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Guided Help is a program that you can download from some Microsoft Knowledge Base articles. Depending on the task, Guided Help can automatically perform the task that is described in the article or guide you through the steps to perform the task yourself.
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Chat support is an alternative to calling Windows XP telephone support. You can use this support option to chat online with a support engineer to troubleshoot your issue.
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Guided Help - Windows XP

Guided Help - Windows XP

You receive a "Microsoft Internet Explorer has encountered a problem and needs to close (Pdm.dll)" error message
You may receive the following error message in Windows Explorer, Internet Explorer, or MSN Explorer: Microsoft Internet Explorer has encountered a problem and needs to close. We are sorry for the inconvenience. To see the data that the error...
The Microsoft Windows Malicious Software Removal Tool helps remove specific, prevalent malicious software from computers that are running Windows Server 2003, Windows XP, or Windows 2000
Discusses the release of the Malicious Software Removal Tool to help remove specific, prevalent malicious software from computers that are running Windows Server 2003, Windows XP, or Windows 2000.
You receive a "0x800A01AE" error message or a "0x080070570" error message when you try to connect to the Windows Update Web page or to the Microsoft Update Web page in Windows Server 2003 or Windows XP
Describes the problem where you receive an error message when you try to connect to the Windows Update Web page or to the Microsoft Update Web page in Windows Server 2003 or Windows XP. Provides a resolution for this problem.
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How-to articles - Windows XP

How-to articles - Windows XP

How to reinstall Microsoft Distributed Transaction Coordinator on a computer that is running Windows XP
Provides a procedure to help you reinstall Microsoft Distributed Transaction Coordinator (MS DTC) on a computer that is running Windows XP.
Text version of Dltpurge.vbs for Microsoft Knowledge Base article Q312403
You can use the Distributed Link Tracking service in Windows to track the creation and movement of linked files across NTFS-formatted volumes and servers. This article contains a text version of the Dltpurge.vbs script that is described in the...
INFO: Availability of Current Build of Microsoft VM
The current version (or build number) of the Microsoft virtual machine (Microsoft VM) is 3810. You can update previous versions of the Microsoft VM to Build 3810 if you install the 816093 critical update. about how to obtain and install the 816093...
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Download details - Windows XP

Download details - Windows XP

CAPS LOCK Key State in MS-DOS Programs May Be Incorrect
If you are using an MS-DOS-based program, you change the CAPS LOCK key state while another program is active, and you then switch back to the MS-DOS-based program, the CAPS LOCK key state may be incorrect in the MS-DOS-based program. For example,...
MS05-051: Vulnerabilities in MS DTC and COM+ could allow remote code execution
Discusses security bulletin MS05-051. The security update that this bulletin discusses resolves a vulnerability where an attacker who successfully exploited the most severe of these vulnerabilities could take complete control of an affected system.
MS-DOS-based programs do not run as expected on a computer that is running Windows Server 2003, Windows XP, or Windows 2000
Fixes a problem that occurs when you try to run MS-DOS-based programs from a command line without a space between the .exe file name extension and the parameter switch. A space is always added, even if a space is not specified.
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Troubleshooting - Windows XP

Troubleshooting - Windows XP

The play window of a non-Microsoft video player may appear as a black screen when you try to play a TV show that you recorded by using Microsoft Windows XP Media Center Edition 2005
Describes an issue that may occur when you drag an ATSC DVR-MS file into the play window of a non-Microsoft video player while another ATSC DVR-MS file is playing.
Systems that have changed the default Access Control List permissions on the %windir%\registration directory may experience various problems after you install the Microsoft Security Bulletin MS05-051 for COM+ and MS DTC
Describes several problems that may occur after you install the Security Bulletin MS05-051 on COM based applications or on COM+ based applications.
Microsoft Fax service fax device limitations
When you are using the Microsoft Fax service in Windows , the Fax Service snap-in displays only the first two fax-capable devices in the Devices section for Windows 2000 and the first four fax-capable devices in Windows Server 2003. This behavior...
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