Howdy, group. I'm curious: how exactly does one go about using the services provided by the "tcpsvcs.exe" service? Say that just for fun I want to have a...

This morning when I booted my desktop computer the initial screen displayed, disappeared an then a single line appeared on the screen, "NTLDR Is missing." I...

In the list of XP File Types, if I select 'File Folder': Q1: Why is Edit and Remove greyed out? Q2: Where do these entries come from? (Most/all don't seem to...

The right-click menu for a video file in an XP folder includes the handy options to Play in VLC or Add to VLC Playlist. They work fine. I also get the options...

Windows XP SP 3 on a Lenovo/ThinkPad T60P laptop with 2 Gb memory. Task Manager ALWAYS shows Page File usage to be above 1.21 Gb, and the computer runs...

I hardly ever use internet explorer. I never updated it from Inet 5. Facebook claimed i would have a 'better experience' if i updated to inet 8. So I...

On Tue, 24 Apr 2012 03:41:48 -0400, in microsoft.public.windowsxp.general, Paul , wrote What happens then is, one of the svchosts goes...

Is there one?

OT, but now there is almost no traffic on the Firefox browser newsgroup even on the Mozilla news server. So I hope you don't mind my asking here. How do I...

Hi, I've just bought a new i5 laptop (HP DV6-6c77sa) with W7. I was hoping my existing XP installation on a 320 gig SATA HDD (from a dual core computer )...

I'm unable to figure out why one of my HDDs takes only two sweeps of the bullets across the WindowsXP screen during boot up, and another takes up to 15...

Hi, I had drive letters Y and Z assigned to two of my DVD drives. When copying a DVD disk in Z: to a presumably blank disk in Y: using Nero Express v. 9, ...

Hi All, Just build my first XP workstation with an SSD drive (Intel Cherryville, 240 GB). XP installed in about 10 minutes. Scarry fast! -T

I know this is slightly OT, but I thought I'd ask the experts out here anyways: 1. Why is double-sided DVD (blank) media so rare and pricey in comparison...

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GUYS IM HAVING PROBLEMS WITH MY LAPTOP im currently running the laptop on safe mode with networking and there are no problems thing is when i run at standard...

The best I've been able to do from a cold start (i.e. computer powered off) to being able to see a directory of my NAS box shares is 1:30. I see the Windows...

You could download a service host viewer and see what is happening inside.

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Hi All, Question: does the motherboard use the CPU to generate beep codes? Many thanks, -T