hi does anyone know what svchost is? it takes like 15mb of memory! and why does the PC start to work slowly when it has been turned on for a long time? is it...

Hey, this is my first time building a computer and everything was going great until i tried to install Windows XP Home. I formatted and partitioned the...

Here is a link which explains svchost http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=314056 -----Original Message----- hi does anyone know what svchost is? it takes...

Hi, if anyone can help I would greatly appreciate it. When using Windows XP the word program (on multiple computers) lags, as in I'll be typing for a line or...

When I go to defrag my hard drive, I get an error message that read 'Disk defragmenter would not start.' Is there any way to correct this?

I am missing the file C:\WINDOWS\System32\MAPISRVR.EXE Is this an important file and how do I go about getting it back?

XP repaired did in fact repair my xp just before completion it asked for my office xp cd in order to access a file "pro.msi" When I put my office disk in it...

I am helping a friend fix some computer problems at her business. She runs XP Home. I recently had to get rid of the Sasser worm and I installed the fix for...

Please help. I have tried to download update 1 from the Microsoft site but each time the screen freezes. Is there a patch or cure for this?

I got a virus on these two items, so they are now in quarantine, but the virus scanner wont repair them. It just tells me to install new ones, But, I have no...

Today, when trying to re-install some software which I had recently uninstalled, I couldn't get to "first base." The only response I get is the following...

Is the Secuirty Accounts Manager Service running? If it is then it sounds to me like there is a issue with the Group Policy//local Policy Settings. Also I did...

Hi, I'm not going to pretend that I know the exact problem with your pc. I am very knowledgable with XP though so let me tell you what I do know and can...

Hello, The problem here is that your cryptography service isn't turned on. Try going to this location and enabling this service: Start control panel ...

SOmeone was trying to "clean" my computer and they went overboard... they erased my MS Office 2000 files. I restored the files through my Sony Vaio recovery...

McAfee keeps picking up the StartPage CZ trojan and deleting it,, each time a different ".dll" name. I have disabled System Restore a couple of times and run...

Hi Folks, XP machine with blue screen of death: can't read FAT table. With boot disk, I can see "C" drive is healthy. With OS CD, I can start a system...

i am on windows xp every time i download updates from windows they want install . It tells me that the software is not tested by microsoft. Can any boby help...

I have been experiencing a lot of programs crashing a lot recently (mostly Microsoft applications) when more than one are running at the same time. When I...

opens a new explorer window with the find (search) rather than opening the folder. How can I fix this? Probably a registry hack but where do I look? How...