windows xp

We're several months into the post XPocalypse era, or so I thought. Still I am getting fairly regular updates; and I haven't used the register hack Microsoft warns against. Just today I got another one. Has some nefarious malware managed to take over the Windows update mechanism to do God knows...

Microsoft have just said they are no longer offering support for windows XP (http://windows.microsoft.com/en-GB/windows/end-support-help). My laptop is an oldie but a goodie, still runs ok on windows XP, and microsoft's answer is that as very few older machines will be able to upgrade I need to...

I've got a 1TB USB drive that's nearly full. It contains hundreds of thousands of documents, photos, .mp3s and other files, poorly organized into thousands of folders and sub-folders. Knowing I was nearly out of room, I bought a 2TB drive. Trying to get everything to copy from the 1TB drive...

Okay so my computer is really old but it's all I have so bear with me. Somehow all of my Windows XP Office 2003 programs on my Dell computer have disappeared, I don't know how but this likely happened a couple days ago, my control panel lists all of the Windows XP updates, some very recent, I...

My employer just migrated my work machine from XP to Windows 7. They DID NOT use Microsoft's "Easy Transfer" tool to migrate program settings. Instead, they just made backup copies of everything from the "application data" folder and hoped for the best. :mad: I had made dozens of...

Hello all! I have a problem that perhaps some of you smart, kind people can help out with. I work at a large engineering firm and one of my jobs is to make sure that all of the engineering software runs smoothly. Anyway, now there is a serious move to change all of our PC Operating Systems...

Specifically, my job requires me to use a web page that includes iframes which have had the "scrolling=no" attribute set, but I want these frames to scroll anyway when I'm viewing the page. Is there some way to get Firefox (v3.6, WinXP)--or any other browser--to ignore that attribute setting...

Hi all, My GF's computer suddenly started developing some glitches, that do not appear to be virus related (at least, Avast finds nothing). I tried to system restore to see if that would help, but whenever I try to access the Help and Support menu, nothing happens. Attempting to access this...

Sorry my camera could not snap a better picture. Thought it was funny to see an ATM machine with a BSOD (Blue screen) and then restart and show the Windows XP boot menu. Scary, actually.

I want to get rid of Windows Vista from my computer and go back to XP, but when I put in the XP cd the "Install Windows XP" button is greyed out and cannot be pressed. Can someone please help?

I have this director who doesn't get on with blackberries. It's not that he's a technophobe - far from it. No, he just finds them too fiddly and itty bitty. What he want's is a bigger more capable palmtop. So he asked for a netbook. He want's to be able to read e-mails, browse the web and...

Sooo... I had to replace the motherboard and CPU in my brother-in-law's computer. Naturally, Windows XP needed to be reactivated and gave me a 30 day window. Well, I ignored that window for a bit while I tried to make sure everything was working properly. Then I did nothing with it for a...

Is anyone here familiar enough with the bowels of XP to know what settings the Network Setup Wizard changes? Every time I switch between wired and wireless internet, I have to run Network Setup Wizard to tell my browser which connection to use. Otherwise, in essence, the connection (be it wired...

Could do with some advice here! I have a Windows XP Pro machine that was formerly set up to use RAID 1 via an onboard Adaptec RAID controller. For one reason or another, this was de-RAIDified to have Windows installed on one drive. I'd like, now, to re-RAID it. Is this possible without...

Can't say I've tried Vista, but I suspect the reviewer is more than half serious. ;) Review

I am not sure when this happened exactly. The problem is that I cannot get audio of any kind, use/update audio drivers, or even roll back to an older functioning driver for my audio device(s). I've gone through the help/troubleshoot procedures and even attempted to download new drivers...

Having been forced to acquire a new laptop, which came with Vista, I'm considering a dual boot setup with an XP partition. Even allowing for the inevitable new user frustrations, I find the laptop very slow for it's spec when running vista. I'd like to see how it runs under XP. The XP version I...

Apple Computer said on Wednesday that it has released a public beta version of Boot Camp, software that enables Microsoft Windows XP to run natively on Intel-based Macs. From: http://news.zdnet.com/2100-3513_22-6057856.html?tag=nl.e589

All I wanted to do was install the XP SP2. You would think that would be a big bold link right up front right? You click the button and can either open (install) or save SP2 right? Ha ha, only if you've never dealt with MS downloads before.....in which case you're blessed yet also...

I'm thinking of buying a copy of windows xp. I was looking on eBay, and found various different possibilities. However, most come with activation keys, but not with certificates of authenticity. What must the product have for it to be legal? ETA: should I get home or professional edition?

OK, I'm stumped. I've tried to install a new piece of software, but after reboot, the installation hangs. I can CTRL+ALT+DEL to get to the task list to terminate the installation, and everything works fine from then on. But: I am not allowed to install anything else, before this process is...

There was an easy way in W98 to clear History. Is there such a way in XPp? Recently used Documents? Media last used?

I recently acquired a box with XP on it and I want to play around with XP a bit. My problem is that for some reason I cannot execute applications from the desktop (files that I put on the desktop). It says I do not have the right privilages or that the file cannot be accessed. This is strange...

Hi - A friend of mine has reported a strange problem with a Windows XP setup. He was doing an installation which didn't complete due to a power cut. The installation is sufficiently incomplete that Windows won't start when the machine is booted, which might be expected. However, it appears...