If I change Common Files Directory from c to d drive, can I then delete
everything in c common files??
what and why does it store all that stuff there anyway..

I'm planning on fomating and re-installing OS. Is there a way to save all
the updates after sp2?
thanks
mc

I've got Windows XP and just increased my memory to 512mb. The current
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I am able to connect to the internet, I am also able to google search. But
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I've got a hard drive that has some sectors that are starting to go
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What is the easiest way to figure out what data, and especially which
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I use windows XP to login to my work computer from home, using my
company's laptop.
The process of scrolling is extremely slow.  If I press an arrow to go
downwards, I see a response about 7 seconds later or so.

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monitor goes black, the sound turns off and I can get no response from the
machine. I know it has to do with SP2 because I've ...

I have a problem with my sound I have Windows XP (that come with my Acer
Computer) I have Acer speakers.  When I listen to music from my computer eg
using limewire or any other application it is all distorted, when I listen to
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unavailable on a Windows XP-based computer" with no joy. Can anyone tell me
why the "Background" tab would be missing in action?

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used to see both mine and the other user (Both are administrators) and now I
only see the shared folder and that of the other user.
When Logged in as the other user he sees his correctly but mine is not ...

I'm having problems changing my screensaver, background etc. with windows XP.
Everytime I try, I keep getting the error message
Cannot find 'file:///C:/WINDOWS.0/Web/desktop.html'
Can anyone help ??

When ever i start my computer i get a message saying something about a
critical integration error.  It goes on and then asks me to send an error
report, and has 2 options to send or cance.  Who does this report go to and
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internet i sumtimes get a msg appear that the username or psswrd is
invalid. also i ge thisred cross appear in the bottom right hand corner

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this is because the Terminal Services service is not running.  When I try to
start it, I get the following 3 messages in the system event log:
The Terminal Services service was successfully sent a start ...

I noticed on the security log of access denied for PID 200 listening to
external traffic
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