I have downloaded and saved all the windows updates for
XP that are available from the windows update catalog.  
How can I install these from a cd without having to go
thru and execute each individual file?  Is there a way to

when i go to shutdown, everything works fine until the
message 'IT IS SAFE TO TURN OFF YOUR COMOUTER NOW'
after that it just stays like that because normally it
would turn off automatically, so i have to turn it off

Hi ... thanks for reading ... in a severe quandry, and I
need to save my butt.
Was working on parents machine (Dell - OEM ver. of XP
Home), and did normal Norton update for virus upgrades.  

I't the second time it happens since I bought my brand
new ATHLON XP 2400+ with 1GB in RAM, 80 GB HDD, 64MB
NVIDIA GEFORCE 4 MX400.
When bootin-up, and error message appears sayin' that "a

I keep getting access denied and the setup does not
complete please help!

This ca has been cancelled because an error occured in
the file
c:\windowPrefetch\RUNDLL32.exe-4518C2C0.pf
any help???

I recently purch winxphome ed. using canon C530 for win
98.Cannot get printer to operate. downloaded patch from
Canon website to operate with win XP, but cannot get
printer to work. any similar

Hello, i noticed recently that the "My Computer" icon has
disappeared off of my desktop. Does anyone know how i
could get it back?

when i hit the start button I use to have a button to get
the help and support information.  It has disappeared. How
do I get it to work again.
Thank You.

My friend installed windows XP on his 266 mhz, 64mb ram
laptop and the uninstall info is not there. I want to
install 98 from safe mode but keep getting errors.  Any
pointers?

I am using XP Home but it wont Shut Down but keeps
restarting.
It takes ages for Windows to shut down then the computer
restarts

I was given an HP Pavillion 7960 computer that had it's
hard drive removed.  How can I install a new operating
system into the hard drive?  Do I need to buy a new copy
of windows, or can i find a recovery cd from the

I just reinstalled windows xp on my system, and now it no
longer shuts down automaticly. Any suggestions on how to
reactivate this feature?

I needed to uninstall and then reinstall my Home version
of XP.  I uninstalled the system, and it reverted me back
to Windows ME, my previous operating system.  Now I am
trying to reinstall XP, but during setup I am getting the

i attempted to upgrade from windows 98SE to xp but during
the softwares analysing process i got an error message.
this was named error 3E6h and prevented me from going
further. what does this mean?... help plz!