-----Original Message----- Why do i need to do disk cleanup? Does it help in perf issues(in normal conditions when I have say 1 gb of space free?) I can...

I have got a relatively new install of Win XP Pro on my machine at work. I have 3 partitions on the drive. It was all workin fine but after using it a few...

I have the problem that my background picture is displayed in front of the desktop icons and taskbar therefor I can onlt run programs via windows task...

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...

Office documents (Word, Excel, PPT) are opening very slowly (1-2 minutes or more) on my PC when I open them by double clicking an icon in a folder or on the...

Hi, I just got a USB flash drive and I'm in search of a backup utility that will do the following: 1.save the files onto the flash drive in a file structure...

Hi, I cannot boot into windowns so I stuck the repair CD into my optical drive and ran the Recovery Console but I don't know what to do once it gets me to the...

I am going to try and be as detailed as I possibly can, given the limitations of my computer knowledge.... I recently rebuilt a computer that I had...

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

When searching large numbers of files and folders the Search Companion too frequently crashes with the message: Explorer.exe - Application Error The...

Hi, I didn't know what exactly to search for for this problem so I thought I'd just post and go from there. Recently, I ran Windows Updates and now my...

Hello Is there a way i can run a process, and limit it's CPU usage with some in-built windows command? Or maybe run it with low priority? Can you recommend...

Whenever I attempt to open Control Panel - Network and Internet Connections, I recieve an error message that says: An error occurred while Windows was...

Specifications: Pentium 4 , 1 GB RAM, XP Home. The computer was bought in 2003. I ran a spyware program, CC Cleaner, and virus program. All clean. My...

The XP Pro changed all my adobe photoshop icons to another program. How can I change them back? Cause: I uninstalled and reinstalled Adoble Photoshop to check...

In following the suggestions in a KB article about dealing with a dual boot issue, I was led to a point where I was to open bootcfg.exe. I tried to do so and...

My startup is really slow. My user profile appears to be c. 4 Gb - contains (Itunes) music files, photo's, documents etc. You name it, its there. Assume I...

Something is causing my system time and date to revert to 1/1/2003 each time I reboot. I can correct it in Setup, but the next reboot takes me back to 2003....

Hello, I having problems with software Motorla Phone Tools v5 & apparenty when i connect my phone (Razor v3m) to the usb port i get fatal error & motorola...

Okay, last question. Can anyone tell me if there is a SAFE way to restore missing dll files? Thanks. -- Paula