My computer couldnt start.
Every time it failed with the message:
application error application failed to initialize properly (0Xc0000142)
click ok to terminate the application.

I need to configure 2003 sbs server with firewall. I try the article:
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/555381
but its seems that my clients drop on several ports
How can I configure my XP clients to log on via customise ports?

I have a strange rare and annoying Windows XP Pro. SP2 (IE6.0 SP2; all
critical updates and optional softwares for SP2) issue that had been
around for three years or so, and I can't figure out what's going on.
Once in a while (very rare -- maybe once every one/two months?), I

Trying to help a friend who is running XP Pro (SP3).
In IE7, kept getting .NET Framework 2.0 runtime error.
Tried repair and uninstall in Add/Remove but get "..encountered an
error....".

Actually I have two questions:
(1) When using the Ctrl Alt  Delete to cancel a program, once it does its
"job", it freezes up the computer and I have to reboot to remove the ctrl alt
delete screen.  How can I correct this?

I reformatted the drive on a machine, and reinstalled XP, but now when
I boot it up it gives me those setup windows screens asking for time
zones etc.
When I get to the one that says give this computer a name it just

Using my Giganews account I just replied to a post made by Gary Terhune in
the thread entitled "open ", "Save", or "Save As" dialog box defaults that
was started by a poster named krazykat.
It has already shown up in microsoft.public.windowsxp.general in the Comcast

I am trying to install an old app that uses an InstallShield installer
created in 1998 on a new Win XPSP2 computer.  I have done this same install
on another Win XPSP2 computer and it worked just fine.  However, when I click
on Setup.exe, I get a message "c:\temp\setup.exe path ...

I was reorganizing some of my video files and one of them refused to move
because according to Windows, another program was using it.
I used Task Manager to look at the open processes, but I couldn't find any
that would normally use a movie clip, nor were any media players working ...

Recently, I clicked on the google earth icon on my desktop and was
prompted to download the latest version - 4.3 I think. This process
was extremely problematic but eventually I managed to download a copy.
When I click on the new icon, however, nothing happens. How can I

My taskbar is now displaying vertically at the side of the screen instead of
horizontally at the bottom.  I cannot imagine what I did to cause this but I
would appreciate any suggestions as to how I can get it back to horizontal
Kas

I recently upgraded my motherboard to an ASUS P5KPL, Intel E6600 with a
GeForce 8600GT video card and new 250 Gb SATA drive. When attempting to
install Windows XP home I get the message "A problem has been detected and
windows has been shut down to prevent damage to your ...

Ok, I have seen this tread started a few times, and I'm hoping someone has a
solution.  My mom has a machine that had an illigitimate copy of Windows XP
Pro.  She bought a new copy of WinXP Pro and chages the product key.  
Reboots

My machine is infected with AntiVirXP08. McAfee Antivirus was unable to
remove it. I've read that this virus can make it impossible to install other
virus removal tools.
It appears that the virus also deleted all my system restore points.

In doing some cleaning up of my hard disk, I appear to have eliminated some
updates that I probably.  When I go to Microsoft and run an automatic
updating, it shows only one file that is critical (Frameworks.Net) and it
won't install the update unless the original file is there.  ...