I re-started my computer after installing updates for my IBM Thinkpad T42. It
started up fine, and went to the usual log-on screen.
For some reason, though, I am unable to log-in to my profile with the
password I've always used. It tells me that I have been locked out by the

I like to play Spider solitaire fairly frequently. Yesterday when I went to
turn my computer off and close open programs, it showed on the task bar but
I could not see the program.  I had to right click and choose close to get
it to close. Today when trying to open it, I can hear ...

I am having problems running my anti-virus program because of the above named
file in Windows XP. This file keeps growing each day of computer operation
and I am unable to move or delete this file. The file is now about 1.5GB and
growing. I'd like to know what this file is and ...

Please, any ideas?
After a WinXPPro reinstall and update to SP2, I can't get the NIC to work,
it just reports the error Code 31.
I already checked the WMI Repository clean up procedure, but it didn't help

When trying to install SP2, I get an error that says Can't read from or write
to database.  Does anyone know how to resolve this?  Thanks!

I do not have any sound on my computer. I dont hear anything on aol when I
sign on and I cant play music in my cd player...help!

i just reinstalled xp home on my gateway laptop and after reinstallin all
the software that i had on there before all work well except when i go online
via IE i get the blue screen of death error then computer shuts off and
reboots.  not sure what i did wrong.  i did a restore ...

I am running Win XP Home on a computer with an Intel core 2 Duo
Processor with 2MB Cache. I have a 160GB Sata 11 Hard Drive and 2 GB
installed memory. I do a lot of web surfing and also like to do some
digital editing. What should my page file be set at?

In the MS Word program, I made changes to a document I keep on a
floppy disk.  When I tried to save it, I got this error message:
"A file error has occurred.
Try one or more of the following

People...
A friend of mine purchased an HP PC last year...w/ Windows XP Media Center.
Lately he tells me he gets a message when he fires it up that says he's
running out of disc space.  I took at look at it for him this evening...& he

I'm using windows xp pro on my own pc at home. It is a legal copy and
gets all the updates automatically.  I have anti virus and firewall
software installed.  After trying to install a few programs, my computer
started playing up.  The sound card stopped working. I tried to get ...

Not sure if this is an XP-specific issue, but I recently got rid of some
malware and was told it was a good idea to flush my system restore, so I did
so using the following steps:
 On the Desktop, right-click My Computer.

I need to restore my computer to an early date in March. After I highlight
the restorable date and click 'next' nothing happens. The 'next' button
visually responds on the monitor when I click the mouse, but nothing happens
at all. Then I tried clicking the 'back' button but ...

As many others I ran into the "system file corrupt or missing"
problem.  I tried following the instructions in
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;307545&Product=winxp
to fix the problem.  However, when I got to the part of "Open a folder

My main problem is that I can't connect to the Internet using IE. I was
trying to repair a possible problem (not sure) that might have resulted from
a tutorial download I did from another website that might have infected my PC.
I attempted to run a Restore on my computer to a date ...