Windows XP

buffer overflow
Hi all, My pc is running on Win Xp sp2. Recently i started facing the buffer overflow problem on my system . But the processes that are creating this are critical system processes. My antivirus repeatedly shows that a buffer overflow occured. What may be going wrong? Whats the solution for this? ... 14 Jun 2010 14:02

Empty Thread Panes in Outlook and Excel Forums
The forum for Outlook 2007 has an empty window pane. I spent a half hours in a chat with a Microsoft person, who visited the forum and also saw no threads. (The same is true for the Excel forum.) Is there someone I can bring this to the attention of. Here's the address for the forum: http://www.microsoft.... 16 Jun 2010 09:57

SP 3 doubts
[Crosspost to WinXP General] If you want to keep your computer secure, you have less than a month to get SP3 installed: Support for WinXP (x86) SP2 ends on 13 July 2010. After that date, computers running WinXP (x86) SP2 "will no longer receive software updates from Windows Update" (i.e., Automatic Updates ... 15 Jun 2010 07:37

Uninstall Windows Search 4.0 for Windows XP (KB940157)
Thank you Nepatsfan, this was really useful. I am not surprised to see so many people want to uninstall this piece. I hope Micorsoft is listening. ... 13 Jul 2010 06:32

Folder Options not taking effect
Hi, Regarding the Tools > Folder Options... dialog, is there any reason a change made there would not "stick"? I like to see my file extensions as it helps me identify a file quickly, but everytime I deselect "Hide file extensions for known file types", click Apply and OK, once the dialog closes, the setting ... 14 Jun 2010 10:40

My Recent Documents Empty
Hi! 14 JUne 2010 My user has a variant of the above problem: when he opens "My Recent Documents", he sees not one, but a list of six "Empty". Not sure if it is the same problem that many people have faced: so I have not touched anything on the system, hoping I can get some more info on this. Thanks in ad... 14 Jun 2010 08:26

can't see any messages in the newsgroup anymore
Jack, can you see this one? On 11/06/2099 01:45, Jack B wrote: My posts are still the only ones I see. If anyone has responded, I can't see it. Please send me an email (remove "nospam"). Thanks. Jack ----------------------------------- "Jack B" <jslimp01nospam(a)earthlink.... 6 Jul 2010 08:57

cmos checksum error
Hello, Each time I boot my computer, it shows cmos checksum error. Press F8 for system configuration but the F8 doesn't work, F9 doesn't work either. F1 allows it to boot and the system gets set at 1st Jan 2007 12.00 am. Regardless of how many times I change the bios, it will revert after each power down. I do... 21 Jun 2010 15:49

USB port slow
XP SP3 My home pc is very slow in copying file from HD to USB port. It took 50 minutest copy a 1.2GB from HD to USB flash key. I thought the problem of my USB key, but it's not. I tried to copy 2.5 GB file in my work pc from USB(my colleague's USB key) to USB(my current USB key), took about 10 minutes. My H... 16 Jun 2010 07:47

updated install freezes
XP updated itself automatically again. But this time, it got stuck for 12 hours on "Installing update 4 of 20," so I shut down my PC manually. What is wrong with this update? What am I supposed to do? ... 15 Jun 2010 09:49