I have a family video and I would like to capture a picture of my brother.
I can stop (pause) the video, take a Print Scrn snapshot and paste it into Paint.
I can crop what I want and do a Save-as.
But the resulting picture is just one big black square.

The date and time won't come up when I boot up. I get a request to run set up
but then the next time I boot up the date and time are way off. Is this a
common problem and what is the fix?
I am using Microsoft XP, home edition on a dell Dimension computer

During installation of service pack 2 intallation my computer stops
responding at to point where the wizard says backing up registery. Can
anything br done about this to finish installation?

Am runninginXP Media on a Dell Inspiron 9400. For past few days, I have no
sound at all (inc system sounds) coming out of the laptop speakers but do
have sound if I plug in heaphones to audio out jack .
Have done all the basic checks, tested sound/audio settings, checked for new

WinXP SP2 Media Center 2005.
I am the Admin.
Wife has her own machine and no children left in the roost.
Want to stop Windows from bringing up a small "log on window" on after

HELP!!!, I was typeing away when all my Icons, Shortcuts and folders on my
desktop vanished, I have tried to get them back but can't, once the computers
loads up all I get is the background, I can still get to the programes and
folders, but I can't put them back onto my screen, I ...

In need for help!!!!!!
Laptop Acer Ferrari 3200 is not a Ferrari coz it always crashes with
following error:
MACHINE_CHECK_EXCEPTION

The download of headers in outlookexpress.general has stuck on the 10th
instant (that is why I am posting this here) and although I increased the
readout from 300 to 1000 it has not moved from 360, nor has it moved when I
unsubscribed and re-subscribed. How can I compel it to ...

xp pro when moving mouse pointer from left pane to right pane in explorer
mouse has to be left clicked to be active. I can't find what caused the
change.

I was installing a Bellsouth share program at a time when an important
Excel document was open.  After installing the program, the Excel file
would not allow me to exit and save changes (the changes were not
important).  I exited wiithout saving changes and now I cannot open

A friend running XP home edition has suddenly run into problems with
Pegasus Mail program which up to now has run perfectly.(File is locked
message) She is still able to get around the problem but investigation
points to recent MS XP updates which have been installed automatically.

My problem occurs when I try to add accounts under Local computer policy -
Security settings - User Right assignment - "act as part of the operating
system", under properties all is greyed out and a information sign tells me
that  " This  setting is not compatible with computers ...

I really GOOFED this one!  I was in DOS and attempting to delete an item on
my desktop called "noname." that had no association and would not allow a
move, delete or rename. Anyway, I deleted the file and when it did it also
deleted several  additional files/folders.  In XP the ...

This is my system: tinyurl.com/3577u5
I added another stick of 1 gig ram and a nvidia 7950 graphics card.
Runs perfect but if I reboot or restart I have to disconnect all the
peripherals and then plug them all back in.

Whenever I boot up an annoying sign comes on screen:-
"System Updating.
Your system configuration is being updated. This may take a few minutes.
Please wait..."