I just purchased two used computers, so I had to wipe all the data off of the
hard drive.  They are Dell OptiPlexes 160L & 170L.  I got through the Windows
XP Professional setup fine, but when I am on my desktop and want to change my
default screen resolution to something higher, ...

I can't view help or information files, removed IE7, done a restore. Tried
Sfc/scannow sfc/scanonce still no joy.
Help

i have on desktop one  internet explorer page, is like one photo on my
desktop and i can't delete it i tried Alt+f4 i tried Delete......please
someone help meeee

I have recently installed Adobe Photoshop Elements 5 and imported all my
pictures and arranged them as I want them. That part works fine but in the
program there is or should be a facility for watching folders.
Unfortunately when I try this it tells me that the service is not ...

I was having trouble waking my computer and restarted it.  From threre it
whent into ckdsk and started to deleted a couple files it found that were
bad.  It restarted once more and kept restarting and could never get to the
startup screen.  I tried safe mode but it kelp ...

My windows xp search companion is suddenly missing a file or files that allow
it to work. Not sure what it is missing or if there is a way to recover
without having to reinstall windows which I would really prefer not to do. If
you know of what I can do, or where I can get files ...

I recently had XP and Mandrake Linux dual booted on one disk.  The
computer would open up on linux with a choice of which op system you
wanted to use.  After removing Linux, the computer still opens up with
the same screen.  I would like to remove this so it only opens up on

My email (outlook express) has suddenly stopped me from inserting pictures
into the text. When I choose insert it goes to the select box, I chose browse
and pick a picture, hit ok and the pic goes into the page but then it locks
up. The insert box doesn't close and nothing I ...

ermm new problem
basically whenever windows startups up i get a message
update.exe
this component failed to load as System.dll could not be found

I have 2 computers running XP Pro in a workgroup on a home network behind a
Linksys BEFSR41 router.
I am the only person who uses or has access to them.
The first computer I set the network up on has 3 separate hard drives and a

I somehow inadvertently named my F:drive the name of a file for Quicken.  I
want to rename it omitting the file name.  I cannot find anywhere I can
rename the drive.  Then I wonder what will happen to that file that got stuck
in there.

I know you can't share the Program Files folder, but has anyone come
across problems sharing folders within it?

I cannot watch You Tube on Internet Explorer. It says I need Flash Player, which I have or I need to enable Java Script. I have gone to Tools> Internet Options> Advanced and ticked anything to do with Java but still no luck. Is there somewhere else I have to go to enable Java ...

My computer name is as shown below with my full name in the path:
C:\Documents and Settings\Full Name\My Documents
Is there any way to change this? I'd just like to change my full name to
something else. I've tried to rename it but it says it's system folder and

When I boot off of the Windows XP Pro disk, the system loads all the drivers
from the CD, and when it says "Setup is now starting Windows" the system
stops responding and will not go on. I am having the same problem on two
completely different systems.