Sometimes after I play a with Windows Media Player and I put a new one in, my
system doesn't find the cd drive.  I look in My Compuer and the drive has
disappered.  Any suggestions?

dear sir/madam,
i had a problem with an anti virus software where it is telling me to
reinstall.  however as the software came with the computer and i don't have a
password I need to remove it completely so that i can install a new version.

Hallo NG!
WindowsXP/HE SP2
In folder C:\Windows\IE7 are some 900+ files 'reg00nnn', all dated  
'19.12.2006 11:36 A' and of 8kb size. Are these necessary or can I simply  

Using Windows XP with all latest updates…
In IE7, it am getting the following error message (on various web sites):
(red X)  Internet Explorer cannot open the Internet site
http://update.microsoft.com/micorsoftupdate/v6/defautl.aspx?ln-en-us

I have a client machine that is currently suffering from DNS issues.  
I can ping addresses internal to the domain as well as external in the
cloud by IP only.  when I try to ping by hostname the request times
out.

 When I play any video the windows media player's video is so dark that is
cannot be viewed. It is just like an encrypted video that is protected. All
video files can not be played right, including my own avi from camcorder.
However, all video can be played in my other computer.

I'm using Windows XP and AT&T Web Mail. A few minutes ago I clicked on
Internet Options/Program tab. I noticed in the E-mail: line "Microsoft
Outlook."
My question is: Would there be any advantage in setting up Outlook Express?

i am using the following batch file, that works for the basic back up on XP,
SP2
cd C:\Operations\Forms (source folder)
rasdial.exe vpn username passwd (establish VPN)

G'day readers
When I shutdown Outlook (2000) I get this error message. Does anyone know
how to fix this issue?
[The instruction at "0x01306860" referenced memory at "0x00000038" The

Hello every body.
My question is "How to remove system tray icons permanently?"
I don't ask about How to remove any Icon from system tray, which means to
disable that application from running >>> msconfig > uncheck .... blah

Does anybody know of a utility that will wipe unused sectors on the hard
drive?  My old Norton utilities won't run on WinXP.
Is there something that comes with WinXP that can do it - like after defrag
possibly?

Why are some applications -- Excel, TextPad, Word, etc -- listed TWICE
in the Task Manager?
(Other applications -- Task Manager, Firefox, etc -- are listed only
ONCE)

message "choose the program to open this file with"
This happened after my anti-spyware deleted a file oso.exe.
The drive is accessible when I use the explore button but not when I
double click on it, like I said earlier double clicking leads to this

Can anyone give me some insight

A friend has just contacted me re a problem he has which I've not been able
to assist with.
Having had a DVD fault fault which ruined his XP Home Recovery CD, the
manufacturer (MEDION) has supplied hime with a new one.