Bill Woods wrote: This is a bit weird. Please read this slightly long posting as I describe one weirdness at the end. ------ I am running XP Pro...

Is there any way of checking whether or not I've inadvertently deleted some vital windows dll files whilst trying to rid myself of some viral menaces. I know...

In , Bill Woods had this to say: Can anyone work out what is happening? I'm willing to take a stab...

Hello Both, when I click on Internet Options in the Control Panel or in the IE nothing happens. There just seems to open a window. I'm sayin seems, cause...

What programs prevent defrag from running. It stops after the analysing part.

I have a problem! I see in task manager flapping every 3 secs the processes net.exe, net1.exe, cmd.exe. That means i have a cpu usage history graph like a...

I have been told by a lot of people that your deleted items folders makes your OE run slow if it gets to full and that it needs to be deleted ever so often and...

"nytrick" wrote: My computer freezes all the time for no apparent reason. Every time it does, a different pattern of vertical lines appears on the...

Hello, on one of our XP machines, we can't log off or restart the computer when using Ctrl-Alt-Delete. You can lock the computer just fine, but sometime last...

Got a problem! Windows update seems to be corrupted and wants me to "debug". How do I do this? I want to reinstall it as it won't install any updates! ...

Hello, all, A friend's computer was put in hibernation and upon restart, it goes through its post and then, before the XP screen comes up, a DOS looking...

System will still not run Defrag, have tried going to the Command Prompt and doing it from there. I have typed in CHKDSK C then Defrag C I get this message:

ok...our nortons anti virus lapsed cause of christmas...when we could get another...our friend came...cleaned it out...got us some symantic protection and i...

I recently got a virus on my computer and deleted it with Norton, but it still exists in my registry...I want to delete the infected keys but have been...

Several people here tried to help me with my defrag problem. Nothing ever worked. I have reinstalled XP and am currently downloading updates. Will let...

I know that with many systems multiple OS's are possible, but what would be the advantage of running more than one OS. I am using winXP and it seems to cover...

I am running low on disc space. My operating system has been accepting the normal upgrades via the internet and not CDROM. I can find the duplicate...

From boot to arriving at User Name window now takes me about 3 min 30 secs. Otherwise PC works fine as before. Before I'm pretty sure it was under a...

Can anyone explain how I can load Windows '98 on the same computer I'm using at the moment. I'm working with XP 'not the Pro. version'. I'm studying for an...

What are the minimum processes required in the Windows Task Manager? I have a page +. I believe it is slowing my email "to." I have checked by sending mail...