Glad you got it figured out, and thanks for letting us know what the problem was, it may help someone else out :)

Personally, I wouldn't consider that a 'newbie' type question.

This may help you some:
http://dept-info.labri.u-bordeaux.fr/~strandh/Teaching/AMP/Common/Strandh-Tutorial/Dir.html

And here is a...

Let's see if I can clarify this...

A controller is a device (hardware), that controls the transfer of data from the computer to another device (printer, monitor, etc.). A controller does not...

This should help:

Driver -- http://www.webopedia.com/TERM/d/driver.html

Controller -- http://www.webopedia.com/TERM/c/controller.html

This could be caused by overheating, have you checked inside for dust lately? And check to see if the fans are operating properly? Be sure to gaurd against damage via static electricity when...

Reinstalling XP that often shouldn't really be necessary.

To reactivate, you should just need to call Microsoft.

Here's a site with some good info:...

Hi Robin, welcome to DaniWeb :D

Are you using Outlook or Outlook Express?

What browser are you using? If it's IE, see if any of the suggestions here work:...

Congratulations Danielle, seems you've helped yourself :)

Go to Start, Run, and type in regedit; click OK and the Registry Editor will open.

At the top of the Registry window, click on File, and then click Export... An Export Registry File window will...

From Panda:

Dear Customer

In order to uninstall the Panda Antivirus Titanium program manually proceed as follows, deleting the entries in the Registry and files detailed below. However, if at...

Right-click in an open area of your desktop, and select Properties; click on the Setting tab, and then look for the slider in the 'Screen area' box, and move it all the way to the left. If that...

Here are some links that may help:

http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;315323&Product=winxp

http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;822967&Product=winxp

First try System Restore to go back to a time before you had the problem.

Click Start, All Programs, Accessories, System Tools, System Restore

If that doesn't work, try an in-place upgrade (aka...

What OS do you have?

To help protect and repair your system (and hers), follow the advice in these threads:

http://www.daniweb.com/techtalkforums/thread16365.html
...

Looks like someone merged the two threads so there is only one now.

See if this helps:
http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=289022

That was a pretty simple fix, Thanks for posting it. I'll try to remember that in case it comes up again!

I'm going to mark this as solved; even though we didn't help, there is a solution to the...

Did Microsoft give you the instructions you need once you get into the Registry Editor?

To get to the Registry Editor, go to Start, Run, and type in regedit; click OK and the Registry Editor will...

Here's a patch for IE with SP2:
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?kbid=884020

Here is information about XP's firewall:...

It could be the firewall settings in SP2; I think there is also a patch for IE problems with SP2. Look through this thread and see if there is anything that helps (a link to the patch should be...

Did they ever work on this computer? If they did, can you think of anything that might have been done to the system around the time they stopped working (hardware or software changes)?

NailX, start a new thread instead of tagging on to someone else's.

You should find the instructions you need in this thread:
http://www.daniweb.com/techtalkforums/thread6632.html

Did you install the motherboard drivers? They would either be on the CD that came with the motherboard or the computer (this may be a Restore CD).

Great! Happy to hear it! :)

(Can one of the moderators mark this one as solved?)

Happy it helped you echoman, hope it works for whiskeyjar as well.

This link I gave you, http://www.michna.com/kb/WxSP2.htm#..._Service_Pack_2
has a downloadable link to the "fixdb.bat" file; I don't know why it didn't copy over as a link, I just now noticed that...

Well, since no one else has responded to this, I may as well put in my two cents. Is there an error code with this message? That may be helpful. Are you sure these two systems meet the minimum...

Try this link:
http://www.geekgirls.com/windowsxp_fileviews.htm

I think you'll find your answer in the "Details View" section.

As Dave said, it could be overheating; if you haven't done so recently, remove the cover and vacuum and/or blow (with canned air) the fans, CPU & heat sink, and power supply. Be sure to ground...