Can anyone tell me why chkdsk runs everytime I start up. I let it run each time. Did all the basic stuff (defrag etc.)

Everytime I click an icon on my desktop my CPU usage goes from 35% to 0 for like 5-10 sec and then picks up to 25% opens the folder or IE. I have a 2.66 Gig...

Everytime I start my machine CHDSK runs. I let it run everytime but same problem occurs. I have defraged all 3 drives and also scheduled a thorough CHDSK on...

I would like to backup my hard drive to cd's. I have a problem though, I cannot find the backup wizard under system tools so I can do this. All I can see is...

I was curious if on Disk Cleanup I removed the compressed old files, considering that they take up a large amount of space, would this affect my...

Was trying to do a windows update on a XP home edition machine and when you launch windows update it goes to the first page of windows update. That page says...

The volume controls and my printer icon in the system tray keep disappearing for some reason. In the sound properties window, the "place volume icon in...

My laptop was slowing down, so I performed a disk defrag (badly needed). I have one file that shows up in the Analysis Report that I am unable to identify. ...

Found out that the file is associated with System Restores. The thing to do is to either: 1. turn off System Restore (my computer / properties) 2. reboot, do...

You should find it in "C:\Program Files\Windows NT\Accessories\wordpad.exe"

Hello, I have a new problem that I'm not sure what caused it. The "windows update" button does nothing now, and no popup windows work. For instance clicking...

Just recently we changed computers in one of our college offices. She had Windows 2000 Professional running and now we have Windows XP. Using the "backup"...

I am getting the same problem that I have seen others are having, remote procedure call service terminated unexpectedly. I just let my Norton Anti...

What are some tips on getting my portable to conserve power when I'm away from my desk and not using the IEEE 1394 card? Can I use device manager to configure...

I went from win98se to XP. XP found the rest of my hard drive that win98 couldn't see. Hard drive has two drives, c: and e:.Had to put XP on e: because c:...

My adobe photdeluxe program which has worked fine for the last year suddenly hangs up when I attempt to save or export files. I have uninstalled and...

My computer keeps going into sleep mode after about 1 minute of being away from the computer! I have my power options set to turn the monitor off after 15...

I hit the hibernate button on my keyboard by accident while playing a game. Now my computer runs slowly if I start it up with realsched enabled. What is...

Hi I have a large folder - about 18000 files with long file names. On my old machine, WIN ME FAT32, explorer could open this folder in a few seconds. On my...

Under Windows 2000 "backup" took about 30 minutes. Now under Windows XP "backup" now takes about 1 to 1.5 hours. Is there a way to spead things up? Any...