Welcome to Accidental IT, a series of technical how-tos for people whose job descriptions don't necessarily include tech support but who often find themselves doing just that for their co-workers.

My friend's mom's WinXP user account has been corrupt (the result of a deleting binge). Fortunately, it's only that account and not the entire WinXP installation. So, what I decided to do was just ...

After a week-long delay to take care of a last-minute compatibility bug, Microsoft Tuesday gave the green light to Windows XP Service Pack 3 (SP3). The service pack, undoubtedly the last for the aged ...

however, the boot floppy that it makes is an MS-DOS disk. You cannot boot with this disk and then view files on an NTFS volume. the NTFS disks to the floppy, or to any FAT 16 hard disks that you might ...