I was restoring to an earlier date and when the computer restarted - windows
would not open.
error msg:  Windows could not start because the following file is missing or
corrupt:  system32\drivers\Ntfs.sys

About a week ago, i was trying to burn a cd and even when the system is idle,
i would get a error such as?
STOP: 0x00000003,0x89B3A648,0x89B3A7BC,0x805D11F8
Beginning dump of physical memory

Computer reboots itself after being off for about a minute or two. I did
disable "automatic restart on system failure" but I've not been able to find
a stop error report.
I thought this problem was corrected but it seem to have returned.

We use roaming profiles.
When an old server is offline, users get a blue screen (no desktop) after
logging in.
All the old shares were created on the newer server.

How do I remove the the old ISP info from my browser window? For example...
it says: Microsoft Internet Explorer provided by Verizon. I no longer use
them and I want all that removed and have just the default IE. Do I need to
reinstall the IE or edited something? Can you even ...

when I have been on my computer for too long it wont shut down. it's a hp
that runs on windows xp. I have done a system restore(f10) and it also has ca
anti virus in it. I know it doesn't have any bugs or viruses in it at the
momement. when its been running fo too long( it ...

I had to reinstall XP.  Previously installed applications are still on the
hard drive but won't run.  Is there any way short of reinstalling them to
reactivate them?

Well basically when I start up my computer, it starts to load XP for 1
second, then I just get the blue screen of death with the error message
"unmountable_boot_volume". Any ideas??

when I try to open "Folder Options" under Control Panel I get the message "
Choose the program you want to use to open this file" !!??? How ro solve
this??

After installation of the mapping software (including driver updates) for my
Saitek X45 joystick, x and y axis of the stick will not function properly in
any program.
The register values for both axes will jump from 0 to 32k to 64k. Strangely

This has started some days ago.
Everytime I start Windows XP and click the start bar, a dialogue box is
always appearing saying: "New programs instaled". The problem is that I
haven't instaled anything. Before, when I instaled something, this message

I just wanted to commend you for that excellent reply to TBerk ( If Registry
Cleaners are no good then ). It was the most intelligent opinion on Registry
Cleaners that I have come
upon from a MS-MVP. I have copied/paste it into my Common Sense Folder.

One of our Dells wouldn't boot today - The windows start screen comes up with
the blues dots moving across, but it gets to a point and hangs.
I was able to boot in safe mode, and found that it appears the print spool
part of windows is damaged. When I went to do a test printout ...

I formatted my harddrive yesterday and reinstalled xp professional after
partitioning my drive and formatting it. It works great. But by mistake,
after all the files were loaded onto my harddrive from the XP Pro CD and it
was trying to boot up from the harddrive, I left the CD in ...

Laptop with xp sp2.
I put something flat down on the keyboard, and next thing
I knew the desktop is upside down! Everything opens upside down.
How to fix, please?