I have 2 machines with Windows XP-Pro (1 with SP-1 the Other Without).
I went into disk management and scheduled scandisk to run.
It told me that it would perform this on the next reboot.
So I ran shutdown/restart.

whether I use auto update of download directly from
Microsoft I get the following error when I try and
install updates.
"The softwarew you are installing has not passed Windows

To Whom It May Concern:
My wife keeps receiving this message, and the "patch.exe"
always checks out as containing the
            "W32dumaru@mm"

After upgrading to XP Pro from XP Home, some services
cannot be started, they start and then immeadiately stop.
These are third party services and not native windows
services. Has anyone seen something similiar and has there

I have been testing EFS and its recovery as throughly as
possible before implementing it, and I ran into an
unexpected condition.
If I successively export the same unchanged certificate

I am running XP pro and recently it is running very slow
and I occassionally get the message that windows virtual
memory is low. I have doubled the default memory, but it
still happens. What is likely to be the cause of this and

I have a message come up that a vorus has been found in
  c:\windows\system32\win32server.exe
The virus quoted is BKDR_HACKARMY.B.  My virus checker
has tried to clean the virus but cannot do so.  Does any

I have just purchased a firewire external hard drive.
Everything was ok until i used it on a different computer
and then tried it back on my pc. Now it says that i
cannot access this drive, it says. so and so drive

What are the security implications of a dual boot system running Windows XP
& Windows XP.
The first installation is locked down with Group Policy such that the user
can do little to change the configuration & the user does not have

i just got my comp working again and its doing the same
thing...multipule winhotfixes are appearing in the
add/remove programs...a couple programs have been
installed allso with out my consent...

I restarted my computer after removing a virus but now a
window keeps popping up System shutdown - shut down
initiated by NT Authority/System.  The system must restart
becuse the Remote Procedure Call (RPC) service terminated

I can't uninstall or install anything b/c anytime I do a message saying:
"The Windows Installer Service could not be accessed..." pops up.  I am the
Administrator of a Windows XP Professional system.  I wanted to download the
windows Installer executable installer, but I can't find ...

Norton found a virus in my machine but it will not let me
delete it, Quarintine it, or clean it. I am geting flooded
with pop ups, script errors, Internet Explorer pop up
messages even when I am not signed on to the internet. I

it cant read the key inside it says unable to read file it
may be corrupt or bad path waht should i do cause i cant
save my usernames/pw for the internet!!

How many systems can you use the same product key on ?
I own several systems and in the past i bought an os for
each one .i want to know if i have been short changing
myself by doing this or could i have used my os on more