I installed a new hard drive on my computer and now System won't run. When I try to access the System Restore tab of System Properties in Control Panel I...

I have carefully read many of the descriptions by MS and other sources on backing up and restoring in Windows XP Professional using NTBACKUP.EXE. However, I...

I want to upgrade the ram on my pc How do i find out what typei have installed i am running windows xp

For the past month or so, several minutes after coming out of standby, I start to experience excessive CPU utilization. I can't pin this down to any...

My PC won't go into Sleep or Hibernate mode. If I go to Turn Off and click Stand By, I get a black screen, I hear the HDD/s switching off, but the fans are...

I had to replace my hard drive. I ran the XP Home install and installed SP 1A. When I install either SP 2 or 3, when my PC reboots it will not load windows...

Hello All, I just purchased a complete computer system, from a fairly reputable company. Its a pentium 2.8 800fsb, 80gb hardrive 1 gb ram, nvidia 128 quadro...

My CPU temperature seems high ever since i updated my pc to sp1, I am running windows XP SP1 have an AMD Athlone 2800XP. The Temp used to be about 40 degrees...

Xref: kermit microsoft.public.windowsxp.perform_maintain:173722 I have developed a recent memory problem with my system. I have noticed that recently most of...

I only had tracking cookies... I didn't have any spyware. Any other ideas? ~JOSh-X

The instruction at "0x01cddd51" referenced memory at "0x01cddd51". The memory could not be "read" This note appears frequently, and always at the most...

Whenever I try to run the disk defragmenter, I get an error that says Access is Denied. There is only one user on the computer; I'm the administrator. How...

(cross-post added to XP Perf & Maint) "Lori" wrote in message ... ...

I have, with help from here, got my e-mail archives back into Outlook Express... which is really excellent. Now I am thinking back to how OE used to work...

I have a gigabyte motherboard currently with 2 No 512DDRPC3200 ram cards. There are slots for 4 memory modules; the names quoted in the Gigabyte installation...

OK, this may be a dumb question--how does one email MS to get the q824143 patch without paying? I have 26 computers affected by this problem. We're a public...

Does anybody have or know of a fix for "file required for search companion missing"? I have tried everything that Microsoft has posted on their web site with...

I have decided that this Windows XP home edition isnt worth the time and would rather have my old faithful Windows 95 back! I got this DELL computer in...

You've got to be kidding. Circuit City/Compaq actually has systems for sale without the recovery discs needed to perform routine maintenance on the operating...

please help!! i accidentally set an exe file to always open with word pad. now i cannot run any exe file. i try to open regedit, and windows restore, but...