i just installed a legit windows xp home addition and now i have no sound
device it says when i try to play music. HELP!! i have no clue what to do
thankyou

I use Win XP Home, SP2 with all the critical updates current on a laptop
computer. My user account (the only account that is present on the system) is
an Administrator account. Lately, when I launch the MSCONFIG system
configuration utility to do a selective startup or a ...

My cursor (the one you see when typing, the one that tells you where you are
in your text) is exceptionally long.
Picture: http://www.simnet.is/elinnils52/cursor.png
As you can see it is exceptionally long and this can be VERY annoying when

Some curious things are happening on my XP Pro laptop.
No audio in Media Player, but audio is fine with non-Microsoft products,
e.g. Real Player. Not able to use FTP, Can't install latest Flash player,
Mail works fine. Problem is O.S. related. This happened after an upgrade

I try to access programs like microsoft excel and i get an error message
saying the windows installer service could not be accessed. windows may not
be properly installed. I have tried everything it seems. HELP

My old PC went bang- power and motherboard- bought new base unit and a sleeve
to convert my old hard drive into an external one.
I really dont want to install all the programmes I use on my new PC when
they are there on the old hd, how can I either get them to run off there (

I got a dell monitor with an compaq deskpro modem and since hook up a
black screen appears saying safe mode activate by using the keyboard
but when i push any key on key board nothing happens and the screen
remains black.  eventually the screen goes dormant and when i push a

I have a CD-RW which contains the files from my old computer.  When I put the
disc in my DVD-R/RW drive the computer attempts to "autoplay" one of the
programs unsuccessfully.  The autoplay box appears on my monitor, but stays
there in endless eternity.  When I press ...

I'm attempting to clean install in hopes of gaining space and such on my
computer(why else would one do this) and tried to "Install Windows XP" from
the Operating System disk and it told me that I have a new disk and am
therefore unable to reinstall.  Please send some help my way ...

I have to reload a damaged Windows XP Pro system.  The CD that originally
loaded it it lacks the Service Packs.  Can I use a later CD with that CoA?  
I.e., can I use a WinXP Pro SP2 CD to reload a system using the CoA from an
"SP0" release?

My computer has only one user and no password. "Control userpasswords2"
has a check in "user must enter a username and password to use this
system". I assume this is only in effect if there is a password. I know
if you uncheck it a default logon is needed when there is a password ...

I just bought a product that you can cange vhs's into DVDs, and you can edit
them.  But to be able to hear it and record it with sound, you need to have
Line in on your volume.  And I have tried to go to the control panel-sounds,
speech, and audio devices-sounds and audio ...

I have installed windows xp many, many times.
I have owned many computers.
I maintain computers for a living.
I have never seen this problem on any other computer.

For some reason my desktop seems to be partially locked up.  I can't click
and drag desktop icons. Also, when i double click and open a picture for
instance, it will open in a Windows Picture and Fax Viewer style window, but
it will have no navigational tools at the bottom(arrow ...

I am new to the computer format so when I got the printer it was just
put in cd and that's that.  Well I get to the end of the wizard
installation it askes for some info from Windows XPCD, for  the
UNIDRV.DLL.  How can I bypass this step and install the printer?