The stand by mode has been disabled on my computer,
leaving me with the options of either turning off, or
logging off.  Is there any way to restore the stand by
function?

I am trying to enable a firewall for my internet
connection but it comes back with an error saying that it
could not enable because a service could not load. How do
I enable and how do I get over this error. Please send

Unattended.txt;
[NetOptionalComponents]
Beacon = 1
What is this Beacon client and what does it do ??

Out of the blue, laptop user, seperate local domain and
NT domain accounts with different users, starts receiving
message at startup; "One of the files containing the
system's Registry data had to be recovered by use of a

to anyone that can help,  i am having some problems with
my computer.  Everytime i open the start menu 'new
porgram installed' is always there, even though I havent
installed anything for ages.  thanks for any answers or

Every time I open outlook or explorer, I must re-type all
my passwords even if I check the 'remember password'
box.  THis is very frustrating - please help!

Can you configure window XP to not look for serial mouse
on start up?

I lost my hard drive and during the re-installation, it
locked up after 2nd re-installation. Third time was charm
but it did not ask for a key code. Now I get a message
after rebooting that Windows XP need to be activated. When

I bought a previously used Compaq laptop with Windows XP.
The previous owner registered it with his name and
company. So under Documents and Settings is a folder with
his name. I would like to rename this folder but the

I hit "R" to repair an existing installation that was
working fine but somehow got some TCP/IP corruption.
Windows XP setup (from CD) is starting over and over again
copying the files with 39 minutes to go.

Problem Description: PC re-boots automatically.
Have read article 311466 and followed instructions.
(http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-
us;311466)

During a reinstallment of Windows XP Professional,
I was asked to type in the path for the "asms" file.
Have not got one clue of the file or the path to get
there. PLEASE any ideas or tips would be appricated.

My problem is that i want to rename or set the
computername before 1.st boot after a ghost clone
according to a plain text file containing a line for each
computer on the network where  mac_adr + computername is

I have managed to remove games like hearts, freecell etc
from my unattended installation but I have been unable to
find how to remove games like internet hearts and internet
spades :

I've been running Windows XP Pro on my system for over a
year without problems. I've installed all the maintenance
releases. Last week I began to experience problems with
deleting files - trying to delete anything would freeze