there is a high pitched whine on my speakers whenever i turn up the
volume..and most times the sound system dosent even work..you can hear
nothing but the high pitched noise. what should i do?

I have two computers networked through a DSL/router.  Computer A and B  (wife and husband)
Both computers use Windows XP SP2 Home Edition.
Both computers connect to router via an Ethernet cable.
Both computers use AVG antivirus, Windows Firewall, Windows Defender.

When I click on add or remove programs in the control paned, the screen
opens that says 'please wait while list is populated'.
The hour glass goes away and the list stays blank with the statement still
there.

Just wanted to tell JS and Ricky "thank you" for your assistance.
Problem solved!!

I can open the task launcher but cannot open any documents. they don't
respond. HELP! i need to print graduation invitations for my daughter.

The "Start Windows" sound option listed in "Program events" on the "Sounds"
tab in the "Sounds and Audio Devices Properties" has disappeared. All the
"wav" files are there and work fine. All other system / application sounds
work fine.

How do I get this to stop attacking  my computer

I have power point 2003 on my windows xp service pack2 computer, and when I
try to open a pp fle, "edit with notepad" comes up and I can't open it.  I
tried to save it to my documents and  I still couldn't open it.  Do I have to
do a systems recovery in order to go back to when ...

-I suspect that this file may be causing problems in my computer and is
classified as moderate to high security risk. If delete this file (Kodak
updater) will it cause me operational problems other than not being able to
update my "Kodak Camera photo transfer program"-

anyone know where email logs for outlook express are located?
m.gill

When the welcome log in screen comes up, I click on "hp owner" it makes the
little sound and says it's getting my personal settings but then it
immediately logs out.
Can not get to my desk top at all.

How do I set the association for pps files?
Thank you.

I haven't posted here before but I've lost connection to the hard drive that
all my data is on and I would really appreciate some expert advice. I need to
fix this fast. (I'm praying it can be fixed! with no loss of data) Bear with
this long post because I am going to mention ...

I am a solo user on my computer and use XP.  I was always able to go directly
to the desktop after booting up until recently.  Now I get the welcome screen
with my name on it and have to click on my name before getting to the
desktop.  My question is, how do I get rid of the ...

I have recently downloaded Explorer 7.0 and my PC keeps hanging. I have tried
to use System Restore to undo the changes but there is an apparent error with
System Restore. Looking on the Error Log I note the following message:-
"The SAVRT service failed to start due to the ...