new here. i loaded a game that was not meant for xp and it evitually went to
the blue screen.  i checked device manager and it was blank.  now the problem
is even the video card driver is missing so i cannot see anything.
i know about the plug & play thing but the monitor doesn't ...

I am having problems with my "All Programs" menu, it appears as though
anytime that I click on Start > All Programs my machine hangs. Does anyone
know how to eliminate that?  I have already modified the paging size,
registry under local machine control panel display and have set ...

Since last few days i am having this problem that i cant use my task manager
by pressing (ctrl+Alt+Del) A popup msg displays telling me the task manager
is disabled by your adminastrator..
& i cant use (regedit) in the run command.....is there any way how 2 repare

Hi, Upon coming back fron an extended holiday, my USP ports seem to have quit
on me. First I restored to a control point but no change. I removed all
equipment except my ext disk which I know functions : there is electricity
but no communication ! Scanners, printers, external ...

I have recently installed XP 2000 with service pack 2 and I tried to install
java and the os wouldnt let me. I did some research and figured I try and
change the set programs access and defaults, but when I changed them then
clicked ok, the screen blinked and nothing changed. I ...

error initializing  communications with lms

my windows media player 11 taked longer than usual to play a file and crashes
a lot.

This NG has been great in helping me learn Windows, Outlook Express, etc.  Thanks to all who
post needed information.
As I move through various webpages or sites, I keep getting Windows pop-ups (I assume they're
Windows, they may be Internet Explorer alone) which say:

I would like to install iis on my xp pro sp2 system but it is not listed in
my add/remove components....
Please advise....

System is XP Pro SP2 + subsequent fixes.
Recently I have been encountering errors that all stem from the fact
that some system services are timing out. Acronis backup began to fail
and the Event log reported timeouts by three services, dmserver, TrkWks,

My computer is doing funny things
First it has virous or adware on it
second it showed as having a disk IO error ( disk is working fine )
now windows will not boot so I tried to do a repair windows it just hung

Hello everyone...anyone,
My name's Lala. I have a quick question about Windows XP. I have been trying
to figure it out all day and I give up! I recently purchased some non-related
Windows  software from a website, and they sent me an e-mail to download the

My computer chokes up. so  I check out the task manager, and every time  it's
this svchost.exec  taking  98% of my cpu power.  I end that process  
everything goes back to normal for a while. Plus, there are about 7 of  these
thing runing. If i shut down the wrong one, it will ...

why does my 'Windows' folder open automatically upon startup?  Just started
doing it.  (I am a complete novice so if you know the answer, please keep it
simple!)
thanks

I am trying to install Norton security from a CD and I am getting error msg
that Windows Defender must be removed.  I have already performed the
uninstall of Windows Defender and it's no longer in Add/Remove Program.  I
ran in the same problem with installing a new printer.  ...