On my windows xp laptop, I`m experiencing trouble sutting down, I
tried to shutdown and it started installing an update, which I think
is normal, BUT it said on the screen installing update 1 of 1, then
went to saving your settings, then went back to installing update 1
of 1 again and continued that several times + I even had trouble with
it hanging on shutdown yesterday.Can anyone tell me something that
would help, and it would be appreciated.

Thank You
James

How do I fix this situation? Do I have to
re-install WinXP?

please help, F

Finalized a catalog at home in CT -- client has urgent beyond-final-minute
changes and I'm in FL so I asked my son to FedEx down a disk that has
everything on it, including fonts. TrueType fonts are no problem. But trying
to install PostScript fonts I'm getting one of two error messages:

1. "Unable to install the font. File is either invalid or damaged."
OR
2. "The copyright holder of will not allow their font to be converted
to TrueType. Please contact the font vendor for more information."

I've never had this happen doing this catalog before and share the fonts
with the printer all the time to mass print.

If I can't figure out what the problem is in the next hour or two I have to
fly home tomorrow from this beautiful Sarasota to the Northeast and I'm
begging for help!!!

Thanks to anyone who can help me!

judie

Running windows xp home with sp2. When I boot the machine it comes to the
desktop but no icons are present. The same thing happens if I boot to safe
mode. I can do ctrl-alt-del and get the task manager. from there I can
pretty much run anything I want. When I look under the processes tab
explorer.exe is not present. If I enter the command to run it, I can see the
desktop bottom tollbar flash for a secone and then go away. It is as thought
explorer.exe turns off as soon as it turns on. Will re-install windows if
need be, but really don't want to go through the process if not necessary.
Are there any other solutions out there? Thanks!

Hi, after I turn on my windows xp home pc, and it starts to load up, that
"Found New Hardware MTP device" box keeps popping up on the lower right
notification area in the task bar. I "x" it out and it comes back right
away. Its on top of ALL windows so its always showing. I rigth click and it
pops up. I left click and it pops up.

I recently plugged in an mp3 player which would explain why this specific
pop box. but I have nothing plugged into my USB now. How can i fix this and
prevent from it happening in the future

I checked system config utility>start up and the only (4) things I have
starting up are BCMSMMSG, andtivirus, spyware guard, and yahoo messenger.
I thank in advance

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To anyone interested,
Before you do a SP3 upgrade, I can't stress enough, that you should purchase
a backup or imaging program like Acronis TrueImage, (version 10 or higher
should be your choice.) Make a backup/image of your current OS, so if you
have problems, you can easily return to a working copy of your OS. Saves
allot of grey hair, and headaches.

If you have the following Dell PC (or other similar models) with an AMD
Processor, and using the image that was installed by the factory, you may
have run into the reboot problem that occurred after installing XP SP3
update:

The question that I have is that when I author a DVD and use Windows Media
Player to play the disc there is no title or track information available. The
only information that I can find is in the privacy statement regarding
Windows Media Player,

"When playing a DVD, Windows Media Player attempts to locate information
associated with that DVD, such as the DVD name, title names, chapter names,
director name, and release date. This information is added to the overall
list of information that is kept in the Media Library. To obtain this
information, Windows Media Player sends a unique DVD identification number to
WindowsMedia.com. No personally identifiable information is obtained or
stored during this transaction."

So, how would I get the information on to WindowsMedia.com in order for
Windows Media Player to download it? I hear that there may be a way to
physically mail a copy of the DVD along with the information that I need in
Windows Media Player but I do not know where to send it.

Thanks

This is a repeat of a query posted under a
different title. Maybe here it will get more
attention. And yes, I posted it in Tech Net.

I downloaded and installed SP3 about a week ago,
and have noticed only one peculiarity so far.
My screen saver times in and functions, but even
with nothing of mine that I know of running, I
see no disk shutoff, no Standby, No Hibernate.
Nothing different in my operating procedures....
before SP2 I could count on it hibernating.

Anybody else seen this failure of Power Options?

I have been having the configuration utility message come up on my screen
everytime I boot the computer. I've tried starting in normal mode after
being requested to do so because it states that I am in selective/diaognostic
mode but that doesn't do anything, it keeps coming up no matter what, even
after rebooting several times. As to the operation of the system, it's fine
and I don't believe that it is in the mode the the message says. The problem
seems to have started after having a support technician taking remote control
of the system to do some trouble shooting for another program (HP). Do you
have any ideas about fixing this problem as it is very annoying.
Unfortuneatley the remote control link that he established was interrupted
and he never finished what he was doing and...

Hi, I can't find the original post, so I thought I better repost this.. I
believe I found out what hardware was causing the problem! I didn't have
errors for some time, and then a few days ago, My computer booted on it's
own and when I came back to windows, I found my D drive (Western Digital)
was missing. it's done that a few times. I ran error checking and it came
back .. So I am buying an external hard drive.. and would like to know how
to uninstall and remove the D drive.. if when I run Everest home edition
it's listed second under drives.. does that mean it's the bottom drive? I
know how to uninstall it in device manager, but knowing windows it will try
to install it once I uninstall it.. so I best remove it.. :) Any help
appreciated .. thanks Rainy