My XP Pro SP2 system comes to a grinding halt every time a CD or
DVD is inserted.   Whatever's running at the time just stops for
5 seconds or so while the drive spins up and the disc is
recognized.

Hi
i have a laptop HP nx9420 and installed Vista Bussiness. i want to install
my old XP Pro but thought i boots from the cd drive i can not install them
cause it says that i have a better edition and i can't find another  hard

I'm not sure if this is in the right NG. If not apologies, but it is related to
Windows XP, sort of.
I have Outlook 2007 installed on 3 computers on my home LAN. One install is on
my desktop PC. Another install is on our laptop which is used by all members in

Is it any method to control both XP pro and home user to map a network drive
from Windows 2003 server input user id and password mandatory ?
(no matter the user already stored id/password in their machine or not)
Thanks for any suggestion.

Always getting the error message when logoff the windows (standalone pc)
Explorer.EXE - Application error
The instruction at 0X000E4a50 reference memory at 0X000E4a50. the memory
could not be "written"

I'm getting applications errors every so often while my computer shuts down
referencing a a function that could not read the memory, something sort of
like this:
The instruction at 0X000E4a50 reference memory at 0X000E4a50. the memory

This is the second or third time this has happened in 3 years. On
previous occasions I put it down to the amount of use the PC got as a
main machine, but not this time.
This PC (AMD 2800+, XP Pro patched to the eye balls) has been

Recently, I bought a new Toshiba Laptop with WINDOWS XP installed.
However I got a pack along with my laptop. In that pack I found a
Product key.
Could any one let me know how to use it?

I've recently purchased a computer with window vista.  I guess I am so used
to xp that I want to remove vista and re load my older version of xp.  Also,
I am not as computer literate as most of you so it might take me a little
while to understand things.

HI,
I have a computer that just will not boot and i am unsure whether to call it
a hardware problem or a configuartion problem but i've tried all i could
think of.

Hey all, hope you could help me with a bit of a problem I'm having
lately.
The other day, my brother's PC started to randomly freeze and/or
restart itself at random intervals.  This escalated and became a 15

Can you please help me with Hard Disk External Problem?
When I connect Hard Disk External to Windows XP PC with USB port, it
has shown the Hard Disk is detected but it doesn't show the letter as
a removeable drive (E:) in Window Explorer.

Every time I install Windows Updates to my computer, the computer hangs when
I try to restart.  It gets to the screen with the XP logo and the blue boxes
running across the bar below it and it stops there forever.
By trial and error, I've found that I can recover if I:

Is there anyway to purchase a new Windows XP Pro OEM cd with out the COA
being i have one?  Someone said try microsoft but i keep coming up with
ways to purchase a new COA.  I dont need that.  If anyone remmebrs im
the guy that had the ******* up computer a month ago.  

I finished a course in Microsoft Word a while back, and I would like to
know if Microsoft Word can be bought and downloaded anywhere by itself,
or at least bundled in a package with Microsoft Excel. It seems I can
only find Word as part of the Microsoft Office package. I don't want