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I have Windows XP Professional Edition on my computer. When I open Windows, I have a lot of programs that automatically open and run in the back ground. They are represented by icons in the lower right corner by the clock. How do I stop these things from opening up and running ?

By: Bonehead

Replaced my original dvd rw drive and then added a 2nd one to the open position in the tower. Once I started up the computer it asked me to continue or set up so I hit continue. The desktop loaded but the search is on going for a drive and then after a few minutes the start up menu and desktop disappear. I am also running Vista.

By: jules

ok, so i re my computer, and am now running windows XP without the service packs, does anyone have just a simple link to D/L service packs 1-3. i’ve been to the windows website and all they have are security updates and service packs just for professional. i really need to have at least service pack 2 on my computer for some software i have to work. someone plese help me!

By: darth toxicated

i have 12 computers in a domain. The dell server is running windows server 2000 and all the other computers are running windows 2k and xp. All the computers are on the network and contected just fine except for a dell running win xp. This computer was on the network until I added another computer. For some reason it says DHCP server unavailable after i realease and renew my ip address and then it goes ahead and gives me a private address (169.x.x.x). I can manually configure the tcp/ip settings and get to the network files and connect to the internet but I can’t log on to the domain. Any Ideas?

By: mikefredrichpc

I tried downloading the new Adcenter Desktop (beta) onto my computer and it pops up with an error after downloading saying, “cannot download the application. The application is missing required files.”
I am running a Dell with Microsoft XP and plenty of space to download.
Anyone else experience this?

By: hugheskristina

I’m trying to install a graphics card driver and its asking wether I’m running XP 64bit or XP 32bit. I think my computer may be 64 bit due to some Media Center Editions being 64 bit and me running an Athlon 3500+. Is there a command or menu I can look this up?

By: Chubby Choncho

So can i take the hard drive out of my older computer that has win 98 on it and instal it as a 2nd hard drive on my comp thats running win xp and completely copy my newer hard drive with win xp onto the that hard drive and make a carbon copy of it and then take it out and reinstall it into my second computer and have two computers running exactly the same?

By: stokedsurfer69

i need to know how to in input a command then set number of times then run it that looped times, like start cmd then it will ask how many then enter running and boom it looped

By: Nick

I have 2 laptops running XP. One has the network key stored in it and the other does not. I want to connect both to the network (WPA2-Enterprise if that matters) but I don’t have the key. Where can I find the key saved in the machine so I can type it in to the other laptop? Thanks!

By: Kraig

We are running on Windows Server 2003 one several servers. In the past week or so, I’ve been seeing more and more that connections are being randomly dropped momentarily. Today, it happened to the entire network for about 30 seconds, before it returned to full functionality. I’ve never seen this before and the only way I can describe it is its like the network has the hiccups, but its getting slightly worse as time passes. Looking for some ideas as to why it is doing this. Thanks!

By: tyldak