In my system it takes minimum 5-10 minutes to display shutdown window after I
choose the shutdown option in start menu. when I try it to logoff it happens
immediately but shutdown takes the same time when I tried from ctrl+alt+del
screen also. Even I resetted the profile and ...

I need help to create a small batch script /procedure that extracts a piece
of information from a text file:
-Skipp first two lines in a file
-Extract a piece of text from the 11-th character until the first blank /

Is there a way to upgrade to Windows 7 w/o losing programs and data?
Thanks,
Oreally

Am I correct in believing that a Windows Update was sent out a few years
back to handle the changes to the dates when Daylight Savings Time starts
and ends in North America? If yes, does anyone know which Update this was?
I'd like to check to see if it is installed in Add/Remove ...

This message was posted here because:
1. I couldn't find any newsgroup on Microsoft Communities for Windows 7
(which I believe is an absolute must)
2. the program mentioned at the end would also work for Vista.

Lately a number of downloads and updates have failed and told me windows
installer could not be found.  Starting the service manually and starting
the download again generally works.
I reset the service to start automatically, but still some things - such as

I have a PC with XP Home SP3 (SP3 installed yesterday) it has been working
well but
today, when I double click, or right click/open on a shortcut or select an
item in the

I have an XP system that I just rebuilt that will not install Microsoft .NET
Framework 2.0 Service Pack 2 Security Update for Windows 2000, Windows Server
2003, and Windows XP (KB974417).
The system is running XP Media Center Edition SP3 and is part of a small

In order to research a problem I'm having (inability to send/receive emails
with jpg attachments) with my currently installed IE7/SP3 setup, I have a
question.
If I uninstall SP3, then uninstall IE7, then reinstall both, and screw it

Purchased a Dell Vostro Windows XP3 desktop a few months ago.  
About a month or so ago, I wanted to boot up in safe mode, but couldn't
always get there.
At least 50% of the time I can't get the safe mode screen to pop up

I just reformatted my computer and my computer wont detect my modem at all
any idea why?

Despite trying various IPCONFIG demands I'm not able to regain wifi
connection unless I reboot; any other clues to save having to do this
valued.
Prelude is I close laptop and leave to charge for half an hour, but do

this update tried to install when i logged off of my computer. apparently it
failed.
now, some other software that relies on the .net framework will not work.
i tried to reinstall it from windows update, but i get the message below

I'm finding that Security Update for SQL Server 2005 Service Pack 3
(KB970892) never gets installed, but I don't know why. It just says it
can't install it. Whether this really matters or not I don't know but
it's a pain having this constantly reminding me to let it do something

I have an extremely annoying problem with my XP-Pro laptop.
Several times a day (say 5-10 times) the networking locks up so that
if I try anything in any application that has anything to do with
networking then that application locks up. The block is on for several