Windows XP

Compatible-noncompatible hardware.
Is there something like a hardware compatibility list for installing SP3 on an XP2 professional OS? I know what's on my machine (built in 2005) but don't know if I might have some vulnerable hardware-drivers, etc. 5tulips ... 4 Feb 2010 22:30

Google Chrome
I have windows XP with google chrome, IE8 and FF. When i use chrome to watch youtube videos, when the page loads the video section is just black, I have to refresh the page 4 or 5 times then the video will start to load. The flash and java is up to date, the other browsers don't have this issue its just chrome. ... 5 Feb 2010 16:14

Permanently change process priority?
Jack wrote: I am attempting to permanently change process priorities for certain apps on XP sp3 so that when I start them they start with a custom priority of my choosing rather than with the default priority of 'Normal' assigned by XP. I have tried both Prio and SetPriority, but neither app will p... 4 Feb 2010 11:09

.Net Framework 1.1 won't install
I have Windows XP with SP 3. Each time MS Updates attempts to install .Net Framework 1.1, it fails. I do have on my computer later versions of .Net Framework. Should I just forget about version 1.1? Thank you. ... 8 Feb 2010 18:00

mass change shortcut target drive
Hello, I have around 300+ shortcuts that need to have drive letters changed from c,d,e,f,g, etc to c,d,e,r,g etc. When I move drives around the shortcuts don't change so i have been doing it manually but i am tried of doing it that way. Is there some way to automate this all the shortcuts are in a shortcuts ... 4 Feb 2010 11:09

XP Undelete Utilities
The power flickered and a folder on an XP SP3 machine literally disappeared. NTFS Undelete restored the files by copying them to another folder, but all of the creation and modification dates were set to today. GetDataBack was able to copy the files to another disk while maintaining the file names. Is there ... 5 Feb 2010 02:52

Windows XP SP2 and Copy/Paste Stops Functioning
We recently migrated all of our machines to Windows XP SP2 (windows-only environment) from having a novell client environment. One thing we have noticed, and just for the record we have Windows XP SP2 before on some machines, but not all, so when people are doing a lot of copying and pasting, the paste functio... 3 Feb 2010 19:42

.NET Framework??
WinXP(home) sp3 and all updates except 1.1 sp1 which won't install. This leads me to a question. Why have the older version of .NET on a system? I have 1.1, 1.1 Hotfix (kb928366), 2.0, 3.0, 3.5, on this system. I have an dup system, same MB, winxp(home), .etc., etc. and it only has 2.0, 3.0, 3.5 so not sure ... 5 Feb 2010 17:20

Security Essentials
Microsoft has a fairly new program called Security Essentials. Does anybody know if it includes a Firewall? It does talk about anti virus and malware protection. I just started using Comodo Free version combo of Firewall and Antivirus/Malware. Just wondering if I should give SE a try. ... 4 Feb 2010 20:16

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JUST FYI! ... 3 Feb 2010 16:18