The Automatic Updates few days ago downloaded a Flash Player Security Update
KB923789 and it has been trying to install it (unsuccessfully) every time I
shut down my computer. Is there any way I can help it to install it (I
cannot even find a Flash Player in my programs) or ...

Win XP SR2
Tried running MSINFO32.
Received a response
"CAN'T COLLECT INFORMATION"

Hello. I'm using XP Home edition. Both my 'Add or Remove Programs' and my
'System Restore' have stopped working altogether. Also, my "Last known good
configuration" in safe mode does nothing to correct either problem. I'm at my
wit's end. Any and all help would be greatly ...

I've got a really strange problem where a Windows XP Pro machine
_joined_to_a_domain_ is displaying the Task Manager rather than the
Windows Security Window when CTRL+ALT+DEL is pressed.
Normally this happens when the machine isn't in on a Domain, but this

I have just upgraded a laptop from XP Pro to SP2. I now want IIS installed
as well, which was not in the original installation. I've tried *Add/Remove
Programs / Windows Components* and ticked the IIS box. It is asking for some
DLL files from the "ServicePackFiles/i386"  folder ...

Hi,
In ms wista, in Windows mail i have messages, and now i want to export them
into Windows Xp's outlook express.  But i can do exporting from one wista to
other wista. Is there any wayt to improt-export from wista to xp, or from xp

I moved two files from a personal folder to my downloads to keep them then
needed to do a system restore on the pc I then went back into check these
files and they are now missing from both locations they have been in personal
folders for a while shouldnt they have been replaced ...

My parents have a Gateway desktop (bought in April 2007) with Vista, and
recently whenever they hit the left shift key, the calculator pops up.  Any
suggestions on how to fix this?

On one xp machine I have if I type anything in the "run" box (such as
msconfig or regedit) it will retain the item I typed seemingly
forever. The next time I start the computer if I open "run" I'll see
msconfig already there and all I have to hit is ok. On my other xp

My Windows XP Home Edition is stuck in Safe Mode.  I was running a Norton
Virus Scan, and following directions on the Norton Web Site, I entered Safe
Mode by clicking SafeBoot option on System Configuration Utility and by
temporarly stopping System Restore.

Came home to find my clocks blinking and computer idling (nothing on the
screen but fans running. Turned computer power off and restarted after 15
seconds with no startup but fans running and no beeps. Pulled power plug and
recycled start up with still no running. Pulled power of ...

I run Windows XP Pro SP2 and have been unable to successfully install
software requiring the Windows Installer for several months.  I am
using the latest installer provided by Microsoft - Windows Installer
3.1 (V2) [WindowsInstaller-KB893803-v2-x86.exe].    

Long story short, several days ago I was gaming, and happened to be running a
passive defragmentation utility in the background. Now, I don't know if
either of these, or a combination of the two, happened to be particularly
fatal, but the end result was an XP install that would ...

This problem first started a few days ago, and has been happening more and
more frequently, seemingly at random. Explorer will freeze while I'm opening
or navigating through an Explorer window, or while trying to open a picture
in preview. Once the Explorer window freezes, all I ...

When I insert a disk in either of my optical drives the disk contents
open and  start - this is something new,  it never happened before -I
prefer to select opening manually.
How does one disable auto start of an optical drive when the disk is