Ref. windowsxp-kb822603-x86-enu.exe sits now in my C:\WINDOWS folder.  
Apparrently due to failed/partial install, ref. it doesn't list in either
add-remove progs or in the registry as installed.
Could it be a result of my OEM XHP OS (version 2002, SP2) doesn't have SP1

Hi all.  Lately when I start or restart my computer it stalls at the startup
screen.  The message is cut off on the left side of the screen.  What I can
see of the message is:
S ROM checksum error

What is difference when we want disable file sharing via Network
Connections -> Local Area Coonection -> Properties -> uncheck "File and
Printer Sharing for Microsoft Networks" and via right click on Shared
Documents -> Properties > Sharing > uncheck "Share this folder on the

Sorry if this happens to be in the wrong forum. Please direct me to th
right one if that's the case. :frown
I installed Winrar earlier today and when I right clicked on the ra
files, I was missing the extract menu options. "Extract here, extrac

I was at my wife's office the other day and I had to print some documents
and she has a Lexmark all-in-one so I loaded her Lexmark software to do the
printing.  I printed the documents successfully and then removed the Lexmark
software using the control panel.  Evidently I did ...

Is there anyone out there that can help me fix my computer, My computer was
locked and now have to sign in as administrator , don't have the password,
someone else created it but did not give to me and now gone out of State, no
way to contact. What can I do?

Whenever I open a certain folder the comp freezes and I have to close all
open windows, then the pop up says: Dr. Watson's Debugger has encountered an
error and is forces to close.. or something to that effect.
Any ideas?  Is this a virus?  It only happens occasionally and only in ...

I have purchase a very large external hard drive and want to backup
the entire hard drive on my laptop for security purposes.
Will this cause a conflict if I have Windows on the external HD as
well as on the laptop?

When I booted today, my system was busy. Very busy. Didn't even finish
rendering the desktop icons. Drive light on full time. This lasted for
five minutes
So, I started procexp and took a look. Explorer itself seemed to be

My Windows XP Pro SP2 laptop won't boot after applying the MS08-030
update. Windows gets stuck at the "starting up" screen.
I replaced bthport.sys with the old file from the uninstall folder,
but that didn't help.

Sorry to post here,but where is the Vista newsgroup found ?
thanks

How to disable File Sharing in winXP home(between computers is LAN) to
prevent virus infection?
How to set admin password on changing system settings?

XP210 pc- SP3  4 gig RAM
This flashes on the screen too fast for me to read/write down all the
information.
It begins with "the instruction at 0X0012e614-------------could not be

The main harddrive on my computer (running Windows-XP Pro, now SP3)
had slipped to PIO mode. Microsoft support information at
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/817472 ("IDE ATA and ATAPI disks use
PIO mode after multiple time-out or CRC errors occur") did not give me

Any idea why my XP LAN connection to my Linksys WAG354G (adsl
modem-router-wireless), becomes unresponsive when I right-click "Local Area
connection" in System Tray ?  ...this problem recently appeared after
adjusting some (seemingly :-) unrelated bios settings.