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Task Manager
Posted on October 12th, 2005 | 1 Comments

Hey I have a question regarding the task manager. Everytime I open up the task manager it comes up for 1-4 seconds then closes itself. This started happening randomly as far as I can tell. It...

Flash Drive
Posted on October 12th, 2005 | 0 Comments

Yves answered my question but it only recognises it as a floppy disk storage capacity as well?? and not the 128mb it should be?

Iexplore Error
Posted on October 12th, 2005 | 3 Comments

iexplore Access violation at address 0D6CBCB7 in module 'axscan.ocx'. Read of address 00000000. I checked Task Manager and iexplore was running between 71000 & 93000 I did have a Bagel.GB worm....

xp doesn't shut down
Posted on October 12th, 2005 | 1 Comments

For about a week or so I started to have problem with shutting down my xp. I haven't downloaded anything new. When I choose shut down option it just doesn't respond at all. It doesn't freeze or...

IDE ATA and ATAPI disks use PIO mode, Hibernate caused disk errors
Posted on October 12th, 2005 | 0 Comments

The knowledge based article, Article ID : 817472 ALMOST tells how to fix this bug. Their fix leaves out if you uninstall the atapi.sys it reverts back to a 2001 driver not the SP2 2004 driver. It...

windows task manager wont open...
Posted on October 12th, 2005 | 1 Comments

ctrl-alt-delete does nothing and when i go into windows to open it manually it says another program is trying to open it manually..And i need to open it cause im having problems with my windows...

Right Clicking Error
Posted on October 12th, 2005 | 1 Comments

I've been having this problem for quite a while now and I can't seem to understand how to get rid of it. I took a snapshot so you guys can see the problem a little better (it's at the bottom). What...

can't change default printer
Posted on October 12th, 2005 | 0 Comments

I have a windows xp home machine with many accounts. I recently disconnected the default printer and began using a printer served on another computer. In my administrator account on the xp machine I...

Weird Things Starting On Start Up
Posted on October 12th, 2005 | 1 Comments

I am running XP and myu kids got some things on here that run when the computer starts up. Where can I find the programs and what do I do to get rid of them?

Explorer in XP Pro keeps crashing
Posted on October 12th, 2005 | 0 Comments

When I open a folder, and scans down the filenames I get an access violation. What is doing this to happen?

writing to CD
Posted on October 12th, 2005 | 1 Comments

Can anyone tell me how to write a picture file to cd,under picture tast I do not have a write to cd option.

Add / Remove Programs list
Posted on October 12th, 2005 | 1 Comments

I've removed some programs but they seem to have left behind respective entries in the Add / Remove Programs listing. How can these be removed? Presumably some editing of the registry required? Can...

Checkpoint/Restore Problem
Posted on October 12th, 2005 | 1 Comments

I recently tried to do a system restore. After seemingly going through the restore, and then rebooting, there was a message "Cound not do System Restore. Choose another checkpoint". And no matter...

restart continiously spyware virus
Posted on October 12th, 2005 | 1 Comments

my computer has a virus but it doesnt give me time to run a anti-virus because it restart itself every minute and it also has tow screens one say error c:\windows\bxxs5.dll it cant find the specific...

blue screen appears on windows shutdown
Posted on October 12th, 2005 | 0 Comments

About half the time, the blue screen will appear after i click shutdown for my windows XP system. it says that it "has detected an error and shut down to prevent damage to my computer." The...

System restore
Posted on October 12th, 2005 | 0 Comments

It says that my pc can`t find the pathway. How I correct this. Do I have to use the XP dics to reinstall?

Files in Recycle bin - invisible
Posted on October 12th, 2005 | 0 Comments

WinXP Home w/SP2 and latest updates When I delete a file from within Windows Explorer then open the recycle bin, it appears briefly then disappears never to be seen again. The recycle bin still...

Notebook removed from the domain
Posted on October 12th, 2005 | 5 Comments

I tried to connect my office notebook to my own home network. To change the name of the computer/notebook, I removed the notebook from the active domain which is my company's domain, After rebooting...

XP keep drops back to 16 colors
Posted on October 12th, 2005 | 3 Comments

My Problem: XP keep drops back to 16 colors Hello all, greetings !! My XP system has a problem. It has a taste for 4-bit, or 16 color display. No matter which setting I have determined, if I shut...

TEXT DOCUMENTS(WORD,ADOBE,NOTEPAD)
Posted on October 12th, 2005 | 0 Comments

For some reason i can't open any text documents in adobe,word or just word pad.I had cut a word resume from a folder to my desktop and now I receive a message that says WORD CANNOT OPEN THE DOCUMENT...