My winows xp sp1 is really bad and I need to delete it and reinstall it...I
have done this before and never had a problem. Now it is not even showing up
in my control panel. It will not let me manually uninstall it using the
osuninst.exe command. I cannot get rid of it to ...

I have installed all updates, drivers etc and this is the error message I get
when service pack 2 tries to install
Unable to read from or write to the database.
please help I need to have this installed so I can install

I get an "Error saving web page" message when trying to save a web page.  The
web page saved correctly for a long period of time, and then all of a sudden
that message started appearing.  Has anybody out there experienced the same
problem with XP Home?

Computer had a problem and I went through a restore. Now when I try to laod
AOL either from the AOL stored on my computer or from an AOL disk (9.0)it
will only go to the connect page stop and then reboot the computer.
I have a cable modem and have access to the Internet otherwise ...

I am running Windows XP Pro SP2. I recently had a very strange problem
show up on my laptop. The system is a Sony Vaio SZ480N. I did a clean
install of Windows XP Pro and have installed all the updates.
The problem first showed up as non-functioning keys. "c", "t" and "n"

A secretary lost the vertical right bar in the Windows Explorer in increased
mode.
That appears when one wants to make ravel the files which are more numerous
than the lower horizontal line of the screen.

I am doing a repair installation of xp. The installation was halted due to
low virtual memory. I have tried to restart and continue the installation.
The computer gets to the point where it is going to actually intall windows,
but fails because of low virtual memory and then the ...

I'm getting these errors when playing mp3's in WMP 11 and Yahoo Jukebox,
they don't happen right away but after about 15 minutes of opening and
closing mp3 files. The errors are:
"Return Not_Okay from comsftwrallocdspmem" and  "Memory Allocation failed in

I'm running Xp pro and have developed a problem with My Briefcase.  In the
past I've been using a memory stick, that I have a Briefcase on it, which
I've put folders with files into it off my desktop computer.  Then I would
use the memory stick on a laptop to work on files, and ...

In the startup Item columb I have green check mark but no lable, No Command
But does have Location of SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows|Current Version|Run.
What is this file for is it real? Could it be the microsoft removel tool for
spyware? What happens if I uncheck this from the ...

Hi all, apologies if this is the wrong forum to post in.
I recently acquired Windows Vista Business 64 bit version, however soon
realised that on trying to install many programs i used on XP, that they did
not work due to them only being available for the 32 bit system.

XP installation on my computer is of Windows XP professional edition (with
SP2). System partition is on NTFS.
Few days back, UPS failed when system was shutting down. An abnormal
shutdown case. From then on, system booting fails with below message:

After installing the .NET Framework 2.0 & 3.0 update, I am now missing the
entire Games folder and many items from the Accessories folder - most notably
the Character Map.  System is XP Home 2002 SP2 running antivirus, spyware,
windows defender, etc.

Part 2 -
okay here's a big clue - it is defintely I.E. 7 related.
why? because all accounts work perfectly using . . . . can I say it here?
(firefox).

Every time I use IE, the following message occurs: Scripts are usually safe.  
Do you want to allow scripts to run?
This occurs in Trusted Zone sites, such as Microsoft, which have everything
enabled.  How do I eliminate this annoying message, which must be clicked