I'm having some trouble with the Genuine Advantage feature that MS has
imposed.
I have already entered in my product key and my version of Windows has been
validated, but when I try to get to the page where I can download "Winter Fun

Something just got in to my computer lately.  Every time I boot up my
computer, Internet Explorer 6.0 starts automatically and stays silently in
task manager.  Then during the day it keeps sending out popup windows with
all kind of advertisements.  I have to go to task ...

I just managed to p ut a domain at my office. And have given everybody
a usuername and password. When I enter under a udername into the
domain, I can only have access (read/write/modify) some directories. I
tried to import my outlook 2003 PST file, but I always get denied

Windows XP SP2
In dcomcnfg's COM Security, giving "ANONYMOUS LOGON" "Remote Access" appears
to be necessary to do remote debugging from VS.NET (on said XP machine) of a
.NET application that is running on Windows Server 2003.

I recently installed "Freedom" security through Sympatico but found in the
past it didn't protect against spyware so I don't have that "extra". After
reading previous posts here, it seems that spybot and adaware seem to be the
most highly recommended free anti-spyware. Any ...

How do I log in to my home computer as administrator?

I have just reinstalled Windows XP Pro and SP2, everything seemed to be going
fine until it had finished and I tried to log in, as soon as I click on my
user name I get an error report "A problem is preventing Windows from
accurately checking the license for this computer: Error ...

I have a new xp home edition pc which has the following problem.
During the boot process it reaches the xp login screen but the mouse
and keyboard do not work so we cannot login. The mouse and keyboard
are both usb. PS2 and serial mouses do not work either. There are no

Hi there,
I am trying to install Service Pack 2 on XP machines...
Some computers have no problems, most of them gave me this error:
Stop: 0x00000019 (0x00000020,0xFF7ED758, 0xFF7ED868, 0x0A22001A)

I bought a copy of xp pro for my last computer and i am planning to change to
a new computer. can i tranfer my copy of XP to my new computer and wipe it
off my old one?
Thanks in advance

At home I was trying to configure the company laptop to work with my old
home desktop PC as part of the same work group. Originally the laptop
was set up to a company domain and the workgroup field under the
Computer Name tab was empty.  The laptop uses Win XP professional, my

With Windows XP PRO, how can I create a security setting so that users cannot
access the settings to change the desktop background or the screensaver.

I want to know how to stop autoplay with the CD-Rom's in Windows XP.

I have a pretty new PC with an internal DVD writer. It failes to read
the content of CDs or DVDs. When I put the CD in the drive I get the
wizard about what I want to do, and under My Computer, it shows the
name of CD or DVD but if I dobbel-click it wouln't open the CD for me

hi. i just got a new external dvd-writer. i have windows home edition. for
some reason it will not automatically install onto the pc plus i used the cd
it still didn;t install the driver plus used the files from the internet too.
any reasons why. the driver in samsung company. ...