Working on my Win XP Pro laptop and see that the CPU available is 0% Process Explorer shows: two copies of Everything eating up 60% why two copies ? one...

I have a very old 500MB RAM (yes, that old) WinXP laptop which is so old the disc drive, display and battery died long ago, which I keep around just for the...

Hello all, For some experiementing I want to share a folder, and thought to make my life easier by letting the "network setup wizard" do all the...

I have an old HP color inkjet. It works reasonably well when it works, my problem is that it can be several months between printing out a page or two, so when...

Hello all, I've been setting HOMEDRIVE and HOMEPATH on my local computer, and bumped into the following: Point to a drives root : "\" (you have to...

Im using an older version of firefox cuz the newer ones are bloated and slow down my 12 yr old computer too much. But i keep being reminded that I need HTML5...

After I installed SP3 for XP (I'm running the Home Edition), I noticed a new folder: c:\windows\l2schemas My copy of Firefox 3 started doing weird things...

Hello all, I have a need to terminate the "desktop" (explorer.exe) cleanly, allowing it to write its settings to the registry (to than overwrite some of...

My Win XP Home laptop has lost connectivity with my home LAN. AT&T installed a replacement modem. Other devices made the proper hookup. My laptop says it is...

Hello, I have Windows XP SP3 Home Edition on my Dell Vostro 1700 laptop for a couple of years. Yesterday while browsing the web, the laptop suddenly froze...

Does anyone use a anti blue screen protector? They are rather expensive. Thanks, Andy

On Sat, 30 Mar 2019 19:10:06 -0500, GlowingBlueMist wrote: Never used it myself but possibly DS Clock might work for you. ...

Every so often the little green online light (two little computers) disappears from the toolbar, but I'm still online. I put the light back by unticking the...

I bought a bicycle tail light. One of the cautions was rather funny. The product is only slightly waterproof, please do not take it for diving. :-) Andy

What software is used to edit MP4 videos? (For XP Pro SP3) I tried to use that Movie maker that came with XP. It wont touch MP4 files. I dont know what it is...

I have an old IBM T43 laptop which dont have a harddrive in it. When I turn it on, I get error beeps and nothing else. Of course without a hard drive, I only...

Just curious. Frontier has a building close to me that is used for the plain old telephone system. I was wondering what is in that building and what is it...

FWIW XP Home. Is there anything I can get to anlarge the text and increase the contrast on the computer CRT? I have to set closer than I like with my...

I have a neighbor who frequently has something in their apt. that vibrates very loudly. This often times goes on for hours. I want to be able to let my...

I've been reading about the next revolution of 5G and that China is in the lead over the U.S. So does this mean that China could be controlling the Internet as...