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WINDOWS SEARCH taking too much real estate by 5tulips
Recently I installed Windows Search and now I'm sorry I did it. It spends a lot of time indexing. It often takes up 98 to 100% of CPU for a couple of hours...
March 19th 09 12:43 PM
by SC Tom[_3_] Go to last post
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PC VERY slow, 100% CPU useage, 90 processes by paradocs78
My Dell has suddenly gotten VERY slow and task manager shows 100% CPU useage and 90 processes. I have run Microsoft malicious software scan with negative...
February 20th 09 07:22 PM
by Ken Blake, MVP Go to last post
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Can I remove some pgms @ startup? by snerdly
I just got a msg about "Virtual memory set too low & Windows was rasing the page area". When I was running ME I came accross a list of pgms that could be...
June 7th 09 07:58 PM
by jim1242 Go to last post
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WinXP Boot Disk w/USB mouse and KB by davec12
I want to create my own CD Boot Disk that will use various DOS programs for this and that. Since building a new computer using an Intel DP35DP motherboard -...
March 15th 09 06:53 PM
by SC Tom[_3_] Go to last post
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Error message in XP "0x7c911669" Nightmare! by DJintheUK
I am trying to re-download Turbo Lister2 from eBay. Never had any problems till recently. Have uninstalled it etc properly as far as i know. Download seems...
December 13th 08 05:42 PM
by Gerry Go to last post
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Slow performance by shell022
I'm writing this from a remote site, cuz otherwise I'd be up all nite. The problem with this is, I won't be able to try any suggestions right away. The...
December 8th 08 07:19 AM
by Gerry Go to last post
10 319
Adware Blocks System Restore by Jim
I have an XP computer that is infected with adware. The adware redirects search results that are clicked on to ad sites. The adware also blocks access to...
December 11th 08 02:07 PM
by thehman Go to last post
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System Devices Drivers by brbrown
I have used a driver update software in an attempt to update my XP drivers. It appeared to download and install drivers I didn't ask for and whilst checking...
January 3rd 09 02:24 PM
by MikeR Go to last post
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XP sluggish performance by Arnar Thor Jonsson
Hi, I hope you can help me. I have performance related issues. My Windows XP seems to be in some slow mode and I think it might be related to one of my...
January 15th 09 10:02 PM
by Gerry Go to last post
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Recovery Console by kitoreece
How do I restart in Recovery Console. Advice given on disc does not work.
March 3rd 09 07:50 AM
by TaurArian[_4_] Go to last post
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Removing unnecessary Files/Directories from C:\WINDOWS on WIN/XP by James Cameron
Hi, I have constant problems with my C: Disk caused by the huge amount of data in the WINDOWS Directory. I would really like to see a document that describes...
March 10th 09 08:06 PM
by peter Go to last post
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Installed Programs not working by Mountain Man
Hello, I was having trouble with my XP64 hard drive booting up so I replaced it and copied everything from the old drive to the new drive and I can "see" all...
March 12th 09 07:54 PM
by Gerry Go to last post
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MSCONFIG not found by Dudley[_2_]
I have XP Home Edition, Version 2002, Service Pack 3, and when I click start and run and msconfig, I get a message "Windows cannot find msconfig". A search...
March 26th 09 12:56 PM
by Ramesh Srinivasan, MS-MVP Go to last post
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System reboots for no reason by Bob
For the past week or so my system reboots itself for no apparent reason.What causes this to happen? Is it a windows issue or a problem with the computer...
April 9th 09 06:52 PM
by John Dearing Go to last post
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Plague of BSOD on older XP box by Gesture III
I'm just looking to see if anyone can suggest avenues that I haven't followed, short of full stack debugging and such. My client has 6 year-old Dimension...
April 16th 09 03:16 PM
by Gerry Go to last post
10 290
Multiprocessor Initialization Delay at Desktop? by Bill Allen
In comparing two XP Pro installations, one built for a uniprocessor machine and the other for a dual-core version of the same machine, I am experiencing an...
April 23rd 09 05:46 PM
by SC Tom[_3_] Go to last post
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Processes by brickman
I have 43 processes running, CPU usage 1-3%, PF usage 541 and a commit charge of 541M / 1234M. Does this sound OK or do I need to get rid of some processes?...
May 2nd 09 07:38 AM
by Anteaus Go to last post
10 424
skg5.sys device driver by ted
I hope this is in the right newsgroup, I use autoruns and under drivers, there is a entry for skg5.sys, after doing a little research I have found out it...
May 9th 09 12:02 AM
by ted Go to last post
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System Config File is missing by my3sons
I'm stumped. All of a sudden my computer has this error message ... Cannot start because file "windows\system32\configuration\system" cannot be found. I...
May 13th 09 01:00 AM
by Gerry Go to last post
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Virtual memory low by Wes
I keep getting that message. What are 2 or 3 things I can do to correct this? 768 MG of RAM. -- jawjuhpreechurman
June 10th 09 12:28 AM
by Gerry Go to last post
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