I have XP pro installed with all SP2 etc upgrades to date.  Over the last
few weeks "power off" shutdowns have become such that the computer always
logs off the current user OK, then starts the final shutdown process with
the usual disc activity, which then abruptly ceases leaving ...

I have a problem with my WinXP SP2 machine. It started since yesterday.
On restarting, I get only the wallpaper, no icons, no taskbar. Mouse is free
but unable to do anything.
I have to do the alt-cont-del , get the task manager up, select file, run

Hi.  My PC is doing an automatic shutdown after I installed a new copy of
McAfee Internet Security 2006.  I get the following message immediately after
login:
The system is shutting down.  The shutdown was initiated by NT

My wife's XP Home PC will not allow her to log-on. Says that ther password is
in-correct when she did not change it. How/ what can we do to get in?  

I Have a problem with starting my PC. When I try to start XP a screen appears
saying hardeware or software changes to windows have caused windows not to
start. I then have the option to start in safe mode,start from a previous
setting (last time windows started properly) or start ...

I keep getting this error msg when I try to start up my computer.
We apologize for the incovenience, but Windows did not start successfully. A
recent hardware or software change might have caused this.
If your computer stopped responding, restarted unexpectedly, or was

when i receive emails with hot links they are highlited by the cursor but
will not open. any ideas

Ever since I got my ipod a few days ago I have been having to install and
uninstall itunes and quicktime over and over again in my WindowXP. I finally
got them both to work properly yesterday and I even decided to "clean out"
some unnecessary programs I had installed such as MSN ...

Lately, everytime I try to log-on to some sites, especially AT&T boards, IE
stops responding.
I tried re-installing it, sfc /scannow, and ran CHKDSK from My Computer, but
it still doing it.

Which all around utility program do you recommend? I need the usual,
Defrag, registry repair and clean, Check for Windows problems etc. I
don't need virus or Spywear, I am happy with what I have.

Even though I'm still not convinced of the value, after much study and prep I
decided to install SP2.  I followed all suggestions for a successful install.
Downloaded all current updates to SP1, disabled McAfee virus and firewall,
and ZeroSpyware spyware programs even removed ...

While trying to delet Trojan.Anserin deleted "explorer.exe" everything still
works , but can't see start and tool bar options etc..did not back up
registry and fix ???
Ken

I just did a clean install of XP pro sp2 and have installed the Sound Blaster
Live software for my digital sound card.
The problem is that I have no sounds but I can get sound if I use Microphone
which plays normally but no other sounds. No music,system sounds or any

In the win 98 there was a option to stop win from scanning hardisk.
For no reason, my computer always scans hardisk whenever I boot. It is
really annoying that I have to wait it for a long time if I don't push ESC in
time. How can I turn it off??

Hi and thanks to the 2 guys who helped me before...have new problem!
I am missing the component FBH_Rsrc.dll and hence cannot browse any web
pages (except for in safe mode)
Having complete nightmare, tried the free dll fix it downloads but to no