My task scheduler will not start when I go into control panel -> performance and maintenance -> administrative tool -> services When I try to start the service,Task Scheduler, I get an error message...

Using windows xp with latest updates... My task bar has completely disappeared...open programs no longer appear at the bottom of the screen. The quick launch and icon tray/clock still appear fine,...

Hi my computer keeps getting a blue screen and then when i get report back it says problem with device driver so what do i do and how do i know which one it is, i went into control panel and it has...

I'm trying to uninstall a windows XP update (specifically: KB912945) and I have gone to the spuninst application under that specific service pack uninstall folder. I go through to uninstall the...

About two weeks ago my motherboard died and after getting a new one and installing XP, I have a "problem" with my hard drives being too noisy during reads and writes... sometimes during really...

For some reason I keep getting an invalid font called taxoma.ttf in my fonts if I try to delete says cant read from disk. I can delete it though then after awhile it re appears? anyone know if a...

i have a amd athlon 64, i was woundering that if i was to install the 64 bit windows, will i get he best performace out of my machine? and it took me a long time to find driver for my onboard...

I have 2gb of Ram installed in my system. I am using xppro. When I am running apps like my newsreader, my PF Usage, according to my Taskmanager, at times will go over 1 Gb { if I have other programs...

What is happening is that I can be in the middle of a something (some task in Word), actually anything in Windows, (Winodws XP Home) and I receive a variety of different error messages. From 'runtine...

every time i start my pc the sytem32 folder opens i have read previos msg ref this about using registry editor i dont fully understand this and dont want to try to do it myself is there an easier way...

last night as i was restarting my labtop i got a message informing me that i have no paging file or paging file is too small, i click ok and my system comes up, i try to use system restore to fix the...

Both the DVD drive on my laptop (Philips CDRW/DVD CDD5263) and my external burner (Lacie DVD RW ND-3540A) stopped recognizing DVDs today. Both still play audio CDs fine, but when I put a DVD in...

Hello: I own an IBM 2.7 Ghz pc that's about 4 years old. I've pretty much maxed it out with hardware and software. Recently, I can no longer save downloaded programs to the desktop or anywhere...

I am using Windows XP Professional The black screen that appears shortly after switching on the PC, where the Windows XP logo is displayed and a progress bar runs at the bottom.... It is displayed...

I'm running WinXP Pro 64-bit. RAID 1 Yes, I have a floppy drive and a floppy in that drive. I am getting this error none the less. Suggestions? Benjamin

My defrag want load, tells me file is missing. CAN I reinstall system tool defrag? thanks

I am running WindowsXP Home with Service Pack 2. Recently, for no reason that I can discern, it hangs when closing down with the message "Installing Update 1 of 1" and a second message "Do Not...

Hello to everyone. My problem is that I recently upgraded my system, I now have a p4 3.2 and the motherboard is asrock 775 dual pt880 pro. The motherboard supports udma 133. My hard disk is a 40gb...

I'm running WindowsXP SP2 on a Dell Dimension 4600, and when I attempt to create a new power scheme, save it, and recall that scheme, it doesn't appear in the list of saved schemes. Any help would be...

I have a slow laptop that is running windowns xp professional 64 ram so it is slow...prepared for that but it downloads programs via windows update automatically just not service pack II which I...