I've got a Dell Dimension 8300 running XP SP2.
The following bizarre symptom started happening intermittently recently,
and I don't understand why:
I choose "Turn off Computer" from the Start menu in the lower left

can someone tell me what is checked in the tools advanced settings boxes,
someone changed what was checked and i cant find info on it ?

Simple question (I think?).
I created a shutdown script on my XP Pro machines that will run a
commercial backup program when my users shut their machines down at
the end of the day.  That backup program will backup the user's

A couple of months ago, I switched of automatic updates and chose to do the
updates myself. It worked well for a couple of weeks, but at a given moment,
I couldn't get windows to install the new Windows Genuine Advantage
Validation Tool (KB892130).

I have a Dell OEM version that came with my computer.  I'm trying to move to
Vista on my internal HD and move my XP partition to a USB drive.  I've copied
my HD and also did a fresh install to the USB drive.  Both actions give me a
blue screen on start up.  I'm assuming that my ...

my friend is trying to connect to the internet and it says modem failure what
can we do to fix this he does not have a support password to run thetrouble
shooter therough windows xp

hi folks: I am running winsxp with sp2,and zonealarm for m
firewall.Here is my problem. When I boot the sytem everything seems t
be fine,all my icons
on the desktop are there,as the system loads,some icons in the tray ar

"Error loading C:\Windows\System32\bcc_gr.dll"
I cannot find this file and have done a search on google to work out what
this DLL file is associated with, but came up with nothing. Most importantly
I want to stop this message from appearing everytime I boot up. Can anyone

if i dont use my network drives for a while the next time i use one of them
it takes a while to come up

For example, in yahoo.com, i will put a subject to look up in web search
engine,
that is ok , it pulls up all my choices.
The problem is when I click on a choice link, it automatically switches to

After i had problems with the windows live one care and reinstalling it, my
ebay toolbar disappeared, the program was there in programs , so i
uninstalled it then reinstalled it, no luck, did it again, no luck. i turned
off the windows live once care firewall it still did not ...

I get this error on both mine and my wife's systems.
Happens during a simple COPY/PASTE routine. We get this error code copying
anything into WORD.
Both systems have more than enough "resources" available.

I have a HP L2005CO running XP SP2. I am unable to Install Any kind of
an External Mouse. Tried my MS Wheel Mouse & Optical USB & PS/2
Compatible that was running on my Dual Boot Dell [WinME & XP SP1]. Then
I tried A Logitech LX7 which wouldn't work so it Got returned. We Then

I am continually gets error messages related to Windows Explorer.  Here are
some of the recent ones:
-Wednesday, December 19, 2007 Applicatio n Error Faulting application
explorer.exe, version 6.0.2900.3156, faulting module msnlext.dll, version

I received a used computer from a friend that was used in an office.  I
changed the desktop background to one that I wanted but every time I restart
the computer it reverts back to the same blue background.  Is there any way
to keep it from doing this?