winmsd - cant collect information Hi, Anyone have any solution to this issue - winmsd:can't collect information? Thanks Adam

How can you find out exactly what an installed program is? For examle, I've found 2 recently: "odexkcwj" and "instant access". My laptop has been slow recently...

Hello, I have two drives capable of writing to CDs, a Memorex CD/RW and a Plextor SATA, CD, DVD/RW drive. The "record" tab is present in properties of both...

Does having allot of large files (movies 600MB+) affect HD performance? I have at least 20 movie files of 600MB or more on my DELL 8400 and the performance has...

I blow up with a BAD_POOL_HEADER blue screen of death usually when linking to some URL, but sometimes at random. A MKB note says this is due to a change in...

The only option available after right-cliking on an image file and selecting "Open With" is another "open with" that doesn't do anything. Nothing in the kb,...

While being on line for 15-20 min or so, i get a red and grey box in the middle of my screen stating due to windowxp error, comp will shut down and restart....

I have got XP SP2 on my Computer plus Norton Anti Virus 2005. It takes 5-6 to complete its boot on Start Up. During most of this time it makes a noise like it...

Hi all- Have seen this posted quite a few times but no clearcut resolution. I have upgraded all of our pcs to SP2 (WinXP). Since then only some of the pc's...

I created a scheduled task to turn off my computer via the command line "shutdown.exe -s". I also tried "shutdown.exe -l -s". Unfortunately, it restarts the...

Hi, I am using win xp wiht sp2 and all recommended patches etc from the MS update page. My problem is as follows: I boot my computer with no apparent...

I'm running Microsoft XP Home SP2. I'm having problems with my mouse. It will work just fine & then freeze for no apparent reason. I've scanned for viruses,...

I'm currently using Style on my system. I've not had any problems as yet and enjoy the Themes it lets you employ. I do have one little problem :) I found some...

Hi everyone I've had this problem for a few weeks now & my system is getting slower amd slower. Each time I try to run "Diskeeper Lite" I get the following...

Is it safe to delete these files from the Downloaded Program file once the programs are installed?

Hi All, I defragmented my "C:" drive, and have an awful lot of files that can't be defragmented. Can anyone tell me if these files are any good? Are they safe...

After having instructed a computer to automatically download upgrades, and after a strangely botched installation of a program, this event began appearing in...

Is there a way to replace a bad file? I need to repair or replace mapi32.dll so that I can get Outlook and Windows Explorer working. Thanks, -- John

My computer will not start up. It boots and and gets to a screen where it asks if I want to start windows normally. I do that and then the window xp logo...

XP Pro SP1 From out of nowhere, I see about 700 files in my users documents&settings recent folder.... The names are strange and undecipherable....dates from...