attention M. Fergusson
I do what you indicate me but when it is finish a window pop up logon
hotmail asking username and password for the following server
http://services.msn.com/scvs/hotmail/httpmail

Since the latest patches in december, my pc will not shutdown unless I
physically turn it off.  It hangs on saving your settings. Can you help
please.  I'm using XP pro SP2

Cannot locate recycle bin, it completely disappeared. Went through all
programs, all  files. Cannot empty either cause its not anywhere to see.

Sorry, if I have some bad English :p
Well, when I'm playing a song, or my computer makes a noice, the sounds make
some funny things.
"I'm clo-o-osing the-e go-oo-d da-am-n doo-or"

I recently hit some massive problems on my computer and it was recommended
to me by my dad to reformat my harddrive which I did.
But after the reformat I was unable to use my windows xp cd key again. I
went online to check and found some posts on "virgin" cd keys etc. Is there

help me. i keep gettin a suspicious message. its sending virus 2 everyone in
my msn address book. it keeps coming up even when i dont have msn off. iv
tried virus scanning but its still there and i dont know what else to do.
please help me

I 've noticed that the "longterm" ( more than 2 hrs ) presence of the sites
on the screen causes sudden close of IE7 with a message to Microsoft . I
usually use 2 to 4 tabs open . I have the suspicion is a low memory problem
but i'm not sure at all.

In our network environment we have several computers that use third party
certificates that are imported into internet explorer. When a user imports
the certificate into IE it imports and works successfully. When the user logs
off or reboots thier PC the certificate is ...

HP Pavilion 3 years old. 80 gig HD free; 1 Gig RAM
For obvious reasons, I had to reformat my HD and reinstall XP pro. Installed
all drivers etc. Downloaded SP2 but can't install it. Installation process
begins and freezes at 'Checking product key'.

Bought my son an inexpensive MP3 player - came with its own software "music
express" pretty simple instructions to "rip" CD's but when I get to the "rip
CD" button a little Windows XP pop up would come up asking me what I wanted
to use to download ie itunes, media player etc, I'm ...

hi!im facing a great problem in accessing my hard drives.it always shows
a message that application cannot be run in win32 mode.please help me
out!

I got my problem of yesterday fixed - thanks to those who replied.  I am
left with a slightly different, "no-real-problem" but it's an annoyance.
 I wonder if there is a quick fix for it:
Now when my wife boots her computer, boot stops in a DOS page that says

I'm running XP.  I had to use the Recovery Disks a few weeks ago when my
system went loopy.  Now I'm trying to download Apple's iTunes for new iPod.  
When I go to run it after the download completes, the system tries to get
Windows Installer.   I get a message:  

I have read the previous threads on this topic, but none of the proposed
solutions (at least the ones I understood) helped.
After 3 years of use, the volume control icon disappeared from my task bar.  
I went to the Contol Panel, opened Sounds and Audio Devices, and under

A couple of us poor souls sitting at our 'puters trying to play lovely photos
and DVD created by one of our friends on 'Vista' are getting rather
frustrated by not being able to access them!...we've tried the
'troubleshooter' that sends you around in circles...going on line.. ...