Have you scanned for spyware? The symptoms you're describing are classic "spyware clog. " Download, install and run Spybot and/or AdAware (I...
You're welcome, glad to help...I hope you get a decent grade on that thing after all the trauma it caused you. ;)
Open the document, go to Tools>Track Changes>Accept or Reject Changes and click on the Accept All button and "yes" when it asks if you want to...
Maybe if you first try changing the look of XP back to the 98 interface he's used to (Control Panel>Display>Theme, choose "Windows Classic" from...
A .pps file is a Power Point file. You'll need the Power Point viewer to open it. You can download the Power Point viewer from...
The msgrEN32.dll file is usually found in <Drive>:\Program Files\Common Files\Microsoft Shared\Proof (where <Drive> is the letter of the drive...
Even with plenty of RAM, if there are a lot of programs running in the background, the system can run out of memory. Try closing a few down and...
See if the information in the MS KB article, The Save Password Setting Is Not Saved When You Connect to a POP3 Server has the fix.
Instructions are on this page, scroll down to "Export the Mail Account to a File. "
First, you can probably use your "Product Recovery" CD to restore the missing file. Just follow the instructions you've already found and let it...
I didn't know about the "do you want to reinstall" thingy when choosing a Windows application through "Open with "....thanks for the...
I sure sounds like something's running in the background and it's not an application you started up. The first thing I'd check for is spyware....
First, make sure the games are still on the computer by doing a search for "sol.exe" (solitaire), freecell.exe, and mshearts.exe...they should be...
It sounds like you're getting ads through an exploit of XP's Messenger Service, which has NOTHING to do with MSN Messenger or Windows Messenger....
You should be able to get Paint back by going to Control Panel>Add & Remove Programs>Add or Remove Window Components, then highlight Accessories...
Hey, now...Compaqs are great! I've made a lot of money fixing Compaqs. ;) Most of that money made babysitting the reinstall of all the third-party...
You can delete them manually with the keyboard. Select the entry with the down arrow key, delete it with the delete key. It's tedious if you have...
IE likes to remember the size of the last secondary window closed so the following steps have worked on every system I've used it on: 1. Open...
See if the information on MS KB article 260650, Internet Explorer Does Not Save Graphics Files in the Proper Format or the information in the...
Netbeui isn't included by default with XP. Instructions on how to install it from the XP CD can be found on this page.
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