I have an issue with the logon screen on my Windows XP Home edition. I
recently format my hard drive and reinstall XP. Since then, whenever I logout
of windows and then try to login again, the cursor is not available. It only
shows the arrow and not the cursor when I try to click ...

Computer has started to beep, short beeps, which continue until shutdown, it
doesn't effect what I'm doing.
So I shut down, and on re-boot it starts again.
What could this be?

how can i reset file/folders/subfolders permissions to default?

I hope someone out there can help. Service pack 3 was just installed on my
laptop, since then I cannot modify the Windows Firewall. I have administrator
privlidges.
Programs such as Active-synch are now not able to work. Windows Firewall has

Hi, after I reinstalled Win XP, i can not see different drives in "search"
and the only one is C: drive , how can I fix this issue.
Thanks in advance,
Faram

Check out http://www.pctools.com/news/view/id/206/
It reads in part "Ironically, the new operating system has been hailed by
Microsoft as the most secure version of Windows to date. However, recent
research conducted with statistics from over 1.4 million computers within

when i start windows xp it shows the following error message.
system32/ntoskernl.exe
file is corrupt.
please reinstall fresh copy of it.

My computer works fine. But I could not find C:\boot.ini file. I am using
Dell with Win XP. I could open Boot.ini by selecting open the Start menu,
right-click on "My Computer" and choose "Properties" from the context menu.  
In the section "Startup and Recovery" click the button ...

I am using Windows XP, after some virus attack I am having the problem, that
when ever I try to open any system drive (eg. C: or D: or E: .....) by double
clicking or right click > Open / Explore, every time the "Open with" window
appears.

hi there. my computer is rather slow, it's kind of an old PC. when i open my
homepage, it's okay but when i try to open a link, it takes a minute or 2...
it's the 1st time it has internet on this machine. my other computers are
okay.

I have a question regarding creating shares on a xp pro peer to peer
network.  I recently encountered a network that was setup with a peer
to peer configuration even though there was a Windows 2003 server on
the network.

I have question about the OEM version of XP.  First of
all, I would like to acknowledge the fact that everyone
has a different opinion on the legality of certain
techniques used to move the OEM version of XP to a new

Ever since the last time I restarted my Windows XP PC, I get the
following error:
   A disk read error occurred
   Press Ctrl+Alt+Del to restart

I am wondering if there is a program inside Windows XP that will allow me to
specifically browse ALL files and programs stored in all types of RAM on the
system? And I mean both virtual memory, as well as any other specific types;
though not necessarily CPU cache RAM, or video ...

When I did my backup, I used xcopy C:\documents /e/c, but now I regret.
I cannot open the backup folder. It just says there is no data in there and
0 files reported.
How do I rescue data from this folder?