I have a three year old WinXP installation that is gradually going corrupt
with random unexplained program crashes and lockups.
Just purchased a new Western Digital 320 GB EIDE internal hard drive and
plan to install it in this machine.

I have tried to burn a DVD+RW disk in Windows XP but I am getting an error
message saying: "Not enough space on disk". This seems to be because Windows
is not reading the disk properly - the files are not all that big.
Is it impossible to use this disk format with XP? If I ned to ...

I saw on the zoomerart website:
Windows Genuine Advantage Validation 1.5.532.0 oem downloadable
file size 1.17 MB for $15 US
what is this?

Lately I have been getting certificate errors on pages I know to be valid. I
use SP2. Is there any way to turn this off? For instance, I goto www.FTC.gov 
and click on DNC registry and then Register now and get a certificate error
page.

  I am currently running a C++ program which is supposed to compute
something in about three
full (24 hours) days.
  I am a little panicked about the feedback I get from the Windows

Is there a way to get XP to logoff without prompting to close an
application ?  We just want XP to logoff, no questions asked and get
back to the logon screen.  Thanks.

I normally ftp to 2 sites.  I have not been able to get 2nd site working in a
week.  Any help would be appreciated.
I have double checked firewall settings and have tried to breathe life into
process by downloading a 3rd party app too.

Every time I start my computer it goes through a "LAN Check" be for it boots
up.
why is it doing that? I have to push Esc to bypass the LAN Check.
Thanks

I accidentally uninstalled Wordpad. When trying to reinstall it via
Add/Remove files > Add/Remove Windows Components, I uncheck everything
but accesories and then work my way down to Wordpad and Calculator.
Check it go back to the root, hit go but find that it uninstalls

I have a problem opening Windows live Messenger, and I did a troubleshoot and
in the test results all came up okay except for Key Ports , which had a
triangle and exclamation mark in it. . What does this mean and how does
one correct it? I reinstalled WLM but still get the same ...

I did a clean instal on my new pc and installed Windows XP Home.  Everything
went fine and when I started using windows update, one of the first updates
it downloaded & installed was SP3.  Ever since that update was installed I
haven't been able to install any other updates.  Is ...

windowsxp programs will not open in control panel, add/remove, security, etc.
no virus or spyware detected from scans. yahoo email will not open from
start menu.
this error message is received about setupapi.dll. i also, don't the

What is the difference between maloware and spyware?

Does anyone have any suggestions on how to check the series number/
registrated number? such as Window XP, Office, ...
I need to update all the license details on each PCs, does anyone have any
suggestions on how to collect those information based on existing/installed

Does anyone have any suggestions on detecting IP between switchers?
My server sends packet to specific IP address based on internal logic, then
the packet will transfer between many switchers. Recently, some packets are
missing with unknown cause, and I would like to find it out ...