Is there a way to disable standby or prevent the laptop from requesting the
user's password after closing the laptop lid.  Users who use the laptops for
presentations are not the ones who initially sign in.  It is a new HP laptop.
There are no power settings in BIOS.

i keep getting the same update  fowr window a scurity update for microsoft
xml core 4.0 service pack 2 (kb936181). how do i fix this without turning off
automatic updates?

Just recently the only thing I can change on my desk top background is the
color. I can not change it to a wall paper back ground of my choosing or to a
picture. It will not allow me to use the up & down arrows to make choices.
This happened at the same time I somehow down loaded ...

They both quit at the same time. In Device Manager I have the yellow
triangles showing an error. In My Computer it doesn't even show they exist.
In Device Managaer when I go to troubleshoot it says loaded driver but can't
find hardware. Error Code 41. I un-installed both and went ...

I received an "error message" regarding security, to install "Performance
Optomizer".   It claimed to be from microsoft but the program was by
"SellMoSoftInc", which seemed odd to me. I did not install it fearing that is
was not from microsoft.

When I do a Ctrl/Alt-delete, I do NOT get the first Page of the Task
Bar showing what applications are running.
It always opens at the Processes page showing processes and the
memory being  used by the individul processes.

My experience is that if it isn't broken, don't fix it. Fiddling
around trying to remove unwanted files or folders might result in
deleting DLL files and then problems arise.
Related to this is that all of my games and accessories have been

Just about everything keeps it's minimal size when I open it. However, only
on this machine, does Outlook not respond to resizing. It will resize
manually, but continues to open new messages to a full width on a wide-screen
monitor.

I used to open more than two files by selecting them then right click open
but now I have to double click one file at a time.
Please help.

I restart the system after dilplay property mod. . then an error occource  at
startup.
SAM error  Manager Account not possible for error 0xc0000008, handle not
valid.

I keep getting this message when i start up my computer:
Windows Driver not Ready
Exception processsing message cooooa3
parameters 7566bf9c4.

hi when trying to view/activet some programs through explorer but not all
programs
i get this message.line 2.char1. error invalid link. code 0 url about
blank.this even happens in window market place .anybody help please  mick

My previously well-behaved PC (XP Professional connected to a network) is
suddenly taking a very long time to boot - the problem arose without warning
and for no apparent reason.  It takes about 6 minutes before the desktop
appears - with quite long periods of no disk activity ...

could somebody take a look at the following error details please:
Serious error: Error signature: BCCode: F4,  BCP1: 00000003, BCP2:86CD3728,
BCP3: 86CD389C, BCP4: 805C773E, OSVer: 5_1_2600, SP: 2_0, Product: 768_1.
This happens at startup a blue screen appears and the error ...

I'm trying to completely remove Internet Explorer 7, which the IE7
encouragement statement says I should be able to do. First I tried
Add/Remove programs, and it did not appear in the list. Next, I started the
system in safe mode and I saw it in the list and removed it. When I