pressing ctrl alt del brings up a semi-task manager
window. When i place the pointer near it, it dissapears.
Please help

Every day I run automatic Windows Update, and every day I
get an error message "Updates were unable to be
successfully installed - Critical Update for Windows XP
Media Center Edition 2004 (KB838358)"

while on line I used to enjoy games at Gamesville.com.
when you go to a game site, you must still connect to a
game room or "town" to play. After you choose your room,
or just push play now it goes to a second screen with an

0X77f51d24 reference memory at0X00000000 the memory could
not be written click ok to terminate click cancel to debug
I constantly get this error message when I try to use
certain software.

Please, I need to know how to back up my computer to
yesterday. I just downloaded SP2 and I regret it so bad.
It used to take less then a minute to restart, now it
takes about 5. It's blocking pop ups on site even though

when i tried to run a disk i got an error message saying
c;\windows\system32\autoexec.nt the system file is not
suitable for runniong MS-DOS and microsoft windows
applications.

Iwas updating new info when a security notice poped up
and said it can't update because It has been replaced by
unrecognized version.....How do I fix it?

you kno whats funny is htat all over the inernet i
see "prepare for windows xp service pack 2" but yet i
allready have it lol osrry just had to share that

Hi, I recently got a laptop from school to use during my
school year. I looked around on my laptop early and I
found out that Windows automatic update detected that I
did not have service pack 1 so I installed it. Now I have

Just laoded SP2 onto a brand new computer,I mean I just
bought it today at walmart,out of the box.Hooked it up
turned it on and started to register everything,then the
auto updates started to load the SP 2,I thought cool,then

When I first boot up my computer it goes to scan disk and
if I do not hit a key it will run scan disk for 3 hours.
If i hit a key before the 10 seconds is up everything is
happy and xp runs fine...Help

When i try to enable my firewall i get this error
message, An error occurred while internet connection
sharing was being enabled. The dependency service or
group failed to start. Any help?

my friend put xp on an hp that cannot support the system
at all.  we cannot get rid of it.  we cannot get to dos or
reformat or load a different system.  what can we do?

When I try and use disk cleanup (my computer, right-click
hard drive, properties, disk cleanup), the message box
says it is checking to see how much space I can clear,
but it just stops after a few seconds and never

Last week I bought a new computer.  Windows XP home/128
Ram/40 GB hard Drive with 6 GB used space so it is still
pretty empty.  The problem is that the programs
(WORD/Outlook/IE/whatever....) all seem to open slow.