I noticed alot of people follow the internet/windows hype now that still do
not know about the false sense of intellect that computers give you. I guess
alot of people psychologically become addicted to staring into their monitor
because it gives them a feeling of being more ...

I allocated the 80 GB (C partition) of my 250 GB harddisk when I installed
XP. The 170 GB has not been partitioned yet. And now is there a way to
expand my C partition from 80 GB to 250 GB from the Computer Managment
Console(Disk Management)?

My pc always keeps rebooting but only for initially probably 10 min. after
that it will be ok.
I tried to install a new window xp on a second Harddisk and start up from
the second HD, however  it still auto reboot by itself. It can reboot

ASUS A7V600-X motherboard (VIA KT600 northbridge, VIA VT8237
southbridge, on-board audio)
Sound Blaster Live! (one of the first ones, "Value" I guess)
Windows XP Pro w/ SP2 and all updates

If my USB thumb drive is connected to my XP when I turn on the computer,
the system won't start and I get a warning that 'Drive is not bootable.
Correctable in the BIOS? Haven't been into the BIOS yet as this is a new
XP.

I think this has been asked and answered before, but is there a safe way to
re-locate the folder "Documents and Settings" to a drive other than drive
c:?
I really need more space on drive C:.  I can explain why, but it would take

This machine has XP Pro SP2.  Althought it has automatic update enabled I
performed a manual and find that .NET 2.0 and 3.0 are appropriate for
download.  Two attempts lead to the same failure.  The associated
knowledgebase item is KB11806.  Looking up this number in the ...

I've noticed in Windows XP that the C:\Windows\Temp folder is a protected
system folder, and is "off limits" to most programs (for *their* own
temporary use).   In fact, that fact seems to include all subdirectories
under C:\Windows.    (This is very different from the previous ...

when windows starts b4 loginbox i get
parser message value creation failed at line 25
have to click ok 4 or 5 times to get to login  
I went to knowledge base but could not find the specific error

I kept getting blue screen errors and now XP won't boot at all. It indicates
it is missing a file or it is corrupted.
I have the original XP Pro disk (not an upgrade) and am thinking it would be
easiest and fastest to just reinstall XP Pro. If installing this version of

When I installed the Patch Tuesday updates on my WXP Box
with MSIE6 installed. I had the same problems with IE6 startup
as others are mentioning in these newsgroups.
Specifically, about 60% of the time, I would get an "Internet

I did an XP Repair Install and the last pieces to update are
Microsoft .NET Framework 2.0 and 3.0 Service Packs 1. The problem is
they won't install.  
It seems the cultprit is NET Framework 2.0.  When I try to repair or

I need to change the screensaver settings on 500 thin terminals running
windows xp embedded.  I am attempting to do this via a login script
which imports the following registry keys:
[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Policies\Microsoft\Windows\Control

I'm using Windows XP Pro SP2.  I've noticed a small oddity when inserting a
disc into the DVD RAM drive.  The "Choose Action" dialogue box comes up as
usual, but there is one entry which is duplicate.  The list looks something
like this:

I wonder is there a way to reset HAL and remove Driver in windows XP pro so
that we will be able to create a singole windows image that works on all
hardware platform. I know there is software call UIU will do the job, but I
just wonders we can do it manuelly so that I don't have ...