I have quite unusual problem. I will take you throug it and hopefully you
can help me with this.
1. My computer
I have Acer Aspire laptop running Windows XP Home.

My computer will not boot properly, help me!

I have a stupid old toolbar installed on my system that I want to get rid
of.  It appears in the program list of Add/Remove in Control Panel. However,
when I try to remove this toolbar, it will not respond. I have sounds
assigned to various functions on my system, one of them ...

Is there a utility or technique I can use which will log the starting
and termination of every process, from boot to shutdown, or as close
to each as possible?
Maybe a policy setting that will put something in one of the event

I am using Win XP Pro sp2, fully updated with 1 gb of ram.  The sound
recorder will NOT record thru a microphone.
I have been using the sound recorder for a long time and this has happened
before, but I can NOT remember how I fixed it.

Hello, suppose it's a rather trivial problem, but I haven't found any
solution so far:
After using the Explorer context-menu 'Send to - Compressed (zipped)
File' to create an archive for some images this menu 'suddenly'

Hello, I recently moved the offline files location for users from one server
to another, server1 to server2.  I've modified the group policy related to
folder redirection accordingly, and the clients have seen the change.
The problem is, they keep trying to sync on the old server.  ...

I have a problem with synchronization folders/files. Few months ago they
changed the server were I was synching files against. I removed all the
offline files on the computer linked to that old server and made a new
synchronization against the new server.

Is there a way to NOT have a program which is running displayed on the
taskbar?

[I tried a "find" for "msmpeng" in the appropriate forum  folder on my HD
(which goes back only to 04/20/2007), and got no hits, so I am posting a new
inquiry.]
Based upon my understanding of the Help information, I can specify file

This critical update will not install. Each time I go to the Microsoft
Update Site, this update (KB928366) indicates that it needs to be installed.
The update does not appear in the Add / Remove programs list.

I have a new Dell Latitude D630 running Windows XP SP2. After getting all my
applications installed and ruinning the Files & Settings Transfer Wizard, I
find that none of the settings selected in Power Schemes actually work.
Doesn't matter whether it's on battery or AC power, the ...

The notification tray (where the clock is) shows two icons of monitors with
a red X on them, when the system is returning from standby mode.
I can understand one icon showing, but can you tell me why two? I am getting
paranoid enough to think that someone else is monitoring my ...

This one pc on the network is pingable, can RDP into other machines, but I
can't RDP into it.  All the settings under the Remote Tab in System
Properties are checked off to allow Remote access and the machine is fully up
to date including SP2.  Does anyone have any suggestions?

When I turn off the PC in the normal way, a window appears headed
"McciAsyncEventMgrWnd".  This tells me if I close down straight away I will
loose any unsaved documents.
Where did this new window come from and why?  how do I get rid of it? I