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Can I maximize MS Excel and lock Media Player as 5" x 5" somewhere on the screen and be able to work in Excel and still see Media Player? thanks

My computer running XP Professional suffered a sudden slow down and the Taskbar shrank is size. After a reboot the Taskbar disappeared. It is not hidden as the start menu does not respond to the Windows Flag key. I reformatted the drive only to have the same problem reoccur a day later. I reloaded using the original media which I have successfully used before. I did however use fresh copies of Avast Anti Virus and Zonealarm downloaded with another PC and scanned with Avast which indicated that they are both clean. The only explanation I can think of is a boot sector virus. Is this possible after the disc was reformatted and is their a way I can know for s…

I was the administrator & only one on my pc - 3 others have basic accts, somehow I got put as basic. Now that I have figured out how to go into safe mode & log on as administrator to change things I can't bc when I go into anyone's account besides my own & click on user account I get a script error (with no info) that will not go off & I cannot get it to go off so I cannot do anything with any accounts. What is going on with this script box & how do I get it off? I get the script error in safe mode also. Is there any other way for me to make a new user account as admin & go from there? HELP!!!! I cannot do anything with my pc …

I get two dialog boxes displaying the the folloowing errors" "Error loading c:\windows\system32\sqjcxgtq.dll, The specified module could not be found" -and- "Error loading c:\windows\system32\urcyvohq.dll, The specified module could not be found" ___ What are these files, and is there a location that I can download these missing modules? I only have the original Windows XP Pro install CD, so it is outdated after all of the SP updates. Thank you, Sixbells

Hello, My older friend is at it again, he thinks I'm some sort of a wiz who can do pretty much anything with his pcs. He wants me to transfer MS Word 2003 from his 5 year old pc to his new Vista pc without the installation disk! It came preinstalled. And he can't get used to the 2007 version. I'd hate to disappoint him so I said I'll find out what can be done. Please correct me if I'm wrong but I don't believe it's possible. Of course we would take it off the old one to prevent copy violation. I would not even know how to get started. I guess I need to take the folder from Prog Files, then there must be some in other ones like App data, common files, s…

I'm using XP Home and need to bring up Russian as a second language on my PC. I know it must be relatively simple, but I can't figure out how. Would someone please advise. Thanks, Rick

is there something similar to this: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/301932 for windows 2008? thanks, eric

In Win XP SP3, when I try to use system restore I get and error message: "system restore application has encountered a problem and needs to close. We are sorry for the inconvenience". With the customary option to send an error report to Microsoft. Any ideas on a solution? Thanks. Robert

can I transfer/copy installed hotfixes from one pc to another? It is very painful/long/expensive procedure on dial-up. And also same can be applied to XP systems. Farhan

Hi, Lately my computer freezes- immediately after it loads up or when I do not use for some time. What are simple, if any, things I should do?

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I tried to set up perfmon on a Windows 2000 server but can't find Network Interface on the performance object list. How can I bring it back? Thanks.

I have infected files that are essential to the WindowsXP pro operating system. These are: C:\Windows\Config\csrss.exe C:\Windows\Config\supdate.exe Therefore I ask: can I delete these two infected files, and then just copy the original clean ones from the original WindowsXP installation disks? Please advise how this should be done. Please help, Frank

Hi, I was recovering my winxp installation and trying to resolve an hangup problem (35 minute remaining hangup) i made an error. From recovery console (WinXp BootCD -> R) i tryied FixBoot and FixMdr command. After that i can't go on. With or without Boot CD system stop on a black screen where i can see only mouse arrow. If i try to restart all recovery process (Boot with cd > Enter>F8>R>Enter) the problem still exist. After first reboot (at blue screen procedures) all stop in a black screen after winxp logo startup. Can you help me? I can't solve with a format because is not possible for this moment. Thankyou.

For those (not me) who use iTunes, here you have the latest release: http://www.apple.com/itunes/download/ Carlos

Hi, I have used Acronis Image Server before to create a complete image of a server, which I then recreated a RAID and put the image back on top successfully. Does anyone else out there know of any other more cost-effective solutions as Acronis can be a little pricey. Any ideas welcome, but all I need to do is create an image of a HP ProLiant DLxxx server as a RAID 1, recreate the RAID and then put the image back on top of the new RAID set. Also, if this image is transferrable to another different hardware (like Acronis Universal Restore option) then please again let me know. Thanks Chris

I am attempting to get into "localhost" on my XP computer. Each time I try I get a 500 Internal Server error message.. I unchecked allow "Show friendly HTTP error messages in I.E. internet options under the Advanced tab. Then I get the following error message: Active Server Page Error 'ASP 0201' involid default script language the default script language specified for this application is invalid. Does anyone have a fix for this. I really need my localhost working. I removed IIS from Windows and then reinstalled it again. Still not working. Thank, HankL

Lately, my Win XP would reboot suddenly for no apparent reason. This happened usually shortly after the PC cold boots. It also happens when I open msconfig and scrolling through the startup tab. I have ran anti virus software AVG 8, Spybot, Xsoft, Ad Aware 2008 but found no malware or virus. What should I do? Thks

To refresh those who helped me fix my protocol problem..., When we tried installing the DSL modem, there were no protocols to bind the adaptor to. Through several attempts Mike told me that I had a bunch of missing .inf files. Now, all .inf files from those .cab files that also were copied from the ME disk are on this machine and the Windstream guy is coming to try again tomorrow sometime between 1-5 pm. I'm now having a start-up issue that's driving me insane. The boot process gets all the way up just before the desktop, then a BSOD appears saying that the computer needs to be re-started. So, I do and the start-up menu comes and I'm able to boot to safe mo…

I downloaded the upgraded version of msconfig from Microsoft's site, hoping to use the added Tools tab, which was not in the old version. However, the Tools tab did not show up. I still have the old version of msconfig. I am using Windows XP ver 5.1 Build 2600 Service Pack 2, with 2g RAM I have Service Pack 2 which is what Microsoft said was required. Any advice? Thks

I find this a very odd quirk of XP SP3 which on a brand new OS installation as well as old sp2 and the upgrade to sp3 via WU, I started noticing certain files were locked and I couldnt delete them etc... Long story short I found out that the programs that I had used to access those files even though were terminated correctly and without any errors were indeed still showing running under the taskmanager running allowng and consuming resources. Theres many programs that do this like IE or winrara or Flashfxp or any other program I can think about. Im not exactly what you would call a newb and this was certainly not my first OS install in fact I can see m…

Just installed xp - I am connecting to the internet, but when I try to go to say my home page, it says the page has expired - so, I am connected but can't get to the web. HELP

After the Microsoft Updates issued July 8, 9 we lost all ability to print. We also lost our ability to restore our system to a restore point. We scan daily for viruses, malware, etc. and scans are always clean. Is there a patch or fix? Am ready to format HD and start from scratch.

Over the past few days I have been getting the following error message. "The instruction at 0X 05120198 referenced memory at 0X1c4c23415. The memory could not be written" (The numerics after the 0X's change each time. The above #'s were the most recent ones). Can anyone tell me what this is and how it can be fixed...Thanks kindly

The programs that start up automatically are listed in the Startup Tab of the System Configuration Utility which is invoked by keying in msconfig under Start Run. I want to add a program to this list so it will automatically start up when I boot. How do I do this? Bob Speck