Within Windows XP Professional, I have two user accounts and an Administrator
account. I have changed one of the user accounts from an System Administrator
account to a Limited account. I wish to do the same to the other account, so
I log on to the Administrator account and try ...

Why can't I play dvd movies on my PC?  Windows XP SP2 2000.  My PC is only 1
year old and I think I have all the right components to play a dvd, but it
just doesn't seem to read it at all.  I can play music cd's ok.  Any answers
greatly appreciated.  Cheers

Can anyone tell me if there is a setting I can change, or a way that I can
get my folders to open up maximized every time?  I've tried some suggestions,
such as maximizing them and then closing through the file menu.  I've also
tried the CTRL + dragging it to a max size, which ...

I have a printer that I'm trying to install as a temporary solution until I
get the users regular printer fixed.  I have successfully installed this
printer on several other windows XP boxes, however, am struggling to be able
to get this printer to work with this particular ...

Something strange keeps happening to my PC.
I have XP Pro installed, set up as a workgroup rather than a domain,
and normally have the windows welcome screen and graphical logon
appear.

To make a long story short,i'm getting a c:\windows32\pmnnl.exe error
everytime i reboot.Also i notice i can't get certain desktop screensavers as
well as trying to do a systems restore.Other than that seems to be ok,Thank
you for any comments.

   recently I got on my laptop computer which has windows xppro sp2
installed with all updates prior to two weeks ago. To my surprise after I
logged in. Found out when I went to do updates that the account I signed
into was limited! So i loged off and to my surprise my ...

everytime i boot windows i get the BSOD as soon as explorer starts. i am
given a STOP error message of 0x0000008E (0xC0000005, 0x80576A52, 0xB9FF498C,
0x00000000) i cant find anything in the Windows Knowledge Base about this
error code and i was wondering if anyone knows what is ...

Is there any way to make the DIR command list the full time (04:31:30
rather than just 04:31) ?

I always got notifications in my hotmail in box. I recently asked if I wanted
alerts for $49 per year. I clicked no. Since then I see the notification as
usual but when I click on it it does not open in the newsgroup as before.
Is there some way I can repair this w/o changing the ...

I have downloaded LavaSoft Ad-ware, Spybot and Belarc-Advisor from the CNET
download site.   In all cases, I started to get notices of attempted
communications right after they were installed and before they were run.
One computer had NIS 2008, and right after the download, reported

i have a hp pavilion dv 2519 tu, pre-installed with windows vist home
premium.
i tried to install xp on this but when i try i get to the part where
it says "accept the terms and conditions" and say next (hit f8) i get

I bought a SanDisk 2GB SD micro memory card with the intent of loading
it up on my pc (XP Pro) with applications to use in my phone.
When I stick the card in the SD reader on my PC and try and access it
it just hangs with the hourglass.

I am running Windows XP Professional sp2.  I get a message that says a device
will run faster with USB 2.0 drivers installed.  The device is either a
CD/DVD writer or a protable Hard Drive.  I have gone to Device Manager and
tried to Update the drivers but don't seem to have any ...

Ok, I was on the computer and it was running fine, I go to work, com
back and the first thing I hear is the computer is messed up...*sigh*
live with people who don't know how to work a computer but are t
ignorate to not do stuff they dont know and they're explaination is "