It seems that I all of a sudden started getting reboots when I insert a blank
DVD disk for copying, it does not do this with original disks, sometimes no
matter what dvd program I use it will load up and reboot when it tries to
access the disk for copying.  I have tried ...

At one of PC's i have followin problem:
When I plugin USB device to USB port OS ask for Admin credentials. It
doesn't meathet if it's "normal" USB keyboard, mouse, pendrive. If I
"install" usb device with admin credentials next time when I cinnect the

Using XP Home. I always choose "wondows classic" which puts the My Computer
icon on the desktop. By mistake I deleted this icon. Someone please let me
know how put the My Computer icon back on the desktop. Oh, by the way, the
icon that I deleted is not in the recycle bin.

I have an  RS-232  serial  port on my  XP computer I connect with a
null modem cable
Procomm Plus tells me    I am  "Connected"     It never Lies
, but

I'm experiencing problems with downloading files from the net. The problem
is there with streaming videos and files in general (including MS Updates) .
The download process starts ok and even starts downloading, but comes to a
halt shortly after. With YouTube for example, you get ...

I just downloaded VirtualDub (1.7.6), but when I want to load a video,
the program doesn't find "IsThreadDesktopComposited" entry point in
user32.dll.
I read another usenet posting and the author says he reverted from IE7

recapture the space that Windows uses for the hiberfil.sys file.

Hello,
I'm looking to add the special folder features of 'My Pictures' to several
other folders some located on the local C:\ drive and some folders on a
network share. How can you add the picture taskbar, folder picture preview

I have had to do a complet re install of my system (viruses and malware
problems), and after installing my programs again I went to open up the
quick launch bay? on the task bar and by mistake I seemed to have
widened the task bar instaed and now all the icons on the bottom left ...

I have a large file with  millions of records and I have to clean it up and
delete all lines that do not start with certain string (let's say XYZ).
Can this be done in DOS?
Any suggestions on what approach/tools I can take here.

Hi netties,
Running Win-XP Home Ed. (SP 2) I encountered the following problem:
after start up of several background processes (indicated by the icons
in the systray) explorer.exe crashes, leaving the screen blank, i.e.,

I have a 2-year-old system Dell Dimension E510 running Windows XP Media
Center edition on which I've frequently used the firewire ports (2) to
connect to external hard drives.  I got a new drive and since I connected it
neither of the ports will work. I tried re-installing the ...

hi im having audio problems with my acer aspire 5050 laptop. this
sytem came with vista but i now have xp on it, i have downloaded and
installed the xp drivers from the acer website (see link below for
driver list)

Hello, After installing a new HDD on my pc and installing XP Pro, my audio
system is not detected by XP. I have tried running the add hardware wizard
without success I have updated audio drivers also still audio device not
detected.  Please help me as I don't know what to do next ...

I have Dell 530 2gig mem everytime I try and watch video  it keeps
buffering. Have dsl am close to hub sAMe thing happens on different sights