The last 2 weeks XP Professional will not completely shut down after getting
to the point of saving my settings. The cursor will still work, but it will
not cut off unless I do it manually. Once I got a sgtray.exe error message. I
have service pack 2 plus latest upgrades via ...

Hi everyone out there in cyberworld. i will be reinstalling my windows xp -
home edition and would like to know if there are any pitfalls i should look
out for... i will be loading all pertinent files onto a back up disc... this
will be my first attempt at this operation.. wish ...

The control, alt, delete function does not work. The keys work fine
separately but nothing happens when they are pressed together. Is there a way
to turn that function on and off?

I have a domain with dozens of Windows XP Pro PC's.
The users log on to the domain.
When they logon the batch file logon.bat is run.
I want to put something is this file which will defrag the users C: drives

hello :D
a friend of mine is having a problem with his comp rebooting for no reason
,he thought it was software based prob ,so he wanted to try a reinstall of
xp. i think it might be hardware based and told him to have power supply

Hello, My d drive says it cannot be defragged because it only has 5% free
space. Why is that, the computer is brand new.

I'm running Windows XP Home Edition + SP2 on a Dell Inspiron 8600 laptop. I
badly need to defragment my hard drive for the first time. Do I need to
switch off or suspend any programs running in the background first,
anti-virus etc., and/or my broadband connection? During normal ...

I have been receiving a recent notice that my windows XP is not registered
nor authentic. I still have the box and the product number on it from when it
was installed. How do I fix this - I am a computer novice.

I started my compter one day and it went blank. Then, it showed an error
message that stated: <Windows root>\system32\hal.dll is corrupted or missing,
please reinstall the file. I need to know how to either fix this file, or how
to reinstall it into the system32 folder.

Having just left my husband, I have taken charge of our computer. I was just
trying to update to SP2 this morning, and have now found out that the copy of
Windows XP I've been using isn't genuine! I'm assuming my ex-husband knew
full well that it's not, but didn't feel the need ...

When I "right click" on the "all Programs" list nothing happens.
My mouse right click works OK on everything else.
???

I use Windows XP Pro. I notice that on some websites (like a Caribbean
Cruise ship) it offers for a given picture "enlarge". When I use that I see
on the left of the screen very, very briefly a pop up window, which then
immediately closes again.

I have the problem described in KB 842520 searches, of very slow booting and
HDD access caused by a buggy atapi driver in XP SP2.  I can not find a
download source for this hotfix any where on the MS support pages, and do not
want to pay a support charge for e-mail or telephone ...

I have been getting error messages upon startup stating the following .DLL
files aren't recognized by Windows XP.  There are a total of 5 files:
example:  C:\Program Files\faxqvmea\rzmldj1v.DLL
I've searched for the .exe file faxqvmea on the internet, microsoft and have

I have a red circle with a white X in the middle that I can't get rid of.
Every 45 secs. or so a message pops up that says:  
(Your computer is infected.
Windows has detected spyware infection.