When I change the folder options > View>  to enable the viewing of known
file types and OS systems files, the setting does not take effect and reverts
back to its original setting. I can't find any err being logged in event vwr.
Im using XP SP2.

I have a problem and get a message that windows can't start because windows
root\system32\hal.dll is missing or corrupt. I suspect something went wrong
with a partition resize. However, I can't get at the recovery tools on the
CD as it tells me my admin p/w is not correct when I ...

This happens to a few users here.  Whenever they change their network
password due to the expiry rules set in the AD, they lose the rights to get
to their mapped network drives.  To solve the issue, we have to delete the
mapped drives and remap it exactly how it was before.  This ...

my password expired, everything Ive read in help and support, says to click
on "use password disk" on welcome page after restart. It goes straight to
logon, there is no welcome page. there is no "did you forget password" mssg.
do I need to reinstall, can i connect to my other ...

recently my brother who is the admin acccount user for our home computer
passed away and i'm (his sister) is trying to delete his account without
deleting all my things too. right now i'm a limited account user and i want
to become the admin account user but i do not know his ...

It appears the storage unit (location the registry file was saved) has gone
bad. When windows tries to boots it goes to the dreaded blue screen and tells
me the registry hive (file) is corrupt. It lists a file path but I don't
recall it now, it ends in Software.

Hi folks, I should really know this one, but I cannot recall definitively...
When the EFS client libraries asks Windows to generate the keys for an EFS
certificate enrollment, it'll generate 1024-bit RSA keys by default.  In
Windows Server 2003 (and Vista, I believe) this default ...

i accidentally downloaded an automatic windows update for XP Pro but did
not install. want to delete the dl'd data, but not positive where its at.  
believe it
to be at the following address:  

My users download .jtf from our secure site.  B4 the Security Update,
providing the file assoc. was made, one could select open and the file would
open from the download dialog in WD VIEWER 2003 and they could print the
file.  Since updates my user open the file and try printing ...

Presently, my client workstations are WinXP/SP2 which are logged in at the
click of a "button" with a generic domain user account via AdminAutoLogin as
declared in the Winlogon registry section.  I would like this to remain this
way with one exception: Prior to the autologin, I ...

Sorry, I've got a bit of an odd question.
I'm in a corporate/domain managed environment, but am looking to
perform an independent verification of some password settings.
Does the "Maximum Password Age" value reside in a reg key in such an

I recently noticed some entries in the Application Logs of one of my
workstations.  It was
source: MsiInstaller EventID: 11728  Description:  Product: WebFldrsXP --
Configuration completed successfully

Not sure where to start with this queston, but here goes my scenario
I want to import a registry key that will deal with a Microsoft outlook
email profile.  When the key is imported, I want it to use environment
variables for the various outlook files and user mailbox location ...

My Virus checker has alerted me to an infected folder which it cannot access
nor can I. This is the file on my external backup hard drive.
F:\System Volume
Information\_restore{D46643AE-DBFO-48A5-A582_23A306Ba4CF8}\RP1524\A0277711.EXE

My system is infected with New Folder.exe virus & I am unable to remove it,
any USB (Flash RAM) I use on this system it get infected. please tell me some
way to remove this virus & save my data. if possible please. thanks......