do I have to do anything prior to defraging my computer, like scan disk or cleanup? My husband blew up the mother board on our old comp by doing something...

Can any one recommend a good Technology news group or maybe one that is maybe more peformance orinted.

Hi All, Every now and then when I turn the computer on and windows has loaded up, I can still hear the hard drive. Sometimes it's my AVG anti virus checking...

In a new Western Digital harddrive -fresh install of Xp-home-patched to date on Aug11 and an internal card reader installed on Aug 15 by repair technician...

i cant seem to figure out why my computer went into safe mode or how to get it back to normal. please help. thanks!

When I try to search something in the registry, the computer crashes all the time. I use Regedt32 and Registry Workshop, and the crashing happens with both. I...

Hi Guys (and other Gals), I went to compress OLD files only on my (Media Center Edition 2005) PC and when it was done it told me that some operating system...

Hi About 3-6 wks ago IE internet performance dropped badly; think it was after a MS update. IE seems to stop for very long intervals when communicating...

I have an emachines desktop computer which was working fine till i turned it on the 1 day and it came up with File is missing or corrupt:...

I'm having a tough time trying to do the following: (1) Start my computer from scratch and format C drive completely (2) Reinstall Windows XP. I have an LG...

I was just wonder if my pf usage was high. Normally, when im not using any programs, the pf usage is around 300. To me, this seems a bit high, however, i do...

Hey all, As the subject says, it's random, but anywhere from 5 to 45 seconds after I connect, it disconnects. I have two pc's and the other one is fine, so...

Hi can anyone help me, I have an external haed drive to store large files video etc unfortunately some of the audio projects i have saved have files missing...

I went to boot up my laptop today, but got a message that said "The following file is either missing or corrupt: Windows root\system32\ntoskrnl.exe Please...

The last post in this forum on this topic was in 2004, and pertained mainly to SP1. Now that we all have SP2 firmly in place, I would like to know if the...

When I go to shutdown or restart my computer, I get a window message that says: "End Program - DDE Server Window". It will stay on the screen until I Cancel...

I use XP Home and have only one account, however, I always boot to the login screen where I have to choose my account to continue startup. Is there a way to...

My windows xp computer is being really bad. When I push the button to turn it on it will load for a few seconds then shut itself back off. It won't even stay...

I like WindowsXP, but don't appreciate the way it's gotten sluggish over the years. It's still way better than win98 where you HAD to do a fresh install every...

I've been using XP SP2 for about a month and it worked great. I was making a movie with Movie Maker and the program had a graphic frozen on my desktop that...