Liveupdate and manual update for XP downloads the update files but
fails to initialize and install.  I am receiving error code 0x80240016
in the log file.  In researching the error code,  I believe XP thinks
there is a pending install that must be completed before the update can

I want to format my hard drive but I can't make a boot disk becasue I don't
have a floppy drive.  Is there a way to boot into ms-dos without a boot disk?

I am out of town and don't have access to my copy of Windows XP.  I am
working on a computer that has 1 hard drive but 2 partition.  I use Casper XP
3.0 to clone the hard drive to a removable hard drive.  So I am not worried
about losing data.  I need partition the drive as one ...

23/Dec/2005
I think I use Microsoft AntiSpyware. There are no icons on either my
desktop or system tray. How can I tell if I have it and it is active?
Thank you.

I've tried two different XP home CD's, a new CD machine, a new motherboard, a
different HDD, but still keep getting this message "Ntfs.sys is corrupt" when
I try to load windows. But the strangest thing is that if I reboot once or
twice windows will come up OK but occassionally ...

Trying to help my mom (from AK to FL) fix a problem with her CD/DVD RW. It
does not recognize any media she tries to play. Message: Please insert a
disk into D drive. Occasionally it will pop up an error message saying This
Program Is Not Responding. When it does that, it freezes ...

I have just installed an NEC ND6500A DVD Writer on my Inspiron 8200 laptop;
however in Device Manager it has installed as an Olympus S-DVD-100, and I
cannot get it to be recognised correctly.  I can't find a proper ini file
anywhere for it, and NEC's website just says that you ...

Can these files in the Windows directory be deleted;
$NtUninstallk.
Thank you;
David

after switchin in my laptop it checks for consistency on c fat32.. but then
it freezes....can anyone help

Some how my kids deleted the rundll32.exe file from the computer.  I have
looked everywhere.  I need help, I can't load my kids new ipods they received
for xmas because of this file.  How can i go about getting this file back
into my computer.  Any help from anyone would be ...

My printer (epson styluc c44ux) has stopped working when I unplug it from the
usb port I get no sound. When I went to device manager I have nothing listed
it is completly blank. Both my flash drives work ok ? as do my mouse and
keyboard but my daughters ipod is seen as a drive ...

I have an emachine that has been very good. It is about a year old and has
512k memory. I've had TrendMicro Security (PC-cillin) about 6 months which
works pretty well. Lately after running my system a few minutes at a time,
it freezes up and must re-boot.

I am running MS XP home edition and I am wondering if there is a way to
password protect the entire computer like you can with the Professional
edition?

Whenever I try to print anything from outlook express I receive an error
message " A runtime error has occured. Do you wish to Debug? Line:1343 Error:
Unspecified error" HELP!! don't know where to gofrom here...

I have just installed Windows XP Prof on a new desktop PC
I have no sound.  The sounds & audio devices properties on the volume and
audio  tabs indicate that there is no audio device for playback. USB audio
device is available for recording