(Running Windows XP Pro, SP2 and all the trimmings)
I have a number of folders in my Windows directory starting with "$",
(including $hf_mig$, $MSI3..., and $NtUninstall...) as well as a large
folder called ServicePackFiles.  Since, combined, they take up over 1½ Gigs

hello all...
well the problem is that windows keeps giving me that little word
bubble in the bottom right hand corner telling me my computer is
infected. it keeps doing it constantly and is very annoying.

for whatever reason & how I do not know BUT,  I can NOT make it go away BUT,
now when you are looking at the desktop - there is a folders view option pane
visible just like in your folders BUT, I did not activate this or want it - I
did do to my computer & open the folder options ...

how and what do you set to hide the email icon when Outlook is minimized?  I
want it to hide on the bottom of the task bar.  I have the icon  but how do I
make it so the program is showing minimized.

Ok, so I just purchased a new computer, and I am having trouble with
booting into windows. Basically, I cannot boot into Normal Windows
mode, unless under certain conditions. When I first start up my
computer, everything goes well. Everything passes the POST test, and

We have an 8 node Lan (Linksys router) at work
that uplinks to a Wan Cable router (not a cable modem)
provided by our cable ISP.
  We used to have a cable modem for our Wan, of

When I go to the device mangaer, my cd-rom is shown, but with a yellow
exclamation point. I bought a new cd-rom drive, and changed new cables, but
the same problem still happens. I have done almost everything I can think of,
from running the cd-rom on slave, to running the rom ...

Have a brand new Dell B 120 one week old.  Loaded game Fable and now the DVD
plays for a few seconds and then goes to blue screen and tells us device
corrupted and mm_pool error.  Went to device manager and the DVD  CD are in
working order.  CD plays music just fine.  Put in a ...

Having some trouble with temporary internet files. I used to be able to click
view settings under internet options and be able to view every single page
that was visited on my computer. Its not working anymore. BEfore there used
to be an internet explorer symbol next to the name ...

I'm using Windows XP on a laptop.  When I hit the backspace key when browsing
on internet explorer, it takes me back to the previous page I was on.  How do
I change this?

I need to locate my administrator files .. how can i do this ?

I have a Dell dimension 2400. Do I have to go into the bios to disable the
onboard video graphics controller. I have an nvidia Geforce 5200 installed
and I dont know if these 2 will conflict. Can you disable it in the device
manager?

..humor me since i'm a new pc'er,but i was under the premise if norton
quariteed the virus,and i deleted the file ,that the trojan was removed from
my system,and i would have full acsess to restoration points,is this not the
case???

The problem is with my son's computer, which is out of town. I will try to
be as specific as I can. He was on his computer this morning and did some
email. Installed a new printer last night and was trying the scan feature.
He scanned a picture and everything worked fine. He ...

when i start my computer i get a message that reads, the microsoft jet
database engine can not find the input table or query 'commands' make sure it
exists and that its name is spelled correctly.  i do not know if this is the
reason for my problems or not but when i insert a ...