Windows XP

Windows XP Quick Launch bar
In Windows XP home edition using the clasic start menu how do I get the Quick Launch bar to stay showing? Every time I start Windows I have to go to the Start, Taskbar menu and click to show the Quick Launch bar. Can't it be set to stay showing?? TIA ... 19 Feb 2010 07:39

can't delete program
Have a program: "DOGZ 5" (game) installed by daughter via disk and cannot uninstall/delete. I click START, CONTROL PANEL, ADD OR REMOVE PROGRAMS, highlight unwanted program, click CHANGE/REMOVE and there is no response. Other porgrams have been removed sucessfully. Only this one willl not go away! HELP!!! -- ... 18 Feb 2010 13:59

Rootkit author offer fix for MS patch problem
"According to security vendor Prevx, the authors of the rootkit which was the cause of a large number of unbootable systems which applied the MS10-015 patch issued last week have issued a patch to fix the incompatibility." http://blogs.pcmag.com/securitywatch/2010/02/rootkit_authors_issue_patch_fo.php All you... 19 Feb 2010 22:13

WinXP Driver Issue
I have downgraded a Gateway M2614u laptop from Vista to WinXP. Gateway has Vista drivers for this system on it's site, but no drivers for WinXP. Nevertheless I was able to find WinXP drivers on the net for everything except a "Conexant HD audio soft data fax modem with SmartCP". I have tried a ton of different dr... 18 Feb 2010 10:36

Internet Explorer 7 won’t go online
I am having trouble getting my PC to go online. In Internet Explorer, I get the typical display when I type an address into the address bar…”Page Cannot Be Displayed.” I have plugged another PC into the network cable and browsed the web perfectly, so I've isolated the problem to the PC. The option under the ... 18 Feb 2010 12:51

Does upgrading to a HyperThreaded CPU require a reinstall ofW
Unfortunately the only part of HyperThreading that that was effective in the real world was the "Hype". In controlled bench marking using software that was designed to take advantage of that feature they could improve performance by 25%. Real world use shows otherwise. http://www.pcworld.com/article/107492/two... 18 Feb 2010 09:28

0x7c91b21a error
Hi, I found a solution for an error message on start up that states that memory could not be written at 0x7c91b21a 0x00000010. It appears the latest update for Windows Media Player is causing this problem if the Service, Windows Driver Foundation. is turned on. It needs to be disabled. I found this at Bleeping ... 18 Feb 2010 08:21

Utility needed to Verify ISO image with burned disc
> However, I am looking for a stand-alone utility that can do the same thing. Which is, taking an ISO-image file on the hard disk, and verify it with a CD (or DVD) that is inside a CD/DVD drive. If the source is an ISO image (or other image formats), you could use ImgBurn to burn+verify. If the source ... 18 Feb 2010 13:59

Getting rid of Norton (To Twayne) LightningSand.cfd corruption
Twayne was the most helpfull for my problem, but no one could tell me WHAT is that damned LightningSand.cfd file that kept to get corrupted after reboot. It was in the NORTON 360 directory, but only present after the error. Norton (Symantec) was no help at all, so after changing my disk and rebulding Win from... 19 Feb 2010 06:34

Frequent file corruption in the documents and setting area
On Sat, 19 Dec 2009 15:48:39 +0100, "Jean-Paulo" <jean.paulo(a)free.fr> wrote: Thanks for the idea. It's a Maxtor, I'll try Well, I did change my disk... To nothing. Norton was no help at all... I got rid of it, and got Avira... No more troubles in 3 weeks! ... 18 Feb 2010 02:53