I got a used computer for Christmas as a gift that was 4 years old and it is
gettig slower and slower.  It is a Dell, windows xp pro.  It has 4-MCPU,
1.80 ghz, 512 mg of ram.  What should I do to speed this up, I know more ram
might help, but I don't want to put alot of money ...

I am tring to upgrade to XP SP2 but keep getting error code 0x8007050D
control ID not found.  How can I fix this?
                             Steve

Where is it? I bought a new Acer Vista ready notebook with a guaranteed
free upgrade when Vista came out. I'm still waiting! Was it all a lie?
Do I need Joe Bornstien?  I mean business.

Operating System: Windows XP Professional
I have a valid and legal retail copy of Windows XP Professonal, which I am running on my PC, connected I also have a 320GB USB External Hard Drive. On that external hard drive I have copied every piece of software I have from the original ...

I would like to learn how to set up windows domains for my home network. We
currently have 4 desktops and 2 laptops (WinXP x3, Win98 x2, & 1 I toy
W/Linux on) but we are adding more all the time. I think this would help me
eliminate some problems by being able to specify more ...

Somewhere in the last few days - I don't know when - the tab on the
"properties" page marked "Desktop" disappeared.  "Themes",
"Screen Saver" , "Appearance", "Slide Show" (which I never use) and
"Settings" are there, but "Desktop" has vanished. Any help getting it

The update softwear icon shows up in my task bar and tells me it is
updating, but when I click on it nothing happens.  I would like to be able
to see what the updates are before they are downloaded or installed.  How
can I do this?  I am using XP Pro.

I realize this is the wrong forum - but I think so many of you use Zone
Alarm that the answer will be easy for you.
If I want to stop a specific we b site from accessing my PC, what
settings do I set up in Zone Alarm.  If you reply, [lease be specific

Win XP crashed so I paid a techie service to save what they could from my
hard drive, format the hard drive and reload Win XP. I noticed that
somethings like Windows messeging did not get reloaded on the puter.
When I attempted to add the componet, Windows Messenger, I got a ...

Does anybody knows where Windows temporarily stores  the regular downloaded
updates?
I have 4 computers, and I would like to download the updates to 1 computers
and just copy and install them on the others without having to downloaded

I have  four year old Dell computer and I got it as a gift, so I cannot get
a new one.  It has windows xp pro has 4-MCPU 1.80 ghz and 512 mg of ram.
It is slower than molasses and sometimes things will time out before
opening.

I like to click & hold the left mouse button and slide the mouse up the
start menu to the program I want and then release the button to launch
the program. Windows 2000 and Vista work like that. But XP seems to
require another click on the program shortcut in the menu to launch. ...

I have just got a new Buffalo 500GB Drive station combo to use on my desktop
computer. I had the drive set to power on when the computer was booted up, and
switch off when the comp was turned off. I  could boot up the computer then
after the windows splash screen had loaded the ...

I receive this message when I try to download jpg's using IE.  I tried
the procedure suggested by W Vogel here:  http://snipurl.com/1onu2.
It seems to work at first: the content.IE5 folder is cleared with the
exception of an index DAT file (8528 KB) which I cannot delete.  The

I've always sent url's to myself and checked them out later.
I've copied url's and put them on a "new message" and sent them to me; I
have the option of "send link to" and enter my address but Not One Single
method goes to my inbox.  I will however find them in the "sent file" ...