i am experiencing a hang up in IE7 on window xp when i open a brower and
several tabs next to it .. it suddenly hangs up and i am left with nothing
but having to close the whole browser and starting all over again .. have
tried disabling most of the add ons to find out what could ...

I built a computer w/ Intel Core 2 Dual processor on an Intel board.  
Everything was working great for a few days now it's on a constant reboot.  
I've heard there are rebooting issues after SP3 w/ HP and AMD desktops, does
anyone know if SP3 affects Intel based computers?  Any ...

When I right click the Internet Explorer icon in my desktop it doesn't show
the "Run as" option.
How to show it?
Thanks

A while back I had my keyboard making sounds that mimic the letters on the
keypad that I pressed.  I know I wasn't imagining it, but I can't figure out
what series of keystrokes I typed/mistyped to make that happen.  How did I
manage to get those sounds?

I've got all the MS updates, firewall, AV.
My computer is getting sticky and unresponisve, and it seems like it got
that way right after an MS security update.
By unresponsive, I mean when I type something in, or hit enter, there's a

I have a rather strange and isolate problem I'm hoping I can get some insight
on.  
I have one user on a network of 200+ that is 'losing' a mapped network
drive.  This drive is a shared folder on a server that has several other

We wanted to block access to web sites from one of our office computers.  I
found something in gpedit.msc that enabled me to block a program so I entered
iexplore.exe. That worked but all prgrams are blocked - including gpedit.msc!
Now what?

I have two monitors , different resolutions.  One is 1280x1024 and the
other 1440x900, can I extend my screen across these two monitors or do
both monitors need to be the same resolution?
Thanks,

What is microsofts policy on validating operating systems that are no longer
current.
I am thinking of buying a  copy of Xp now for installing on a pc in the
future, could be 5 years.

I have lost all my sounds on my computer, I have not changed anything that I
know of but for some reason all sounds have gone, I have windows xp home
edition, creative audio pci (es1370) sb pci 64/128 wdm. I have been to the
device manager and there are no yellow question marks ...

Right now, all .txt, .java, .c, and .h files all open with notepad when I
double-click on them. Where do I go to choose what program opens such files
by default?
I can obviously right-click and do "open with"->(name of program), but since

I am  hoping someone may point me in the right direction. My Lenovo
T60 has developed a problem where it shuts down with a Stop Error.
The error is always the same, Stop 0x0000007f (0000000d, ...
Running Windows XP Pro

I am running xp pro,fully updated. when i choose to run in safe mode,my
screen is split in two sections. the taskbar is about 3 inches from the
bottom. below this taskbar is a broud black line an inch deep. then below
this is what should be the top 1 inch of the screen. also when ...

Hi again. How do I turn off "enable write combining?" I'm running an
Intel p4 with XP home 2002. The right advice will much apreciated.

I have Windows XP SP2, with firefall enabled.
I was previously infected with a virus that prevented me from accessing
hotmail, yahoo mail, gmail, or even windows live mail. Also could not use
MSN Live Messenger (however was able to use Trillian).