If you have XP's Service Pack 1 installed, running the "RunDll32advpack.dll,LaunchINFSection%windir%\INF\msmsgs.inf,BLC.Remove" command will give...
The MS KB article, System32 Folder Opens When Logging on to Windows XP, Windows 2000, or Windows NT 4.0 has the fix.
If you haven't already, try unplugging the power cord from the back of the computer and leaving it unplugged for a while...10-15 minutes is...
Right click on the game's icon on the Task Bar at the bottom of the screen and left click on "Move." That will allow you to grab the Minesweeper...
Sort of grasping at straws here but have her check her computer's date and time. When that's wrong, all sorts of strange things can happen on...
Try the fixes in the MS KB article, Pictures Are Not Displayed on Web Sites in Internet Explorer.
XP seems to endlessly whine about having recovered from something. I decided to ignore it and see what happened. That was a year and a half ago...
When all else fails, dump the browser's cache? IE>Tools>Internet Options>Delete Files button, put a check mark in "Delete all offline content" to...
Sounds like it could very well be heat buildup. Vacuum out all the air vents, both front and back. If that doesn't help, if you're comfortable...
1. Select Start > Control Panel and click User Accounts 2. Click "Change the way users log on or off " 3. Check to make sure that Use the...
Go to Start>Run, type in (or copy and paste from here) "control userpasswords2" (without the quotes, with the space after "control "), click OK....
You can either edit the registry yourself following the instructions on this TechTV page or you can use the freeware, HideOutlook.
When strange alterations take place in the video display, especially with screen resolution, 95% of the time it's caused by the video drivers...
In Win98, right click on Network Neighborhood and choose "Client for Microsoft Networks" in the drop-down list for Primary Network Logon type....
Try logging on as "The" administrator...an account which usually doesn't appear on the logon screen and which has full control, permissions,...
One trick, if you're going to a dot-com URL, is to type in the main word in the domain name...like "yahoo "...and hold down the Ctrl key when you...
Does his ISP have a spam filter? If so, he needs to figure out how to access it for his account and start putting "authorized" addressed in the...
Although I agree with brett that spyware is the most likely culprit, have you also turned off XP's unnecessary services? If not, I've found Black...
Many, if not most, of the processes are the result of the services running. There are numerous guides online for which services to turn off,...
Outlook remaining in Task Manager as a running process after it's been shut down is one of its little problems that convinced me to stop using it....
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