First of all, I'm very bad with computers. All of my wireless connections are
now locked(they were working fine yesterday)including linkys. My internet has
never been really fast, but now it's gone. How can I unlock the connections
again?

This may sound like a pretty basic question, but I've hung on to various
threads around the topic for a while, but still have a few points to clear
up.
Have XPPro on a nearly full 40gig internal drive, and recently bought 2

A few days ago I booted up in safe mode and deleted the following
index.dat files:
%userprofile%\Cookies\index.dat
%userprofile%\local settings\History\History.IE5\index.dat

Dell inspiron B130 laptop XP Home. Installed AVG free to get rid of some
viruses. AVG asked if I want to force removal of one of them and I clicked
yes. Now no reboot. Even in safe mode, the windows startup screen displays,
but then BSOD with message:

Some how I've managed to loss my instant search box in the top right hand
corner of IE.
Can someone help me get it back?  I don't want to download a toolbar program
I prefer to use the IE search box.

Two days ago, (20 June) an alert appeared on my systray about a
security update. I have downloaded and installed the update, "951376".
AFAIK, these security updates are usually published on the second
Tuesday of every month, but this one (951376) was done on 19 June. Was

Whats the best way of troubleshooting  "loading your personal settings"
Wxp-sp3.  Approx 110 seconds.

Can not delete Cookies ?
Using Tools/Int Options/Browsing History/Delete/Delete Cookies.
Also tried "Delete All", this removed All except Cookies ?
How to delete cookies ??

I just love windows XP and the automatic download. However, I wish to do the
install at my request. I have the button checked for the automatic download
and install at my request, but I would like to know ahead of time what I'm
installing. Is there a way I can see what is being ...

I can open the internet browser. But I can't get into any of my programs. And
I can't do a system restore because my programs won't open. Does anyone know
why, or what I can do? Please Help!

I occasionally get a warning that my virtual memory is low on a system with
WinXP Pro SP3.  I don't see how that's possible.  Min of 2MB and max of 50MB is
set for drive C, and min of 50MB with max of 1GB is set for drive D (separate
HDD as MS suggests).  XP has never even created a ...

In the old DOS days I used a program called 'ASK' in batch files which
allowed me to select a response to a question. According to the answer
(eg, Y/N) the batch file would then branch (goto to the appropriate
label) according to the answer. Does XP have an equivalent? If so, is

WinXP Pro SP2 all MS updates
I have recently been receiving the message "An Access Denied error was
returned while attempting to change a service.  You may need to log on using
an Administrator account to make the specified changes."  Both my UserID

I'm trying to get the video feed off a camera at a web site that uses AXIS
Media Control.  I have the latest software from AXIX installed, the Axis
activex control is enabled ... but I can't get the feed.  Any clues?  I've
searched the web for the last few hours for info, I can ...

I run Windows XP Professional.  I have never installed Service Pack 2,
because I don't have any problems with my OS, and because I have heard
dozens of stories of people having problem immediately after downloaded this
update.