When I start to run disk cleanup, defrag, microsoft spyware or antivirus program, after a few minutes my computer shuts down instantly. It will restart...

I am trying to burn a CD with my Compaq d530s small form-factor desktop, and it will go through the process of burning but after hanging up for about 1 minute,...

I have a sh... load of files in my Norton recycling bin that are all MAP files. They are all object.map and index.map. My computer "fried" a couple of days...

Hello The system administrator of my compagny said that it's not a problem to save large data (3 or 4 Go) on the desktop of windows XP. I can't remember...

Hi all, Re the above, I have just got a copy of Exchange server V4 + SP1 and wish to install on my small server at home, when I run setup for the I386 folder,...

I manage a TINY office which is inside a BIG company. There are 3 of us. The BIG company supplies Exchange, Networking, etc... We are now being told that they...

Computer continually crashes - have installed latest Nvidia drivers, but crashes became worse, restored original drivers. have installed Via 4 in 1 drivers,...

I've had a major system problem and recovered, but I don't understand why it happened. Anyone else had this problem? I used system restore on a Dell laptop...

A friend's XP Home computer has a recurrent problem - and has had it for some time. This PC is an AMD 1800+ with 512 MB DDR, 40 GB HDD, and Matrox...

I just had to repair my Windows XP pro installation. Upon reinstalling all my applications I find that my Access 2003 applications will no longer work with my...

I have the cd rom and put it in the drive during startup and a box says it wont continue because the version I am trying to install is older than what...

My system behaviour is really weird! At times, my system runs for days without a glitch, but at times, it keeps on generating random STOP exceptions such as...

My system is a gaming system, and has been set to stay on constantly. But within the last few days it has been cutting off, and restarting overnight, prompting...

Can someone please help me ? When I start up my computer it takes a long time to get the the log on names, it just sits there and says windows is starting...

When I restart or shut down and turn my PC back on, all settings are "forgotton" i.e: background display reverts to stretched instead of the centre option, not...

I recently had to restore my window xp home edition since then I have a constant ping sound in the background even when there are no programs running. It is...

recently my computer reset itself and the message appeared, windows cannot start because missing or corrupt windows\system32\config\system. When I used the...

Running Win XP SP2. All attempts to run defrag fail. All that happens when I initiate a defrag is that a DOS-like window appears for a split second...

I've recently started getting these freezes/crashes that force me to restart, during which I get these messages telling me that there's a problem communicating...

Gerry Yes it does help- all good advice. The reason I was a bit vague is 'coz I didn't have the details down. So I've increased the size of the Event Viewer...