Will XP allow a system's main hard drive (i.e., the internal drive
from which it boots) to be completely formatted by a third-party
utility while the operating system is running?
I need to send a laptop with XP Home SP2 to the manufacturer for

I'm having issues (suddenly) with installing a patch for a game my daughter
plays. I downloaded the patch from the game's website. It's a zip file with 2
files: setup.exe and install.000. When I try to run either file, I get the
error message "Windows found that this file is ...

Im Win Explorer öffnet sich normalerweise die Datei die man anklickt.
Bei mir ist aber da SUCHEN eingestellt.
Bei rechtsklick öffnet sich Menue und da steht aus irgendeinem Grund das
Suchen an erster Stelle.

Last week my granddaughter downloaded a program on my computer and since then
I can not access Internet Explorer.  I have tried uninstalling it and get a
message that my Windows Instaoo Program is missing.  When I try to download
anything from the Microsoft website, I am told ...

I installed Nero program on my system. When I clicked the icon, the message
read "missing files, re-install Nero. How do I find these files, restore
them, or remedy the problem?

I tried to update my Daylight Savings Time on my desktop and received
and error message...
KB931836 System Error
Update can not be installed as a newer or same time zone update has

Is it possible to change an MSN nickname? I mean *really* change it... not just
make it appear to be changed via the tools>options method using the MSN client.
I don't use MSN messenger, I use Adium on Mac and GAIM on linux.
I have read plenty of posts re-iterating the MSN ...

This may not be the right newsgroup (please redirect me) and this has
probably been discussed before now, but.....
When I simply play a CD using WMP 11.0, the CPU usage goes to 95% and
anything else I am trying to do slows to a crawl.

I've been using winrar for a while and was wondering what is
considered the best one as far as compression?
I'm wanting to make the compressed files as Tiny as possible.
Does it exist? Is their a comparison chart for different compression

When trying to dialup one of our customers I receive the following error:
Error 734: The PPP link control protocol was terminated.
On customer side, the Administrator checked all the settings.
I looked at the following KB but it didn't help:

Thanks for the help. There is no label on what I imagine is the battery and
I can't get it out anyway.  Also, the clock now reverts to Jan 2002 whenever
I reboot no matter how many times I reset and synchronise.  I shall probably
dump the machine!!

I installed the updates today and my computer froze during the usual reboot.  
All attempts to boot windows using all of the F8 options fail with an
immediate system freeze before the windows splash screen (normal boot modes)
or a spontaneous reboot (safe mode).

I'm running XP Home Edition.  Computer is about a 4 year old Dell.  When I
try to log on it give me the following error "A problem is preventing windows
from accurately checking the license for this computer.  Error Code:
0x80090006".  It seems everything I have found online is ...

Hello guys, a friend of mine brought over a laptop for me to check out.
yesterday when I saw this laptop it was able to turn on fine, he had
someone check it out and now it's locked once you turn it on. there is a
small computer and a lock pad symbol in the top left corner. I did ...

i burned plenty, and i mean PLENTY of cdrs w/ directcd on my windows me pc,
but my new pc runs win xp and wont read them! any help, patches plugs, codecs
anything!!!!