Thanx, I will try your advice. I upgraded my pc from 98 to XP so I have an upgrade disk. I will get back to you.
I use Windows XP home and whenever I start my computer a dialog box called Windows Installer appears. All of the neccessary windows files are...
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Disk defragmenter on XP home edition Whenever I run disk defragmenter I get an error message (when it has finished). It seems to defragment...
Im going stay with fat32 for the time being - I dont need extra problems in my life at the moment. However if I do decide to convert to ntfs I...
Thanks for all the responses I think for the time being I'll continue with FAT32.
Is it a good idea to convert my file system to NTFS, I am currently using a FAT32 system? Please someone explain what NTFS is and what advantages...
Hi sparrow - I think that the more I look at my computer (system) I remember the things that were there and are not there now - guess it comes...
Hello there I just read your posts about autoexec.bat and like you Billybob I also changed from 98SE to XP (mine to XP home and your to XP pro...
I tried your regedit thing - it works I think I will carry on with XP as it is - and solve the problems as they arise.
SUCCESS I think I have a working XP computer system, when I switched on my computer this afternoon - I was going to try a reinstall of XP - my...
Billybob - you have given me a good idea - in future I will seperate my programs and OS like you do. But that involves the purchase of one (or...
I appreciate your advice but I have decided to reinstall Xp in the hopes that it sorts out the problems. I cannot afford to format harddisk now...
I inherited my computer from my sister who installed Win98 on the harddisk and keep a copy of the original CD (that is not my fault) She also...
Thank you for your response - this XP thing is really getting me down. Since I cannot be on the net all the time (broadband isnt available in my...
Outlook express wont run but it seems to rely on my Office 2000 installation, the office program was installed on this machine (while running...
Another bit of help - I think IM has caused all these problems, before I installed IM I was able to bring up the task manager and I seemed to have...
To Welshjim - I dont really want to reformat my harddirve - I have got lots of programs and personal files on it that I do not have copies of. I...
Interesting developements I have deleted my temporary internet files , I have run scandisk and am about to run defrag and sfc /scannow. If I...
To goddezzi - I am trying your suggestions, I mean that regebit will not run from my run command (on the start menu) if I use explorer to find it,...
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