I received the following error message from Norton Anti virus.  I need the
help as indicated below:  
Automatic LiveUpdate does not run on Windows XP, and the Symantec NetDetect
task displays an exit code of 80

My computer's running XP, but it's got a lot of bugs, parasites, general
problems, etc. I got fed up with it and decided to clear the hard drive and
reinstall Windows. However, my XP is three years old and I've lost the manual
with the CD key. Is it possible to get my CD key from ...

I have an IMB ThinkPad running W95. Is it possible to upgrade (preferable
directly) to XP Home Ed? If so how?

dI have a 4 year old ME machine that had become very unstable, so I upgraded
the memory from 64 to 320 and bought a copy of XP Home bundled with Service
Pack 2.  I tried to do a clean install, but kept getting
"IRGQ_NOT_LESS_OR_EQUAL", so thinking myself very clever, I ...

We are attempting to deploy a program whichm rather annoyingly, is
configured per user, involving a direcory under the "Application Data"
directory being used to store its configuration.
We have considered some sort of copy command in the logon script, but

Had a perfectly running 98 and decided to upgrade to XP. After entering the
product key, it went to screen that said checking hardware. It never comes
out of that screen. Is there a log that would help me find out what the
problem is?

In preparation of SP2 installation on XP (with automatic
update)I swept the system for virusses & spyware (Ad-aware
& Spybot; didnt find more than the 'normal' tracking
cookies), and installed the latest BIOS from Dell.  

I recently replaced my computer with everything new except the harddrive.  
I reinstalled WindowsXP Pro and am now functioning somewhat.  I cannot
access my CDRom to install drivers for the motherboard.
When I check through the Device Manager, it says that it is connected and

I've set up a new PC for a friend and chose not to setup user accounts.  The
administrator account was consequently given the default name of 'Owner' and
a folder called 'Owner' was automatically created under 'Documents and
Settings'.

I am about to re-format my hard drive and want to have several partitions for
different perposes ie: one for music one for downloads one for games one for
internet use etc etc. The first partition will be for windows xp only and I
would like to lock this partition so that nothing ...

Hi, I am really struck here...I upgraded my XP Home edition to XP
professional install(w/ bundled SP2). Everything went ok..but at last stage
after the reboot the computer is stuck at start options...safe mode..Safe
with networking...

I am trying to share a moble phone picture download system between 2 users on
my computer. Is it possible to do this without downloading the software again
on the other users account in XP? also does the same apply for installing
games on different users accounts or desktops?

While upgrading a partition from Win98se to WinXP the upgrade stops
with the following errors (from the log), and even worse; unistall
then runs twice, and after that Win98se won't boot at all :-(
Anyone know what is the problem (I had a backup so Win98se is back up,

I tried to install Windows XP SP2 on my P4 3.0
workstation, however I ran into problems which eventually
led to the Windows XP SP2 "online support professional"
telling me to try and "upgrade" my installation of

When running the F.A.S.T program on the "old" computer, I get an error
message the it cannot access the following "LOG" files.
\WINDOWS\SYSTEM32\CONFIG\SYSTEM.LOG  also the SOFTWARE.LOG, the DEFAULT.LOG,
the SAM.LOG and the SECURITY.LOG