I have tried all means to enable/disable the built-in
firewall; I don't have any of the "advanced" tabs and I
cannot find anyplace that will let me even view whether it
is enabled or not; and yes, I am the administrator of this

Good morning...
running a clean instal copy of XP Pro, this morning an
error message appeared stating that scan disk and such
had to run at log-in. After it started (no way to stop

I have a small DOS based program that was written for me
by a local programmer. It makes use of a Microsoft file
called emm386.exe. I used Windows 98 2nd edition and this
worked well.

I can no longer right-click the tab for System Recovery, or run
rstrui.exe without getting an immediate error message.:
Faulting application rstrui.exe, version 5.1.2600.1106, faulting module
srrstr.dll, version 5.1.2600.1142, fault address 0x000095fa.

Every time I synchronize my Palm pilot, I get a message from Outlook 2003 indicating that another application is trying access the address book.  It then gives me the option to define how long I will allow my address book to be accessible.  Is there any way to disable this ...

When trying to run an executable I receive the following
pop up message; Eaccess Violation error. The program
never comes up and it functions ok on other WindowsXP Pro
systems. What is the message referring to and how do I

When I e-mail pictures I also get pictures infilltrated
from the web sites that I have previously visited.  How
can I prevent web site Temporary file pictures from
attaching themselves to my "MSN Pictures and Faxes' file?

I am having trouble with my XP version.  I think I picked
up a virus.  I am trying to repair the intsall but the
system is asking me for my administrators password.  It
is my home computer, where would I find such

Yesterday I made a post asking how I could uninstall a
patch.  I uninstalled this security patch KB824141
successfully but now each time I reboot I get a window
title "here" that says "outsideerror=0 success=0".  What

If my laptop was stolen can I install my XP Home on my
new laptop that has Windows 98...or is the disc now
useless and leaving out $149.00 and my $700.00 Armada
laptop that was taken....I was told I can only install on

Last Saturday my computer (Dell Dimension 4300) was
working fine - I shut down as normal but on Sunday when I
turned it on I received the following error (at the logon
screen) :- "Svchost.exe - Application Error. The

i'm trying to bring up some old history of a previous im from yahoo does my computer capture a picture of the im and if it does how do i find it

Does anyone know where in the registry of an XP/2000
workstation that digital certificates are stored? I
understand where they are in the browser but I am not sure
where to look in the registry.

Running XP w/ Off Prof 2002.  No issues except:
from any application if I click on an email link, it does
NOT open Outlook. 61 copies of IE get opened with the std
msg "unable to open file".  The first instance has the

Help. I cannot use Service Pack Updates because I dont
have a product ID? Can any one help me with this.
Thanks
Jarlath. Cardiff. Wales