XP Home SP3 is doing the following:
1) Upon boot, there is a strange set of beeps just as the bluish "Welcome"
screen appears.  This does not seem to directly affect anything, but I have
not seen another machine beep at this point.

Windows always assume c:\ as a music folder and it enables Artist/Album
Title etc columns for view.
how do I reset it? The option to customize this folder doesn't show up
in the properties dialog box as its a system root.

I'm trying to stop a very long print to a dotmatrix printer
on the parallel port.
The program doesn't make use of the Windows Printers
facility, it simply does a  'copy <myfile> to prn'

I have another XP machine that I have to manually install the SP3 and office
updates ever since I updated IE 6.0.  Why does that happen?  I am no longer
able to use the IE "windows update" routine.  I need to go to the Micro$oft
KB and download the SP3 and office update files and ...

Graphic suggests the command is working but it is not.  Screenshot appears
which reads "Windows encountered a problem when trying to copy this folder.  
What do you want Windows to do?"  Options are retry, skip and cancel.
How do I correct this problem?

i have windows xp, sp 2 with all the latest security updates.  for about a
month now when i log in, the screeen only shows the background and no icons.  
this problem occurs on 1 our 3 startups. any ideas.  my desktop is set to
'show icons'

have windows XP media center edition that came with my HP pavillion desktop
my problems started about a month ago when my  preset desktop background
disappered and all i had was a blue screen. I tried changing it but when i
did the background option on was always "disabled". i ...

I was trying to install a new video driver for our org's computer and in the
process I disabled the standard vga driver through the control panel. Now my
computer will boot just fine, XP logo screen shows up then goes black. I get
the nice sounds that a boot was successful, but ...

I can activate Windows Desktop Search with:
Set wshshell = CreateObject("Shell.Application")
wshshell.findfiles
How can I now command WDS to bring up the Search Companion (usually a simple

Folks,
I was working this afternoon, and suddenly, for no apparent reason, the
icons on my desktop began to align themselves as if I had them set to Auto
Arrange (I don't).  I use a little utility called WinTidy to store the layout

I have a myway account and live account. I receive email OK, when I click to
send email the "your email has been sent successfully comes up" but no one is
receiving them. This has been going on for a few weeks, anyone any idea how I
fix this please? I am  windows xp home edition.

My computer randomly reboots when not in use.  Sometimes in the early morning
hours.  I've turned off my network conntection, McAfee, my temp monitor and
anything else I can find running that's not necessary.  Is there a log that's
created that might help me figure out why the ...

I have an Asus mobo with high definition sound integrated.
When I try to install the drivers from the CD or Asus website, the
installation works for about 90% then it fails.
I get a message saying configuration is incorrect.

I upgraded my computers to SP3. One of them is now systematically rebooting
, a certain time after shut  down.
What's the reason and how can I get rid of that
Thanks for quick help

Running XP Home Edition SP3 will all security updates. Also using Internet
Explorer 7.
Recently installed a HP Deskject 4260 printer, using the installation CD to
install the drivers. At the same time I updated XP for a security patch (I