I am using XPSP2, and DO NOT have any connection problems with my LAN that I
use to connect to the Internet over DSL.
However, I believe some hidden LAN connections are keeping me from being
able to see the status of an active LAN connection.  I can see the status

I have tried reseting Windows Firewall and Winsock using <netsh> command. I
get an message back saying, "Unable to reset Winsock Catalog. The system
cannot find the finle specified." I can't connect to the internet or my
laptop, even though I've run Network Connection Wizard ...

I had to wipe out my pc and start over but now it says that my ethernet
driver and a few others are not there... I am so computer illiterate that I'm
stuck on what to do. Can anyone help me on this???

I am trying to install a new OEM copy of XP-Pro on a new hard drive.  My
CD-R drive appears to read the XP-Pro CD correctly and starts the
installation.  Then I get the report (approximately):  "Unexpected
Windows setup error 47873  occurred at line 5218 in

Mac desktops have small icons with text at the right side.
Ages ago managed to format PC desktop icons the same way but now I
cannot find out how I did it. I should like to do so in this new
notebook using XP.

Can I add unallocated space to a drive that has already been formated? I have
70Gb of unallocated space on my HD that I need to assign to my C: dirve and
don't want to have to go through a complete rebooot or lose any data. Any
suggestions? Is it possible to move the C: Drive ...

a testament to the mightless power of Microsoft Search, follow this link
http://www.microsoft.com/windows/downloads/default.aspx
and click on the "Internet Explorer" from the left menu "Popular
Downloads".. it will produce a"Sorry, no results were found" For Internet

I have just found that the sound won't play, on my pc, from DVDs recorded on
my Mikomo video recorder. The picture is fine, but no sound. Sound plays OK
from recordings made on previous DVD recorders.
Sound is OK when viewing the same Mikomo recordings on my Toshiba laptop.

i've notice recently (on two separate pc's) that after i do a search on any
drive, i can no longer copy or move files in file manager.  if i highlight a
file and click copy, then if i move the cursor to another location, the paste
is not an option - doesn't show up.  if i just ...

I am trying to delete unwanted files from the system directory "C:
\Winnt\system32\" folder in Windows NT machine.
I tired using the functions
DeleteFile(LPTSTR lpFileName)

Least important topic of the day - but drives me nuts -
1)Right Click Start/click Properties/click Taskbar/click Customize
2)Then select among Always Show, Always Hide or Hide When Inactive
What I select seems to have almost nothing to do with what shows up on my

I plan to buy a new larger monitor to replace the 12 inch one on my Dell PC
with Windows XP (3SP) on it.
The monitor is is a 20 inch Dell (1680x1050).
Is it simply a matter of just plugging it in or is it a matter of installing

I am using winxp professional SP3 in my PC with the following configuration:
AMD 5000+ with 2G ram
Seagate 250G harddrive in my mobo ASUS M2A-VM HDMI bios 1501
I changed the setting in the southbridge from IDE to AHCI according to the

Is there a way i can extract files from system restore without resotring to
last point? i deleted some sample files from a program webshots collection,
they had a new update & made my pc crash, i cleaned it up & went back to old
version but when i unstalled the new version it ...

Some time in the last 4 or five months (I think) a new folder appeared under
My Computer.  It's called Buds PC's Documents.  It holds all the same folders
and files as "My Documents" does.  Under properties it shows this folder name
to be "My Documents" yet the folder name ...