This makes me nuts :-) Windows 2000 Pro, and WinXP (and I think all
others) when you use the "File Open" dialog, it defaults to the "list"
mode, and the files scroll left to right. Yuck... File listings
should scroll up and down.

I am running Windows XP Home Edition. (dell computer)
My computer was running very slow, so a tech uninstalled and reinstalled XP.
He did not back up my Files or Photos.
Is everything gone forever, or is there a program, or something that can be

OK my machine has 2 hard drives, 1 IDE and 1 SATA. I moved the XP home
install to the new SATA about 4 months ago and have had no problems. The old
drive (now my secondary) was reformatted. Recently it was getting sluggish,
however and I wanted to clean out a lot of old junk, so ...

I am trying to resolve a login problem on Win XP sp2.. what happens after
you put in a password?
does anyone know what loads or how I can find out what is hanging? It doesnt
hang in safe mode with netowrking, only normal login

no matter what i do my pc will not restart i have to shut it down in order to
restart it. i go to start like normal then insted of shutting down i just
want to restart it , but when i do that it gets to a point that all i get is
a blank screen and the light on my pc goes solid ...

You know where the time is located in the lower right corner in
Windows XP Home.
Well, I want to be able to force the DATE to float just slightly above
or below the current time.

since yesterday, i have a big problem. my pc wont start. i got a blue
screen with technical info : STOP: 0*00000050(0*FAB31700, 0*0000000,
0*FAB31700, 0*0000000 ), what means FAB31700?
my harddrive seems to be vanished, only diskettestation is working in DOS

I see this with my printer and fax -is it a useful tool and if so, how?

I need to change the start up boot sequence in the bios for 500 machines. Is
there any easy way this task can be automated.
Thanks

I can only get xp to recognize my cameras, I ave tried uninstalling host
controllers and rebooting but that only works till I shut the pute down
again. I update driver through dev mgr choosing MS enh contr over Intel and
that works till shutdown, after start-up intel controller ...

I have two OS's, Windows XP Home and Pro... the Home Edition is corrupted
pretty bad so I installed Pro in the same partition in C:\WINDOOWS as to not
erase anything from the other os... There's some files that i need to get
from the other OS, the Home Edition, everytime I boot ...

Hello. I was running vista business when i installed a new secondary (D:)
drive for my files/movies. The drive worked fine in vista. I just wiped vista
(it sucks) and put XP pro back on the C: drive. During install it fussed
about not recognizing the drives but i didn't think ...

When I depress the power button, nothing happens.   When I depress any of the
buttons on the flat screen monitor, the following msg appears.  
In Power Save Mode
Press any key or move mouse.

I have recently changed my motherboard by the same (It was out of
order). But when I use windows, I see, in configuration panel 2 cpu and
Windows says that I have a ACPI PC and he indicate only one cpu at 3.00
ghz (I have a Prescott 3 Ghz). Task manager see only one cpu and ...

Hello, I just recovered from this problem
Stop: c0000218 {Registry File Failure} The registry Cannot Load The Hive
(File): \SystemRoot\System32\Config\Software Error
I have followed the advice prescribed by both microsoft and XP experts.