Background on sites and popups are missing.  Someone was trying to be nice
and somehow removed the background on all pages on my grandparents' computer.
It's not unique to any application but two examples.  When you're on
Hotmail, all you can see is text and when you're on ...

100 students are allowed to use their notebook computers during an exam
(but with no wired or wireless network to avoid intercommunications).
However they need to printout their work before they leave the room.
We have a few USB laser printers on roller tables, but how to roll out

Morning,
After applying SP3 to a fresh install of XP Pro SP2 Microsoft update no
longer worked correctly.  The updates download and try to install but fail.  
I found the problem discribed on a tech net forum.  It existed in SP3 RC3.  

And if this is possible, would i be able to use my laptop to
scan a friends and remove using nod32 a virus called virus heat 4.4
Thanks

I recently upgraded my old 802.11b Intel wireless gateway router to a new
Linksys WRT 54GS router and wireless adapters.  My P4 desktop, which for
years worked well with the Intel wireless gateway adapter and router, does
not work.  In fact, I have two XP computers in the same ...

Well, applied XP3 and my XP would not boot.  What a pita.  Turns out to be
an issue with AMD processors and the quality of SP3's patching.  Managed to
boot into safe mode and used another system to surf to find the answer.
http://forums.microsoft.com/TechNet/ShowPost ...

Does anyone know of a DOS or cmd.exe equivalent to the Linux 'which'
command. On Linux, 'which' gives me the full path of an executable. So for
example, if I have multiple versions of java.exe, running 'which java.exe'
gives me the full path of the one that will run based on PATH ...

Nowadays I  get an error message whenever I right-click on a particular
file.The exact error message is
DAX Error
Access violation at address 01321B86 in module 'ExtractorExt.dll".Write of

Yesterday morning I completed the download of SP3 and installed it.
All indications were that the installation was completed OK.
This morning I went to Microsoft Update.
After scanning my computer the program reported that I should install

I have 2 hard drives, on the original hard drive is Windows Media Center that
HP had " added controls, it keeps doing stuff I dont want, that asside, I
added a second drive and loaded xp pro on it, after I got it to run correctly
I started to get bogged down with svchost.exe ...

my mice have developed "hiccups".
i use both a PS2 and USB mouse (the ps2 is hooked up to a shared KB/ mouse /
monitor  system that feeds 3 computers.  never been a problem.)  the USB is
one of those optical mice with scroll-wheel. nice.) using both mice on my

Using XP Home 32 bit. My wife and I share a single desktop PC. She prefers a
different screen resolution than I do. Is there anyway that unique screen
resolutions can be tied to different user accounts?
TY

There used to be a carat on the left of the notification area so I could
expand or collapse it.  Can I restore this in order to have more room on my
task bar?

   I have a computer that wont give me back my
USB thumb drives: unable to safely remove usb drive.
   How do I trace down who is accessing the drive?
Many thanks,

Installed SP3 from windows update.  Applications cannot print.  Opened
"Printers and Faxes".  Dialog tries to connect to remote printers, then shows
status as "unable to connect".  Request properties for a printer and you are
notified that the printer spooler is not running.  But ...