Hi all,
Sorry if this is a stoopid question. I have been given two desktop computers
that were each supplied with operating system when new. The Windows licences
are valid for just those two machines.

In my Windows XP Home when I go into accessories I cannot find a sound
recorder.  Others have it in entertainment. I do not.  All I have there is
Real Player and Windows media player.  I would like to record my voice with
it.  Any ideas?

I am running XP Home Edition in Boot Camp on a new iMAC.  All seemed well
until SP3.  Now, when I try to boot up, the Spash Screen comes up with the
progress bars and never gets further.  I have to try a cold start a couple of
times, and sometimes it will then boot up normally.  ...

When my system is in hibernate it wakes automatically during the
night.Hibernate can be entered with the Power On/Off button or from the
start meny using the shift key and that does not matter. I have not been
able to find anything in the BIOS that would obviously cause this ...

I am fixing a computer for a friend.  The PC is running XP Pro, SP2.  It was
infected with a bunch of viruses.  After a lot of research, the fix turned
out to be something called SDfix.exe.  The computer uses McAfee and all it
was doing was deleting viruses by the thousands.... ...

Using XP SP3 and Firefox. Everytime my computer boots up, my browser starts
up and goes to the Sunbelt Software FAQ page. Using msconfig, I've searched
through all the tabs (startup, win.ini, boot.ini, system.ini) but can't find
anything that is causing this to occur.

I just downloaded and installed SP 3 for XP and my Windows startup sound is
gone and the old Windows startup sound has been restored by SP 3. WHY? How
does the  startup sound matter to the operating system? The problem is i used
a top fuel dragster starting for my startup sound ...

i select restart when prompted to after an update and/or selecting restart
from the (START) selection. Ok you brainiacs grab ahold of this one. computer
shuts down,power light stays on only the fans working and wala no restart. i
have to hold in the power button to shut it off, ...

I have put in a HD from a previous PC with XP already on it into this PC with
XP on it as well. Am I able to set up a multi boot with with operating
systems already on the drives? I really want to keep the the files (recording
software and projects) from the drive and be able to ...

I encounter this problem when I try to boot up or restart my PC, Login page
does not shows up ( I was stuck in between Microsoft logo and login page but
the mouse is still moving, it seems that windows is active but cant show the
login). What I have done to be able to login again ...

Hi, I have a 7 year old gateway computer running windows xp, I have been
locked out of the windows system. Getting a blue stop screen,
It reads unmountable_boot_volume
I have tried advanced startup options.... f8, I just keep getting the stop

In general, is there a way so I can configure command prompt to compile files
into a different directory than the one the file is in?
For instance, say Inside the folder "C:\JavaPrograms\Example" I have
example.java and I would like to place the compiled example.class into the

I have an XP SP2 workstation that is occassionally connected to a work
domain.  Domain policy locks the workstation after 15 minutes when
idle.  
Is there way to turn off the 15 minute lock when the workstation is

I know it's been asked a million times but here goes. I used to format
install regularly to keep everything running tip top. With the family, it's
become more complicated to do that and so I haven't in 3 years. My machine
is about 3/4 full and really slowing

after installing Windows Search 4.0 final over the preview version, search
no longer indexes my Outlook 2003 mailboxes. Outlook does not even show up in
the search options as a location to be indexed. With preview, everything
worked fine and with the Computer Policy Editor I ...