Over the past few weeks my computer has been crashing to BSOD almost at
random.  It forces me to do a hard shut-down of the computer and
manually rebooting.
The only thing I've installed or updated lately is the latest Windows

I recently found that one of my hard drives was getting full. In order to
make more space I began removing some files. I came across a folder in my
Documents and Settings folder named Administrator. When I tried to open this
folder I get an "Access is denied" message. I am the ...

I just built a new system and installed XP Pro and Vista Home premium in a
dual boot configuration. It is connected via Cat5 cable to my home network
which has two other systems. Network is set up as a workgroup. I can see all
the shares ,etc - that part is ok.

I have become responsible for basic IT at a office I work at.  We have
18 workstations all running Windows XP as well as a window server.
I am not sure how the initial install was done, but we have 18 copies
of Windows XP and the authentication stickers are affixed to each

I suspect this a hardware problem, but posting there got no response so I
thought I'd try here. After a reinstall of Win XP, my touchpad on my Compaq
laptop no longer works. Everything else works fine, e.g. keyboard, ps2 mouse
(I'm using it in lieu of touchpad) and all programs ...

I recently got a new PC and have an odd problem.  Everything, from
the  screen that comes up when I boot, to applications like Word to
browser windows, desktop icons, everything, has the left most margin off
the lefh-hand side of the page.  My screen resolution is 1024 x 768, and ...

XP Pro SP2:
I do a lot of work with zip files, but they never seem to appear in the
recent documents list on the Start Menu. Ditto for rar files.
Is there a way to add these file types so that files recently worked with

I have two identical computers that I built, mine and my mother-in-law's. My
mother-in-law's computer was working fine until a week or two ago, the
network stopped working. When I go to look at network connections, it says
that it is connected, and it detects if the Ethernet ...

I ran check disk recently on a Windows XP HE system and it noted that "one
or more problems were fixed" however I continued to get disk write errors
when trying to do a Repair/Install with the XP CD.  I then ran the more
extensive check disk (attempt to recover bad sectors), but ...

I wasn't keen on networking in XP and i had NOT any kind of problem
under Windows 2000 with same hardware but i decided to upgrade XP SP2
Pro.
The problems has begun with installing XP rather than 2k, my Surecom

My laptop has broken.
Basically, when I turn it on, it loads normally, until XP seems to have
loaded, then it says "windows is starting up" with xp's usual blue
background, but then the screen changes to the old ERROR type screen, with a

Installing my Logitech USB webcame a couple of years ago was a nightmare. My
PC is operated in a secure mode by which I work in a restricted account and
use the administrator account just for those special tasks.
Unfortunately the Logitech USB Webcam software appears to have been ...

I accidentally deleted, and emptied some files from the recycle bin, is there
any possible way of recovering these files?

If I remember correctly when I was tryign to find out about using UPS
a couple of years ago, printers are not recommended to be connected to
the UPS because it draws a lot of power, right?
The monitor should be connected to UPS, right?

Hi, I've got a problem, when I try to start the system "Windows XP Pro." it
gives me an erros like ...\windows\system32\hal.dll is missing or corrupted,
please replace it.... All of the support was useless, I tried using the
recovery console and "expand X:i386\hal.dl_ Y ...