i was trying to install a new printer and the computer wouldnt open the cd,
so i went to My Computer and neither the dvd or cd drives existed there
anymore. how can i put them back?

I am uable to get defrag or Add/Remove even show up when clicking onto them.

Is there any way I can set up which application to use as the default
to open the Hosts file, as one can do with txt or doc files?  I'm
running SP3.
Thanks for any help.

I have tried everywhere.  When I install SP2 on my SP1 Home Edition, Internet
Explorer refused to open.  It's in the Tasklist but will not open on the
screen.  I need to install the new MESSENGER so I can chat with my wife when
she's not home but it will not let me install on SP1 ...

In my PC (XP Home SP3), works only the screensavers of default (those which
we find installed, with to the O.S...... in order meaning to us.). All those
which I install, and I say just all, I have tried because them, when I try
to enable them: Property - Screen > Screensaver, not ...

Hi!  I was a dummy and ran a registry edit without backing up first and now
I’m having problems with my XP system.  The user accounts screen pops up and
when I click on any of the accounts, the system logs in briefly and then just
as quickly logs off.  As it stands now I can’t ...

 I need help, bigtime!
 My Dell- Dimension8400 is giving me problems that are XP related.
  Last week I powered up the machine and got a message that said"
windows could not start because the following file is missing or

I need to have my security programs like Norton Internet Security ,SpyBot ,
AdAware loaded first when I start computer.
Is it possible ? If so how to do it ?
Thanks

I cannot boot my system. I installed an app last night and had to
reboot as part of the installation. I have never been able to boot
since.
I have tried to load the recovery console from the XP installation

I want to uninstall xp home and install xp professional, but I want to be
able to reuse the key from xp home how do I do that?

When I put a new heard drive into my Compaq Evo, I had to re-installed XP,
but the process didn't go as smoothly as I would have liked.  Now I have
problems with my audio driver, which suggest to me that its interrupt
priority is set wrong with respect to other interrupts.

(cont. from previous thread)
As I said, my system came pre-installed with XP Media Center Edition. All
updates installed, most 3rd parrty programs removed (have AVG Anti-Virus free
edition), Service Pack 3, 1GB memory, on a Dell laptop.

I used a registry cleaner and ended up with a problem. I know i am no
supposed to do that, but I just can't keep from tinkering!
So this can be an object lesson for the unwary.
When running a DSL speed test, my upload speed is now 0. I canno

Undo what you did just before the BSOD.
Then never re-do that step.
Even if some forum tells you it will make your Pentium into a HexCore
computer.....

I started in safe mode because I received  a stop error message trying to
install anti-virus software.  Now in safe mode I get a memory dump  error
message video driver failed to initialize;Err Msg: Stop 0x000000B4 The Video
Driver Failed to Initialize.  I am using Windows XP.  ...