Just need install win XP on new notebook with Vista(no files installed yet -
no backup): to remove Vista completely.
How to make it better way to ensure a smooth set-up:  run from DOS command
'format c:' from DOS to erase the hard drive, then install XP, or directly

My PC went down after a power failure. When it trys to restart I get the
screen stating the machine shut down improperly and do I want to start in
Safe mode, start with previous settings or start normally
Regardless of which choice i make the pc seems to try to reload windows, but ...

Hello:
i am getting error code 24282 for the Uninterruptible Power Supply in event
viewer.
message can not connect to specific com port.

What are the the pros & cons of installing applications software on a
different/separate partition from the operating system  (Win XP Pro SP3) ?
In the past I have split my hard drive into 4 partitions ;
C: Win XP Pro

During an overdue clean up of my PC I have managed to remove (?) Word Pad
from my PC, I did a disc clean up and maybe removed some of my accessories.
My PC has had a few upgrades over the years and now on XP SP3.
So, I am now not sure with CD I need to insert to try and get Word ...

Since doing a fresh reinstallation of XP some of the keys on my
keyboard produce a different symbol on the screen than they are
supposed to i.e. a @ is actually a " and vice-versa.
Does anyone know how to fix this?

XP SP3 and all current patches.
I rarely reboot my system and did so last night for the first time in quite
a while.  During that time I've installed several software packages so I
can't easily tell if one of those might be responsible for the BSOD I am now

I have an activated Office 2007 Ultimate which seems fine in every way
EXCEPT when I try to pull down an Excel 2003 "MSN Stock Quote" macro
(http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=485FCCD8-9305-4535-B939
-3BF0A740A9B1&displaylang=en)
which fails re-validation of ...

I have a very stubborn problem here. I'm look for anyone else's help.  At
startup and error box comes up saying "windows explorer has encountered a
problem and needs to close. We are sorry for the inconvenience."  The
startbar is also frozen so I have to use command lines.

I am running windows XP Pro in spanish and I noticed lately that when I start
up my PC, it's very slow. In task manager I found out that Svchost is using
98 to 100% of my PC and this for over 15 minutes. It stops and very quickly
it starts again using the CPU. What should I do?

Windows Vista Home Premium 32 bist Spanish
Windows Xp Pro W/SP2 English
NVIDIA Graphic Driver
TV Tuner Driver

When I open a folder and want to Right Click 'Arrange Items By Date' - that
facilitiy seemed to have disappeared from the Menu once I upgraded from
Office 2000 Professional to Office Professional 2003 and from Windows 2000
Professional to Windows XP.  I had hoped that Microsoft ...

I have an HP Pavillion desktop w/ XP (don't know if it's Home or Pro) that
logs off as soon as it logs on. I get welcome screen, logon screen, desktop
wallpaper, then logoff. This happens with the only account on the machine,
the same account in safe mode and the admin account in ...

I have been receiving the following error in Event Viewer, System for some time.
The mrtRate service failed to start due to the following error:
The system cannot find the file specified.
Source:   Service Control Manager

Starting Outlook Express always starts up Windows Messenger.
I have unchecked the "Automatically log on to Windows Messenger" option box, but OE
ignores this and starts it anyway.
Anyone know how to stop it?