support.microsoft.com/kb/310123

Explanation of error codes generated by Device Manager in Microsoft Windows XP Professional

www.theeldergeek.com/services_guide.htm

This page tells you what all the XP services do.

bertk.mvps.org/html/error.html

A site with system restore issues and solutions, also covers Vista

www.updatexp.com/scannow-sfc.html

If Windows XP SFC will not run read this article on a fix.

www.thetomorrowtimes.com/2006/12/how-to-login-to-expired-win...

This tutorial will show you how to access a web browser in windows xp when the activation has expired. handy for removing cracks that cannot be done from safe mode

www.pcauthorities.com/drivers/how-to-uninstall-device-driver...

The article tells you how to completely remove device drivers including hidden left overs that use up resources.

www.updatexp.com/windows-update-errors.html

Windows update errors are listed here along with solutions.

www.techrepublic.com/article/10-things-you-can-do-when-windo...

10 things you can do when Windows XP won't boot , solutions with pictures and easy to follow instructions.

www.brighthub.com/computing/windows-platform/articles/29403....

this article tells you how to removed cached password from windows, especially useful when you have connected to a NAS device with the wrong password. One way is using the keymanager. Although this article is for XP it is similar for the other operatin ...

ramanathan.wordpress.com/2007/12/21/system-restore-from-reco...

This is an article on how to run system restore from the recovery console on Windows XP

www.microsoft.com/resources/documentation/windows/xp/all/pro...

Provides information about network latency and network loss at intermediate hops between a source and destination. Pathping sends multiple Echo Request messages to each router between a source and destination over a period of time and ...

pcsupport.about.com/od/productkeysactivation/ht/changexpkey....

Easy instructions on how to change your Windows XP product key. Change your Windows XP key using special software or by making registry changes.

forums.techarena.in/windows-update/1344698.htm

Running : Windows XP media center edition SP3 Have tried installing KB979906 a few times and also downloaded update manually but cannot install this update. Receiving error 0x643.Is it safe to uninstall the .NET Framework 1.1 and re-install as possibly ...

www.techrepublic.com/article/removing-unused-device-drivers-...

Did you know that unless you uninstall a device driver on a Windows XP machine that it still may be sucking up valuable system resources? Here are step-by-step instructions on how you can view and remove these unnecessary devices.

www.aitechsolutions.net/mupdotsysXPhang.html

Troubleshooting tips and proven fixes that will help you recover from a windows XP mup.sys hang when you can't boot safe mode. What is mup.sys and what does it do?

www.techspot.com/community/topics/hangs-at-mup-sys.63315/

When I load up windows xp pro it finishes the blue bar loading screen and then goes into a blank screen. I loaded up safe mode and noticed that it was stuck at the driver mup.sys . The last thing I did with this computer before this problem was unplug ...

ccm.net/forum/affich-28936-unable-to-boot-xp

My machine has suddenly decided to stop booting, tried booting from safe mode (all options), but it hangs after Mup.sys. Tried booting from CD to get to the recovery console but this hangs after "Setup is starting windows" message.

readme.phys.ethz.ch/windows/how_to_enable_icmp_echo_requests...

The default setting in a freshly installed and updated Windows XP installation has the built-in firewall configured such that the computer does not answer ICMP echo request, also called pings. Unfortunately, this way the DHCP server has no possibility ...

www.sysprobs.com/enable-ping-in-xp

When Windows firewall is on (as the default settings) in Windows XP computer, it will not respond to ping requests, so obviously you can’t ping to the particular computer. You will be getting ‘Request Time Out’ reply from the destinat ...