On Windows XP Pro SP2, my taskbar has started freezing completely. The rest
of Explorer is working: i can launch new Folder windows, desktop is
responsive. I am running WIndows Update automatically, so should be up to
date. C:\windows\Explorer.exe is version 6.00.2900.3156

I'm using a Cruzer Micro 4.0 GB USB drive to copy files from a Windows 2000
machine to XP. It recognized the flash drive, it copied the files as well.
But when I went to the XP computer, I don't see any files in the USB drive.
Is there a compatibility issue, or something needs to ...

Does anyone have any  suggestions on how to install XP with USB keyboard and
mouse?
In the middle of installation process, it requests for continuing
installation with USB devices even thought XP has difficulty to recognize

Hi I bought a new Computer a few weeks ago and Vista has been giving me all
kinds of problems so I finally decided to downgrade back to XP but am having
problems. I know how to boot from the Install CD and it detects my C drive I
choose to install and things seem to go smoothly ...

I'm trying to figure out whether users need all Office applications. Is there
anyway to ascertain when the last time an application has been run? Other
than in the Add/remove programs (Last used on), which doesn't seem to be
accurate, is there any application that can do this? ...

Can start with F8 and partially get into Safe Mode.
I can select the Administrator, or other user names, but then just get the
header and footer telling me I am in safe mode but no desktop picture or
icons appear and the Start button does not produce any response.

Out downstairs computer came bundled with several InterVideo products (DVD
Player and Creator) and I was hoping to transfer them to my computer upstairs
I copied the program files and installed them into the program files folder
on my upstairs computer but for some reason they ...

I have a laptop that once belonged to my domain. I removed it from the
domain and now want it to boot straight into Windows. No login display. Can
someone refresh my memory as to where I set this up. Thanks.

I have an integral 7-in-1 card reader.  Until recently, when I inserted a
card, a window opened which gave me several choices: Open in folder, Open in
Picasa etc.
In the last few days, this has changed.  The window opens, but is empty.

Just finished reading an article in PCWorld ( Oct. pp 101-108) about
spyware removers.  The old "standbys" Ad-Ware and SpyBot Search and
Destroy as well as Windows Defender did not show themselves to be very
good.  I ran all three one after the other and they indicated no

I was running 1 gig using 2 pairs of 256Mb matched modules in 4 slots and
replaced the first pair with a matched pair of 1 gig modules which gave a
total of 2.5 gig. Windoes XP x64 edition boots fine in safe mode but not in
standard

i have the only admin id on teh system .. i changed the passwrod yersterday
and i ve forgotten it..  is there any way to retrieve it?
i made it a difficult cos i thought somebody else was also using it. and i
ended up forgetting it.

My usb memory card reader was installed and i was using without any
recognition or transfer problems, but then today i plugged the "SAME"
port as everytime i plug, but XP said "new hardware is found" bla bla
bla... I was inserting device slowly and the card was on it.

Someone told me I could install 2 network cards in XP, and connect
each card to a different LAN to allow XP to share files on bother
networks while protecting each LAN from the other. Has anyone done
this?

Hi there. I've a problem. In my computer somewhere is this file written in
Chinese. I have the path HKCU\software........\windows. The thing is that I
can't find the reg key; HKCU. What do I do?