I am using WinXP on an 8 GB drive C partition (NTFS). This installation is now taking about 6 GB. How is that possible? Hibernation is off. System restore...

Anybody know why my hard drive is gradualy slowing down especialy on startup? This always seems to start a few mounths after I install XP pro. HD is not full...

Dell Dimension 4600C. OS: Win XP VER: 5.1.2600 Service Pack: 1.0 When the internet explorer icon is clicked on, it is very slow to open if at all. If...

Hey, I'm just wondering if anyone knows of any specific method of preventing XP, 2000 or NT from utilising 100% of the CPU when accessing the Com Ports? Is...

I understand the pagefile.sys file is a virtual memory source for the OS. I have a laptop that has a pagefile.sys file on the root of C: with a size of...

After a normal start, my computer stops responding to any input after 10-15 minutes. It does not do this when starting in safe mode. Any ideas?

I have Windows XP on a Dell Inspiron Notebook 1100 (1 year old). Sometimes it takes a very very long time to start the computer. Other times it starts OK....

Mine did exactly the same this evening. I am in a panic as I am in the middle of producing a very important document. Before my PC crashed, it would not send...

I am trying to upgrade 98 to XP, during install i get a blue stop screen. The stop error is as reads 0x0000007f (0x0000000d 0x00000000 0x00000000 ...

yeah, I do. -----Original Message----- Does anyone know when the next service pack will be coming out? .

I was infected by the sasser worm. I have done all the fixes recommended - firewall, security update 835732, etc. My computer is still very slow online. I...

Recently I have ben getting either of the following two messages: 1. Runtime error Line: 191 Error: Expected identifier Do you wish to debug? 2. Runtime...

Hi After d/loading anything for an extended period of time (1-2 hrs) I am unable to shut Windows down without powering off my PC manually. I am reasonably...

My XP computer gets to the XP logo screen and then reboots, over and over. I cannot even get in through safe mode. Any ideas or suggestions? I have heard...

When I tried to run error check on my C: drive, after rebooting, I get the message"Cannot access drive volume. Disk check is complete." But it does not check...

http://www.tweakxp.com/tweak1593.aspx -----Original Message----- I use to run Scandisc once a week when I had win98, How can I get Chkdsk to run on a...

Two things to check: 1. Power supply 2. Adequate cooling of your CPU -----Original Message----- At each boot-up I receive this error message: "CPU...

I need help! I just changed ISP, from Earthlink to Yahoo DSL. My problem is I can't Shut down my computer. When I go thru the procedure it will shut down for...

Windows XP keeps saying it has found new hardware - "Parallel Device" there is no uninstalled hardware in Device Manager what did I do and how do I get it to...

I have xp, when I open start menu, I click on either my computer or control panel and the desk top would blank out then come back but would not either enter...