A friend's computer (Win XP - fairly new system from
DELL) had a problem with freezing up (about six months
ago) and called for help from DELL.
The help person had my friend reinstall Win XP (over the

I have a desk top PC running XP Home Edition and a Lap top
running XP Professional. I am preparing to 'Strip' both
computers and re-install the XP OS on both of them. Do I
need to re-activate the OS for each of them as before? If

Each time I start up the PC I mysteriously get the
System32 folder displayed on the screen. Something is
opening it or trying yo alter something in it on startup
but for the life of me I can't find it. Neither can my

I keep up the 4 computers in my office. Only one has Win
XP, the only one in the office without access to the
internet. Because of fear, this is the computer with all
the financial files for the business therefore the owners

I have started having my computer reboot involuntarily and
usually at the worst possible time.  Once it starts, it
continues about every hour for a period and then becomes
more frequent.

And should you be able to read this:
Set up Outlook Express (at least) to read the newgroups. There is a how-to
here: http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/expertzone/newsgroups/setup.asp
You will have far less problems than when using the web interface, which

i have several partitions, one of which is for temp files called T:\ and is
500mb in size.
i am getting a problem with system restore suspending itself on all drives
and reporting that there is not enough disk space on one of the drives,

Hey,
Can anyone give me a flippen clue on how to totally
format my hard drive?
XP doesn't seem to do it, I have tried with the Install

The spell check in my Outlook express wont' work.  In
doing research, I find I am missing the Csapi3t1.dll file
in the Proof file.  How can I find Csapi3t1.dll file to
add to the proof folder.

i have this error while i was using registry mechinc.
eror is as follows,
*language item costom control error
*language item software location error

Hi , Finally managed to track down a copy of the now
Discontinued BootVis.exe utility.  I got it thinking i
could monitor and then optimize my boot times but when
ever i run it it says it has Timed out and that i have to

Every time I sign on (Compaq Presario with Windows XP) I
get a window that says something to the effect
the "CPQEAM is missing a component" then "Please
reinstall Easy Access Software". I have no clue what this

When going on line the operator says I am conncted but the site will not open and I get an error messge saying I have a seeious roblem and to shut down. I called hp and they say it is a browser problem and can be fixed with tech help. Need instructions as have had many op ups and ...

So recently I just wanted to keep up with the maintenance
of my computer because I have a lot of files on my
computer. So I figured to free up some space and whatnot,
I would defrag my hard drive, simple you would think..

How do I remove my name from the system properties?Going
to sell one of my XP's,I've done a destuctive restore,but
it's still there.I have a H/P that has a partitioned
drive that didn't come with the disc.Have to call H/P to