I just recently noticed that my tray icons are almost all gone (all except
Avast!, the network connection are all that come up during a startup.
Now I run a tight ship, but not THAT tight! I have three external HDs and no
Safely Remove Hardware icon, for instance. (I reinstalled ...

Yesterday, my laptop running Windows XP SP2 booted up fine.  I logged
in, and ran SuperAntiSpyware and told it to do a scan.  Today, I
checked the laptop, and SuperAntiSpyware had finished its scan, and it
only found a bunch of adware cookies.  I told it to remove the

PA Bear sited a web site a few days back that was designed, I think,
the type of problem I've had.  Ceptin it did not work.  I updated XP
to SP 3 about 3 weeks ago.  Sigh, just after scanning, pruning and
doing all sorts of maintenance.  Then the OS starts doing a freezing

When I am selecting multiple files ( holding control + left mouse) I make
three selections-OK, I make the fourth selections, suddenly the computer is
generating copies in the same directory.  Which is not what I want.  I want
to move to;or copy to....

I have a home network which includes a networked prinnter, two PCs, and one
laptop. All machines are running Windows XP with all updated and service
packs applied.
On my laptop, and only on my laptop, when I boot it, I get an error message

I tried installing Norton SystemWorks Premier 2007 onto my new laptop which
is running Windows XP SP3 Home Edition. The installation SEEMED to go ok but
then when I tried doing the initial LiveUpdate I ran into a host of problems.
I will explain all below and hopefully someone ...

I have to do a multi user profile transfer from Xp to XP. I know in vista
that you can do this with easy transfer wizard. Is there anything like this
for XP as I don't want to have to do one profile at a time.
Thanks

I am doing a pseudo backup by copying a folder from one computer to another.
the problem is when a file name is too big, the Copy/Paste generates an
error stating filename too big and stops copy.
Anyone knows a way around this?

Ok, I made a big mistake on week ago. I leave windows XP SP2 without any
firewall for the weekend directly connected to Internet.
Now, when I came back on sunday, I have the following sysmtops:
1. Antivirus "hidden"/Uninstalled.. Norton Corp 9, cannot find it in control

My Labtop is giving me
the message: Windows could not start because the following file is
missing or corrupt: \WINDOWS\SYSTEM32\CONFIG\SYSTEM
I read your advice and have even went to this website you suggested:

Will the Actual Service Pack be modified and re-released?
Or will we have to just deal with all the hot fixes...
I have the CD disk downloaded (ISO) which has lots of other things, but of
course the main part of the disk is the WINDOWSXP-KB936929-SP3-X86-ENU.EXE

When I click on Start, the part of the Start menu *directly* above the Start
button is completely empty.  To the right of that, there is the usual My
Documents, My Computer, Control Panel, etc.  However, the left side is 100%
blank.  Any idea how to get the items to show back up ...

I know how to increase overall text size via Display (settings >
advanced)... but how to I increase the text in whatever that bar is
called between the start button and the clock?  Also, IE is set on
Largest Text but it's more like small (tiny).  I can make my firefox

I enjoy watching AOL videos on my computer. recently I downloaded th
right driver for my video card which enables me to use 2 monitors. wit
this placing my video on a standard TV really brings out the color tha
the shows were meant to be seen in. Here comes my trouble though. Th

I do alot of home PC tech support in a small town. Yesterday I ran across a
computer with Media Center Edition that had a few backdoor Trojans lurking
about on it. I deleted all the malware I could find, but I think one of them
took a little piece of the Operating System with it, ...