Hi, Folks - When I boot up, I get a blackscreen that says at the bottom
"display switch is set incorrectly, Override enabled, defaults loaded". Right
at the bottom of the screen, highlighted, is a choice to F1 - continue or DEL
- enter setup. If I do the latter, go to CMOS and ...

Hello. I have  winXP pro, i was using a registry cleaning software, then i
restarted my computer but windows didnt started up and a message appeared on
the screen telling me that the file \WINDOWS\system32\config\system was
missing or corrupt. Also in the message they told me to ...

The last known good configuration didnt work. the same message appeared.
so...?
Thank you.

I have a Gateway computer with a flat panel monitor
(FPD1500 Gateway as well). I installed the SP2 and when
it completed the install and rebooted, the monitor stayed
in sleep mode (yellow light on monitor) and wouldnt go to

I have tried to install SP2 for Win XP Home Edition and keep getting the same
errors.  
While installing, I first get messages like "Could not back up registry key
"HKCR\.DVR.MS" and "Could not back up registry key

hopefully someone can give me a spot of advice here! My computer has been
running a bit oddly recently so I decided to do a system restore. i did this
but ever since i've had real problems with:
downloading files from the internet (IE6, Opera, Mozilla etc)- IE6 just

In recovery console I was demanded to enter a admin password, I'm the admin
and the only password I got is that one I use to log in to xp, and that
didn't work

Beginning yesterday, I can no longer send/receive email via Outlook express.  
I know it's not my email provider, as I can access my mailbox over the web.
And, my internet connection is working fine.
I talked to my provider, they said it is Windows XP SP2 blocking the ports

My mom just got a new computer with Windows XP Home Edition installed.  I
can choose a screen saver and preview it just fine, but it won't start after
the specified period of time.  I've tried rebooting.  SP2 is installed.
The My Pictures Slideshow screen saver is her favorite ...

I have a new clean install of XP Pro. I want to transfer
the files and settings from my old XP Pro machine.
Should I use the Files and Settings Transfer Wizard to
transfer the files and settings of my 3 user accounts

Is pro that much better than home edition?  I have the pro disk, but there
seem to be alot of problems converting, any advice?

i am tryin to up grade Windows ME to Windows XP. i get a message about i file
not being able to be loaded. the file is I386\WIN9XUPG\W95UPG.DLL. i followed
what it said to do in the support and help online here by getting rid of
roxio cd creator and i even tried the other options ...

I have 9 XP Pro computers to set up over the weekend. 6 will have Office
2003 Basic. They are all the same configurations, & I would like to set up
one & then clone it to all the others & delete Office 2003 off of the 3 that
won't use it. Can someone point me in the right ...

I just installed sp2 and when I rebooted the computer it went into a
continuous loop after the windows banner comes up.  I get "No SCSI Boot
Device Found" and "SCSI Boot Device Not Found" messages right after startup.  
Any suggestions would be well appreciated.  Thanx in ...

We have one single Windows XP SP2 image created on an ACPI uniprocessor HAL
that we use for XP deployments.
Our supplier is no going to ship us new PCs with HT enabled CPUs.
We have done a small test on a HT machine (HT disabled in BIOS). It booted