Running a home Lan, peer to peer WinXP Pro, (no server software)
1. I use WinXP pro sp3 on all my machines on my LAN.
2. We all boot without passwords, I think it defaulted that way at install
    giving us the "owner.whatever"  account names.

I have a (sticky-note like) program that loads at startup and stays in the
system tray.  It loads just fine if it loads early in the boot sequence, but
if it loads toward the end, it leaves its tab in the task bar.  The only way
to get rid of this is to right click the icon in ...

I run XP PRO with SP3
My Add remove page is full of junk that I can't remove because I lost an
external hard drive that contained many programs I used to install on it.
When the external died it took every thing with it but my registry can't

How do you change the picture size on user button start up splash screen?
Thanks

hi my computer loads up to the desktop background and stops there the  icons
of the desktop dont show up and i can do a restart or anything else what can
i do to solve this problem thank you. Windows xp

This post is rather long but contains as much detail as I could muster to
help fix my problem. The WindowsHelp and Ttroubleshooter were both useless.
Thank you for your assistance.
Problem: WinXP SP3 (Windows Media player, HP Software and Norton Backup that

I installed 7, now trying to install xp as a dual boot.  I need to install
SATA drivers via F6 during the XP install through Floopy Drive A.  The
problem is - I have no floppy drive. Do I have to go buy and install one? Is
there a way around this?

I've done several XP "Repair" procedures several years back and those experiences left me feeling confident in
performing the procedure.  This time, I am feeling like I know nothing.  Something new has been introduced into the
game, probably through the updates.
I need to Repair a ...

hello. i run xp and in trying to boot up, the system shuts down and restarts
again and again. I have tried "last good config," but it makes no difference.
I try to access safe mode, but it won't let me get further than trying - it
too returns me to  constant  rebooting. i chose ...

CC Cleaner lists this as an unwanted item, however I am unable to delete it.
What is it?  And how would you go about getting rid of it?
thank you~

I've run into a strange problem only on my wife's computer. Whenever
her computer is placed in "Standby" i.e. sleep mode, the little pop-up
text boxes that identify the icons anywhere on the taskbar, pop-up
BEHIND the taskbar instead of in front (or on top) of it.  If I

Got an existing PC that is 64-bit compatible, but I've been running
32-bit XP on it for ages. Now it's getting time to leave the XP behind.
Didn't bother with Vista, like most people. I'm going to be going to Win
7 Ultimate 64-bit. Now, I'm aware that there isn't any official

My oldest hard-drive is an EIDE Western Digital 120-JB drive that is on
it's last legs but still has data to big to back up on burned media.  I
don't have enough space left on my other SATA drives to back everything up
on another drive.  I tried to run a Norton Utilities Disk ...

Roxio Media Manager keeps trying to install on my desktop.  The installer is
looking for the CD which of course I do not have.  I tried the various MS
support center solutions including disabling the installer via Services.  
This did not work.  I tried to roll back windows to the ...

This operating is not presently configured to run this application.' This
nmessage keeps popping up after I install WInXP Sp2.  Right after I install
office 2003, and I try to open MS word 2003, the above message appears.  Can
anyone point me in the right direction?