The morning after a storm a couple weeks ago my unit wouldn't start and
showed a message explaining something about a missing registry entry. The
CompuDoc came in but couldn't restore the missing registry entry so he wiped
the disc and reinstalled most everything. All went well ...

Three weeks ago, and after a half dozen attempts to install XP
SP3 using different scenarios and subsequent crashes on re-boot
and BEFORE I found out about the screw-up with the intelppm.sys
in regard to AMD 64 Athlon, a whole raft of system files were

Can I 'password-protect' a FOLDER in my PC?
If yes, how do i do that? Is it different in XP and Vista
Thanks in advance.
S. Malik

Howdy all
and thank you in advance,
i am trying to add a 2005 Microsoft Media Center PC to my already
established XP Network but i have noticed i cannot select a domain only

It seems that with Vista is possible to overcome the 4 Gb barrier:
How to get more than 4 GB of memory under Windows Vista 32-bit
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There is something like this on XP Pro 32 or, to work ...

when I run a backup I get a "write protect error"
the message is: "the disk cannot be written to because it is write
protected.  Please remove the write protection from the volume in
drive\Device\HarddiskVolumeShadowCopy1

This is for my aunt's computer.  She out of nowhere has had her sound stop
working in her machine.  We have tried to disconnect and reconnect her
speakers and you hear the crackle like there is sound, but nothing comes
through that should.  Of course it has been rebooted.  Don't ...

The family XP SP2 machine started acting strangely last week. The
screen would go black and then refresh occasionally. The OE Express
started crashing, then IE7. It got so bad with spontaneous reboots
that I downloaded and attempted to install SP3, that failed with a

Over the last month, my computer will frequently just stop responding,
regardless of whether I am using it or not.  It will just lock up in
whatever state its currently in.  It's locked up in programs, such as excel.
Its locked up with nothing running and only the screensaver is ...

I want to be able to use the printer I have connected to my desktop to be
able to print when using my laptop.  I think I have things set up correctly
on the desktop, but can't seem to get it working on the laptop.  (I have
provided a 'Share Name' as directed while setting up in ...

How do I disable notifications/warnings in the system tray for example
when I first connect to the internet using my phone dialup & when I
unplug my usb stick?
JPC

How can I turn off the Power Saver?

I created an XP install point with SP3 integrated, created a flat RIS image
from the install point, and can RIS build workstations from that no problem.
I can build a workstation from one of our customised XP SP2 Riprep images,
install SP3 on the workstation, either manually or ...

I had to reformat my hard drive and reinstall Windows MCE 2005 on my Dell XPS
400, using the reinstallation DVD. However, there are now two problems. One,
there is no sound, even though Device Manager shows "audio codecs." Second,
an attached ethernet cable is not recognized, and ...

After several years of running smoothly, I have a lot of little kinks on my
XPSP2 system. In order to get a clean installation, I would like to run a
repair install. I know how to do it.
Should I disable my (Avast) Anti virus resident scanner before running the