When my desktop is loaded after boot the icons have place fillers and it
take several monutes for the permanent icons to fill the screen.Also from
time to time when I load the control panel I get the searching flashlight
for awhile before the icons appear.

Is there a way to repair a corrupt local profile on an XP system\
Thanks
Carl

I transferred what files I needed from my older XP PC to a new Vista
machine. Now whenever I boot up my XP PC, the XP PC opens up a folder onto
the desktop called "XXX". I can click it closed, but it is a pain to have to
do every time I turn that computer on.

I have just tried to download and install SP3 and it downloads OK but after
30 mins. it still has not started to install. Is this normal?
Ken

Any way of setting Windows XP so that it will never show video thumbnails?
Thanks

I have installed SP3 on a laptop (XP Pro) and a desktop (XP Home) without a
problem but on another desktop (XP Home) the installation aborts near the
end with the message 'Access Denied'. A google search has suggested a clash
with Ad-Aware (which I've uninstalled) and MSXML4.dll ...

I have a PC that is showing up errors 1500, Warning 1527 and Warning 1524 in
Event Viewer using a different Profile on the same PC. An error* message
comes up on the PC when I try to load the problematic Profile. I read on the
Internet and also on MS technet site that I need to ...

Help please: On trying to run an installation of a program that works
perfectly well on my laptop, but apparently not on this PC, I get this
message:
Install shield dll custom action

I try to look up www.eyeballchat.com to download the program, but Internet
Explorer doesn't find the site when it's on its own.  I sign into AOL, search
for the same thing, and it works fine.  
Any ideas how to fix ?

Can anyone please help me with Windows (not internet) Explorer?  Everytime I
view my video folder explorer encounters a problem and closes.  It's the same
whatever way I try to do it, through my documents, my computer etc.  All
other folders such as photo's and documents are fine ...

Tried to install sp3 on my Media Center Edition computer yesterday and my
computer would only reboot in safe mode after installation.  Had to uninstall
sp3 to be able to reboot normally.  Has anyone else experienced this problem
and is there a solution?

I have again tried to download a exe-zip file and gotten only a word
document. This happens frequently. Others have downloaded this particular one
yesterday, so the site is working. I have seem mention of this problem in the
past, but not found a solution.

Recently, my USB port was registering F drive.  Then it grabbed onto the G:
drive which is my project drive on the server.  I got the G: drive back to
the project files but now the USB ports dont register any drive to access in
MY COMPUTER.  Thus I can t access or use the USB ...

Ive heard that one can have a network in office on a server and set up a
system whereby you can access the actual server and get to ones files.  How
is this done?  What do I need to do?  Is in an IT job or someone I contact
via internet?  or both.

After (interupted?) merger of 2 part. wiht P. Magic didnt XP boot. I found
in W2000 my XP.-part wasnt active so it got activated, then no OS started in
that PC. Can it be deactivated without an OS?
That PC starts with Compaq, then get black with a small twinkle up to the