I have a broken laptop that will not boot properly.  It is a proprietary form
factor, and can no longer be fixed.  I have extracted the 2.5 inch hard
drive, and purchased and external enclosure.  It is possible to reach the
files on the drive, but I used NTFS encryption on some ...

the history is my system crashed on my computer, impossible to access
windows even in safe mode !! so i decided to reinstall my windows in
another folder that the default folder (the old windows folder were
c:\windows ) and the new windows folder is (c:\winxp). on the old

after my windows crash (windows folder is c:\windows) i decided to
reinstall it in another folder (c:\winxp ) and i can't acces to the
linus's user in the old windows ( c:\documents and settings\linus ) but
i can acces to the linus's of the new windows (c:\documents and

I use windows xp professional with ntfs disc.
I need to grant write access to some users for a directory.
When i rightclick to that directory, i can't find the permissions like
windows 2003.

I have a HP printer driver autoupdate program installed, but the user keeps
getting a box appear every so often telling him he must have administration
rights to run the program. How can I stop him getting this message, or do I
have to log in as administrator and uninstall the ...

Some software I use cannot find COM Port 2.
In Device Manager there are no COM ports showing.
The software used to work ok.
Haven't made any changes.

Hello, I have a question about the option in windows security center. The
option that says notify me but do not download or install them. I get the
notification and select the button to download them. Then the little yellow
shield goe away and I never see them again. Anyone have ...

I used Tweak UI to make all my restricted users appear on the XP Pro
Welcome Screen, but I'd like for the administrators not to appear
there.  Problem is, deselecting all the administrator checkboxes cause
the *default* administrator to appear on the Welcome Screen.  What am I

So everytime i log-on and my computer updates itself, there is a window that
pops up with the title Automatic Updates....and it says "Updating your
computer is almost complete. You must restart your computer for the updates
to take effect.

My system is presently without a virus prg, because i am trying to uninstall
a prg that won't uninstall making it impossible for me to install another
virus prg onto my sys, ps help!!!

I was installing a program last night and while installing Norton recognized
it as spyware, so i said for it to remove the software. however, after a
reboot i noticed that none of my startup programs ran at all. so i fired up
some programs that took a look at all my startup lists ...

I accidently deleted the C:\Documents and
Settings\Compaq_Owner\Favorites folder & now I can't even bookmark in
Internet Explorer 6 but when I try to recreate it, the system says its
there even though I don't even see it in the directory no more.  I know

I'm trying to update WinXP with SP2. I downloaded but keep getting an error
message "access denied" about halfway through the installation. So I ordered
the CD, and the same thing is still happening. Why can I not install this?
(And yes, my version of Windows has been validated) ...

OneCare, after updating my computer overnight, switches my default
search engine (the one used when I enter search terms in my address
bar) from Google to MSN. Microsoft won't stop interfering with my own
settings.

Using the Windows Backup Facility Unit error message '0 x 80070005 access is
denied , you do not have permission to perform requested operation' appears
after being invited to set a password in the final stages of scheduling a
daily backup.  There is no problem starting the ...