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High CPU usage for hardware interrupts in Windows XP by Satyabrat I have a PC which is 3 months old.The CPU usage shoots up after about 20 mins of running to 60% when almost no processes are running.I downloaded the Process...	November 7th 05 10:21 AM by Gerry Cornell	3	305
Windows trys to install Earthlink popup blocker everytime a popup by Ldempke I used to have Earthlink DSL and in August I switched to Qwest DSL. Earthlink had a program ccalled Total Access. I couldn't remove it. The uninstall...	November 7th 05 08:51 AM by Ldempke	0	190
Desktop Items stored in RAM? by Tom A friend of mine believes that all the files you have on your desktop e.g. videos, are stored in RAM and affect performance. Surely its just a a...	November 7th 05 02:24 AM by Shenan Stanley	1	275
WINDOWS XP MEDIA EDITION 2005 by FRANK My system is currently using XP Home Edition SP1. I am considering getting a new computer that has Windows XP Media on it. Does the latter have the same...	November 7th 05 01:30 AM by Shenan Stanley	1	229
Cleaning out my C drive? by Katzzie My poor computer has been through some pretty hard times since it's birth. It orginally started with Window 98 2nd Edition, it belonged to my kids then. Then...	November 7th 05 12:32 AM by PattyL	2	217
System cache won't increase by inspiron8600 The computer keeps telling me to increase the virtual memory size from 256MB, it says recommended is 766MB and I have 5031MB available. When I increase it in...	November 7th 05 12:14 AM by inspiron8600	6	285
Crashing with blue screen when starting specific games by MrMagic Hello, I had this problem since reinstalling Windows XP and installing service pack 2. It first occured when I tried to play Unreal Tournament 2004. It always...	November 6th 05 05:27 PM by MrMagic	5	708
XP sort by alpha and date created by Dave Would like to sort folders alpha then be able to sort files within folder by date created	November 6th 05 05:25 PM by Shenan Stanley	1	147
Huge File will not Defragment by Frank J. Reashore When I run the disk defragmentor, an abnormally large number of fragmented (red) files are left. I checked the log file (see below) and discovered that a...	November 6th 05 04:55 PM by John Barnett MVP	2	198
Backup problems by Peter Crighton Using XP Pro, I want to do Monthly Full backups and Weekly Differential backups, appending the data to the tape in the drive and when it's full put in another...	November 6th 05 11:39 AM by Peter Crighton	0	378
Help by Kgreen -- I Log on, an Error Advanced Keylogger, Message Sender "svchost.exe" Error occured while loading TMUtils.dll. How do I fix the problem? I have ran all scans...	November 6th 05 01:44 AM by Gerry Cornell	1	240
Huge slowdown, is there a way to check if cpu is burnt out? by Melnie & Grant Hi, I'm running a p4 2.4 cpu. Recently, there has been a huge slowdown on the system, like 50% slower than typical. Also, most games will not play that used to...	November 6th 05 01:37 AM by Gerry Cornell	3	295
Registry Problems and missing files by [email protected] I am running an HP notebook with MS XP PRO SP2 Media Center. My sys is 6 months old. It has slowed way down and is having several issues that include registry...	November 5th 05 05:59 PM by digger	9	669
Slow booting by Sukhi Hi! My computer takes a long time in booting. I've tried regisrtry cleaning, removing unnecessary programs and defragmenting. It all started when I installed...	November 5th 05 05:55 PM by Gerry Cornell	3	199
How do I span large backups across several .bkf files? by Rich Staples I would like to have the backup utility automatically create and span multiple .bkf files. I would like to stipulate that each .bkf file has a size limit of...	November 5th 05 04:03 PM by Kerry Brown	2	211
XP Task manager, Regedit, Command prompt by Jamie Elmore I cannot run Task Manager through pressing CTRL+ALT+DELETE, or right-clicking the Task bar and clicking on "Task manager." When I try either method to open...	November 5th 05 03:47 PM by Wesley Vogel	9	382
Accidentally Disabled VGASys - no more graphics... ever! by t_r_87 I recently re-installed Windows XP Professional following a series of file corruptions and losses as a result of Spyware attacks. However, once I attempted to...	November 5th 05 02:04 PM by Dave Patrick	1	283
Program too big to fit in memory by Alex Levi When I'm tring to install a software on my PC it shows me an error: "Program too big to fit in memory". I don't think it has something to do with the memory...	November 5th 05 01:33 PM by Alex Levi	8	439
Accidentally Stopped VGASys - now there is no graphics... ever! by t_r_87 Recently reinstalled Windows XP Pro to fix the damage caused by a bunch of nasty spy- and mal-wares. After I'd reinstalled, Windows was refusing to see my GFX...	November 5th 05 11:40 AM by t_r_87	0	151
slow boot on new system by wolverine I put together a new system; MSI MB, amd 64, 3000+, sata HD, pci video card, 1 gb ram. When I cold boot, it shows the drives, system info etc, but then blacks...	November 5th 05 08:02 AM by [email protected]	2	500

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