I'm trying to install XP Pro into an empty partition to be dual booted
with an existing W2K system. The XP CD was an original MS one in an
unopened envelope.
I entered the product key and was given the option to reformat the

is stuck in French.  i have no other option in the drop down to choose from.
i have Microsoft Office home/student 2007 installed.  i need to get English
for my spell check in Outlook Express.  any help or suggestions?
thanks,

I installed Windows Defender and started using Windows Firewall for
Windows XP in the past few days.  All updates have been downloaded to
my knowledge.  Now I am getting an error message when I use my
shortcut that:

Hi,
I am trying to build an application with Windows XP, SPSS & SQL
Server 2000. I am using SQL Server built in stored procedure 'xp_cmdshell'
with sa login to run batch file which starts SPSS.  However 'xp_cmdshell'

Two programs that I use which resize images no longer save the new files on
my desktop computer.  The same programs work on my laptop.  I suspect there
is something wrong with the windows system but I have no idea how to track
it down.

WindowsXP Pro  SP2  IE7
When I log on to my server and every time I change sites the page appears on
the left side of the screen about an inch wide.  There may be no connection
but this happened after doing a deep scan with Spyware Doctor which took over

8:56 AM 6/25/2007
Microsoft "encourages" automatic updating [for example, a little icon (which
cannot be deleted) appears next to the clock UNLESS I update]. I know that I
MUST do security updates at least twice per week -- I do a security update

I installed a wireless router:  DIR-655 (Extreme N Gigabite).  I keep getting
a pop up window on the bottom right of my screen that says:  "Windows was
unable to find a certificate to log you onto the network (my network name).  
Could someone tell me what this means?

Why doesn't pressing the Print Screen button capture an image in Windows
media player?  Is there another way to do this?  All I get is a picture of
the player with a black (blank) screen.

With about 80 updates now it's getting a right pain to download these
everytime I have a hard drive to reformat because they just automatically
get installed and I have to go through the process all over again next time.
Can I download them and save to a disk instead?

I am having a major problem with my computer. It keeps bringing up the right
click menu in whatever frame i am working in. It mostly appears at the top
left of the frame .  It also spurratically goes away and reappers at
different times. I have defragmented, diskcleanup, ...

Everytime I try to burn AVI's to DVD my PC freezes. I've Replaced cpu,
psu, ram. How can I create a log for when it crashes so I can post it
on the web and hopefully get some help.

Please help me.
On my computer I had 3 users accounts with passwords. I get some virus and i
was reinstal my windows xp. Now, there is my old folder My Documents on hard
disk but I can not read my files in it because I have no right to view

I've lost the search fields format and capabilties on my start menu

I recently got an older PC from my Mom and she had Windows 98 on it; well I
uploaded XP and now I have both operating systems on my PC and it really
slows everthing down. I know it has them both because when I start my PC it
asks me which system I want to run, XP or 98.