I need to repair my XP Home installation using the recovery console.
But I cannot logon to the installed system. When the recovery console
starts there is noch choice to log on and the command "logon" only
produces a blank line.

Hi group,
I've been having problems with worms lately and they have really messed up my harddrive. I wish to format the drive (I only have the one) and then partition it. One partition for XP Pro and the other for my Data.
First question: How do I format the harddrive? I went into ...

Hi I have run defrag from Microsoft Windows XP and twice
I ve ruined my hard disk....a technician told me its
because the hard drive was too large (40gig) and that
hard drives over 40 gig should not be defragged as they

I have had my system for approximately one year. I am
suddenly having a problem with extended wait times after
a windows shortcut is clicked to activate various
programs. It first became noticeable while logging onto

A new tool bar popped up called "Mirar".  I can't get rid of it.  I go to view in toolbars and it isn't there.  A toolbar does come up called "Compaq 6330" but when I try and get rid of it it won't let me uncheck.  How do I get rid of this mirar toolbar!!!

My domain consists of a mixture of Win XP, 2000 and legacy
Win 98 pcs. Most seem to be able to connect to shared
directory's without problems but a laptop that has been
returned from overseas and is now connected to the domain

I have WinXP-Pro installed and running well in my PC with 40GB HDD
then I want to make it dual boot with DOS
I resize my HDD with PartitionMagic: C=20GB (WinXP-Pro), D=20GB (DOS)
the problem is: how to make WinXP-Pro recognized that the new partition (bootable DOS created AFTER ...

I've been trying to do a disk cleanup and the program
seems to stall at the "scanning - compress old files". I
let this run for about 9 hours and still did not get past
this point. What could br the problem and solution?.

I used to have a volume display at the bottom of the
desktop in Green bars. Now its gone and I'd like to get
it back. can someone help?

I cannot open my display properties. Everything else works
fine. I have tried going through control panel and right
clicking. Any ideas as to why this is happening and what I
can do to resolve the issue? The operating system is

MS IE6 Content Advisor has been set (not by ME) with a
'hint' of "old".  Is this some sort of spyware? I have
Spybot and AdAware and run scans regularly.  Where is
the password file stored so I can clean this up?

We have a peer-peer network with a win xp pro acting as a "server" which
holds all documents for us. All "clients" are win xp except one which is win
ME. The problem is if we try to search the "server" files by name on the ME
machine then it is quite fast but if we do the same thing ...

when i try to start my computer it immediately crashes
and will not start, any advice.

I just did a format C and now my system keeps shutting down. I can work on my desktop for 5-8 minutes and then an error message appears and says it is a RPC error and must end. It then counts down from 60 seconds to 0 and restarts. How do I stop this
Thanks in advance for any help

i'm trying to run disk defrag on windows xp and it tell me
i don't have enough space and i have 1.5 gb free it tells
me i have 11 mb open and it takes 15 mb to run defrag
it also says i might have some reserved space how do i