.1.2600 Service Pack 1 to
install on windows XP Professional. I was trying to
install Symantec's Norton SystemWorks 2003 and recieved
this message as part of a long error code. I've done