I recently went into add/remove programs and deleted some which I dont use.
I found to my horror that I now cannot open word or excel. It goes into an
error message "the feature you are trying to use is on a network resource
which is unavailable" and then gives me "error 1706".I ...

Greetings: Dell DM4400, Windows XP SP2, 1 GB memory. Problems are PC stops
functioning after 15 minutes if unattended. PC runs much better in Safe
mode. that Windows updates download slowly e.g 255 kb download had
downloaded 41% after 30 minutes, CPU runs 100% most of the time ...

Hi, can anyone tell me why after I set my time and date correctly on my date
and time properties, the next day it throws it back to January 2003 and the
time is all messed up?  I've tried eveything I can think of and I am hoping
someone here has an answer.  Thanks

I continually get DCOM errors at start up.  There are eight events in my last
boot up.  They seem to be the same.  I copied the trail of info here.  I
follow the instructions to change the launch and activation permissions but I
get lost when I open the DCOM configuration in ...

My McAfee anti virus free trial that came with my new computer is about to
run out.  I want to install avg free.  Do I intsall AVG and then uninstall
McAfee or vice versa?  Thanks.

The computer is a compac preserio with windows xp media addition, and when it
is turn on it immediately goes tot he admistratorsign in screen and asks for
a user name (no password) .  The computer has not done this in the past and I
do not know of an administrater account ever ...

Windows XP; Thinkpad t40 laptop (being used as "desktop"); Gateway FHD2400
Monitor.
Monitor will display video, etc.; but no sound accompanies the video.
Also, when running applications with sound effects, no sound.

Here’s my problem: Several nights ago my girlfriend was running Windows
Update on her computer. Not only did she download the critical updates, she
also clicked several other hardware updates as well. She downloaded the
Windows Internet Explorer 7 for XP, Hewlett-Packard VP17 LCD ...

My XPSP2 system requests restart on EVERY boot up. Event viewer shows userenv
1517, generated by system, and userenv 1524, generated by me. I downloaded
uphccleaner as suggested by MSoft, but it does not show in msconfig auto
startup, and starting it manually brings up a DOS ...

I am still having trouble with my folders. The folder names are all correct
when viewed in explorer etc but when I open a folder the name of the folder
in the blue bar at the top of the dialogue box only displays the first letter
of the folder. This is the same for major folders ...

I just bought a flash drive for my WinXP SP2 Home edition. As soon as I
inserted it, my computer froze and locked up. I've tried it in all my
additional USB ports and it remains the same. Even if I insert it prior to
boot up, Windows stops and freezes. My webcam works fine and ...

Been trying to reinstall XP Pro on my sister's Dell laptop and banging my head
on the floor! Inspiron E1405
Getting the message:
Technical Information:

A hard disc taken from a failed HP Pavilion was put in a new PC (ASUS M2A-VM
motherboard) and fails to boot with:
0x7B (0xBACC3524, 0xC0000034, 0x00, 0x00)
The disc works as a secondary in another Pavilion, can read, write but not

I have a ProView plug and play and had proper display setting but had to
reinstall windows XP Home edition and now cannot get the proper display
settings and unable to find driver for it.

When I bootup my laptop it says:
"unable to find hal.dll"
My idea was to install and repair the installation via
my WindowsXP-Installation CD, but after having clicked