I have to say I don't know much about computers, and mine does not request
log on info for e-mail and internet

I have two hard drives, I'll call them Drive C and Drive D. Drive C contains
all my applications, Drive D contains all my data files.
Last night while I was playing a computer game, all of a sudden I got a pop
up in my system tray, "Delayed Write failed to D:\$Mft. The data has ...

Using XP Pro,  the size reported for a partition (C) in drive properties is
about 20 gig, while the correct size reported in logical disk manager is
about 45 gig. These two modules are getting their information from different
places. Logical disk manager gets info from the ...

hey I have downloaded the windows proffessional xp-64bit upgrade but i can
get it to burn to a disk,or that is I cant get a it to auto boot on start up
and when i try to open the setup file from the disk in explorer it tells me
the file has to be loaded on start up and to insert ...

Is there anyway to remove old shortcut keys used on Startmenu and Desktop
shortcuts and reassign them to new programs? -without involving a reformat.
I would have supposed MS could make this easier, why do they lock custom
shortcut keys to the first program they bind to. Is there ...

Does anyone know how I can get a copy of the Sony Vaio Recovery Wizard
without having to pay alot for it?  I have a desk top Sony Vaio PCV-RS420.  I
tried using the recovery wizard on it, but when the computer tried to start
it said that a file in the i386 was corrupt or missing. ...

Hi. I'm new to computing and have encountered a problem whilst trying to
install a USB Freeview TV stick onto my Notebook. The Instruction Booklet
says "If you want to install Freeview TV Stick in a Notebook Computer, you
shoul deactivate the "power saving" function...." The ...

Hiyas,
Recently, I've had a bit a trouble playing DVDs on my computer. Previously,
my computer was quite capable of playing DVDs, etc... Now, even DVDs that had
worked no longer work. (Duur, I am quite obviously placing the DVDs into my

I accidently removed my desktop picture when running the System Optimizer of
Systweak. No problemI thought: right-click on the Desktop, go to Display
Properties and import the picture again from My Documents. But this is no
longer possible since a right-click on the Desktop will ...

I used to have a photograph as a background on my screen.  For an
unknown reason, it no longer shows up.  I right clicked on the screen
and clicked on the Background tab.  It is all greyed out except for the
'color' of the screen - which I can still pick.  The background choices

when my system is booting up I'm getting my dos window C:\windows\webmsns.exc
with the following messages displayed:
DCOM disabled
FAILED TO START AV/FW KILLER THREAD ERROR

I have Windows saving 7 days of history, but nothing is ever recorded?! I use
Zone Alarm and that is set to not clean it out with it's cache cleaner
either. I also use McAfee, but don't think that is an issue. I want to see
the history on this p.c. as it's used by my teenager. ...

Because of the ham-handed way in which MS applies updates, it is
necessary to demount my external back-up hard disc before
applying them. I do *not* monitor the external disc but, after a
reboot, Windows turns the monitoring on in the Restore settings

Hey guys,
I just recently had to do a clean install of Windows XP SP2 on my laptop
because of a virus. When I did this, my wireless card can connect to my
Wireless Router but Internet Explorer cannot connect.

Hi everybudy ..... when I put the windows  xp  CD to drive  to format  and
instal fresh windows always I see this error oxoooooo7b
(oxf7c79524,oxc0000034,0x00000000.ox00000000) and then I cant cuntinue !!!!
what should I do?