David, Clearly there has been a past problem with drive mounting. Although this may be a mere symptom of some other problem, we can clean it up...
I was hoping you would post that entire key content so I could see if it had some corruption that might be causing this problem. You can do...
Take a look in HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\MountedDevices and let's see what it says there. BTW, XP folders are always "Read Only" by default...
Start by disabling the mail scanner in AVG if you have it enabled. If that works, re-enable it and set your firewall to allow it permission to...
Disable SR and then reinable it. That'll destroy all of the old RP's and hopefully the new ones will start working. The problem is often caused...
Try weeding out some of your unnecessary start-up programs and you may find one that is causing the activity that triggers the wake-up from...
Not to worry, multiple instances of svchost are normal. It one of XP's basic services that handles many parts of the system. svchost explained...
Whatever he did to disable the on-board video will have to be reversed. Even so, you should be getting some video from the MOBO video chip to...
If I understand right, all you need to do is set a password for your User Identity and that will keep others from accessing the files unless you...
Have you tried taking ownership of it? How To Take Ownership of a File or Folder And of course you have tried Safe Mode. If none of that...
OK, I'll check back later. Review what I have posted and follow the directions exactly. Be sure you are running the download from its location...
Yes, give it a go the proper way and I'll stick around until you get it sorted.
There's the problem!! I don't want you to copy that downloaded file to the floppy. I want you to download it to your Desktop and double click...
Look on the floppy and tell me what files it contains. Open the boot.ini file it contains and let's see what it says.
That means the floppy didn't get created properly. Do it again and let's see if it can succeed. Format it first this time. Perhaps the...
What does it indicate that pressing F11 will do for you. If it is to allow you to boot from the floppy, then do so. If it is anything else,...
What was the error message at boot? Did the floppy get created without any error message? Format the floppy and run the downloaded file again...
That makes it easier! What I want you to do is download This File. Send it to your Desktop or any other folder that you can find easily....
Do you have a floppy disk drive in that computer?
It sounds like it may be totally missing or perhaps misnamed. It is normally located on the root of your C: drive. It's a hidden file so...
Separate names with a comma.