My brother-in-law had a PC for the kids and it too 20 minutes to come up to working order on boot. They called me to try to fix it. We finally reloaded it. But 20 minutes. I tried loading Nero...

I'm not sure I agree with this statement. I have OE and had messenger and removed it. Folder and all. OE still works for me. Granted I'm not sure what this Live messenger did to your system,...

They are with the same name - "WORKGROUP", now what ? Isaac "gerryf" <gerryf@community.nospam> wrote in message news:DC3ECE88-288A-4DE6-883B-7A8270793126@microsoft.com...

The problem is unlikely to be one caused by Windows XP. Ken and others have already pointed you in the right direction. Background information on Stop Error...

Replied once & it didn't show. Hopefully both won't post. I am writing this from a different computer than the one I'm writing about. Couldn't run defrag on affected drive. Couldn't run chkdsk from...

What is happening is that explorer is crashing...why it is crashing is another matter. As always, run the usual group of Antivirus and malware programs as they are often the cause If that does not...

are you up and running? If so, we should do one more thing Start > run cmd <enter> in the box that appears, type chkdsk /f <enter>

On Fri, 25 Apr 2008 13:01:07 GMT, Mickey Mouse wrote: Click Start, then click Control Panel. Under Pick a category, click Add or Remove Programs. Under Pick a task, click Remove a Program. In the...

Most popular - When you try to install an update for the .NET Framework 1.0, 1.1, 2.0, 3.0, or 3.5, you may receive Windows Update error code "0x643" or Windows Installer error code...

the symtoms keep piling on... last nite while booting the computer right before the login screen appears i see on my screen the "Mode not Supported" displayed on the monitor. I plugged in a different...

Greeings, not sure if this should be with server or XP group, but here goes. I have Quicktime player installed on XP Pro machines. Latest SPacks and updates applied. In Win2003Domain, and users...

I keep going into power save mode, even when I'm working! I've changed the power save options available via Control panel to Always on (in all user accounts) but this hasn't stopped it. Anybody got...

Well, I don't know about the problems people are experiencing in trying to set up a microphone on their system, but I can tell you that unless you are having problems playing sound, ignore that error...

Addenda to my original post! I was not able to resolve the problem, and as I have a 2 year extended warranty from Fry's Electronics in Burbank, Calif. I took the computer in for repair. A few...

On Wed, 23 Apr 2008 23:28:52 GMT, Big Al <BigAl@nowhere.com> wrote: Right, EXCEPT it starts all over again, booting the Install CD and again asking for proof of validity.

Still cannot delete this document. It is in "My Sharing Folders" - I have deleted the folder but it keeps coming back, with this Excel file in it. Any other ideas? "Touch Base"...

"jetjock" <jetjock@hanger.com> wrote in message news:316414t2qs7ag5n2kqvh6v1rmlvu9sdee2@4ax.com... jetjock... Well, just to give you some idea of what Casper 4 "can do for you..." Since you're...

what is wrong with your keyboard? The return key keeps going off twice

Glad to hear you were able to fix the problem. I posted a response before checking this thread so you can ignore it. Nepatsfan "stripes" <stripes.38fl3e@DoNotSpam.com> wrote in...

David Webb wrote: That's very helpful, many thanks. I'll forward this on to him. Mike