hey, i installed age of mythology gold edition but when i click play game is
says
Video Card 0 doesn't have device id or vendor id, and <vga.dll> isn't in
look-up file

(XP Home)  Is there a way to change the default opening folder of Windows
Explorer from "My Documents" to another folder of my choosing?

If I make a change to the registry and find I must undo it,  couldn't I use a
system restore point rather than restoring from a system state backup?
I understand that restore points capture the registry & they are so easy to
use.

If I edited the registry & then found I had to undo it, could I use a restore
point rather than the backup/restore system state utility?

It seems that more and more college students every year are choosing
MACs versus PCs (40% now and growing fast) and that my daughter is
headed that way.  I have a PC, but the evidence seems to be pretty
unequivocal that, if you can afford it, a MAC is just better.

My wife use the academic edition of microsoft office. She is a counsellor cum
teacher. I am a retired aircraft maintenance engineer. The microsoft office
was installed in our family desk top. Can I use the software when I use the
desk top? For this question I would appreciate an ...

When I move the cursor over a photo in
explorer (WindowsXP) a small yellow label
appears for a short time.
How can I get to the data in this label and

I downloaded and installed the Windows XP Service Pack 3 this
morning on a HP M7690Y with 4 gig of ram. OS is
windows XP Media Center
Installation completed fine and went to reboot.

so my grandparents have  recruited me to try and fix their computer.
I am fairly knowledgeable with computers but this one has me stumped.
Upon startup of their XP system an error window pops up that it cannot
find Oleauts32.dll with lsass.exe and services.exe window heading for

I got a scare this morning when my daughter's computer wouldn't boot.  It
would stop almost immediately into the startup process at where it would say
'www.dell.com' (in a blue background, if I recall) at the very top, with the
rest of the screen blank.  Also, the computer was ...

I have an old computer that I want to get rid of, but there are some files on
there that I want to save over first.  The old computer is running Windows
95.  My current in on XP Home Edition.
I have tried using a Flash/USB drive and an external hard drive which

I was trying to find a file and it was shown to be in the Local
Files\Temporary Internet Files  folder within my personal documents and
settings folder.  When I went into that personal folder, there was no Local
Files folder.  So, I clicked on Properties for my personal folder ...

My desktop crashed a week ago and I am now using my Dell Inspiron 6000 as a
temporary workstation, running Windows XP Home.
I may be using it for a month or so until I can find a new desktop
(hopefully with XP Home installed).

I know this isn't in the right group, but for some reason, I couldn't get the
Internet group to load.
Is there any way I can get serial numbers for software online? I have tried
some sites, but they don't have the software I have on it. Or is there any

My wife's IP address is 192.168.1.3.  I can't ping it from my PC
who's IP is 192.168.1.4.  But I can my PC from my wife's  I turned off
the firewall on both PC's and even shut down the Windows firewall service
temporarily. What else could be preventing me from pinging (let alone