The USB ports on my Toshiba Satellite laptop (with XP SP2) have stopped recognising anything plugged in to them: external hard drive (which does get power), optical mouse, flash drive. Also, when I...

Hi, I can't open files double clicking any file nor clicking hyperlink to a url. The same if a try to >right click>open> in windows explorer. But if I first run the associated program (Word, Excel,...

When one does a System Restore, does it also include the Bios for that date?

Whenevfer I open windows explorer I need to click folders to get the folder view of my drives. Is there a way to permanently keep the left pane open when entering window explorer? I have tried to...

Dell installed and created a default for their own support/help screen instead of Windows. I'd rather have Windows. Can someone tell me how to do that? christine

I updated my WindowsXP to full updates. I am a software developer writing VBScripts which uses: CreateObject("Scripting.FileSystemObject") My scripts used to run until now. Now I get: ActiveX...

That is all I'm getting. I can't click a link wothout having to refresh six times before it will show up. Anyone know what I should do?

roadrulesj wrote: Why would you defragment because you have low space? To properly defragment, you need 15% free anyway. And it is unlikely to give you back any space (or any significant...

This question is different than all the other "RPC Server Unavailable" questions on the net (as far as I can tell anyway). For a home network of a single Windows XP machine, does anyone know how to...

Hello all When i want to go to "My Computer" it take a very long time for the screen to load. This also happens when i want to open or save a file in a differnt location, i have to wait a few...

Last fall I formatted my E drive which had formertly been C:, containing an operationg system. Now I want to use it for storage. The text for the directory as the files are accumulating on E is...

Help! Please! My IBM Thinkpad WindowsXP all of a sudden won't boot properly. I'm at my wit's end on what to do to debug & repair. I can't even tell if it's a hardware or a software problem. I get a...

I am running XP-Pro on an AMD 3500+ with 1 gig of memory. When I click on the Disk Management button in Computer Management I get the following "Connecting to Logical Disk Manager Service", after a...

I know that Performance Monitor (perfmon.exe) has the ability to show aggregate disk performance for all activity. Is there any way to show disk usage (IOPS, MBps) on a per process basis? I would...

It's amazing what you can find in the Microsoft knowledge base {:-) http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=122115 -- Ted Zieglar "A fool and his data are soon parted."

For every computer that has been ordered for this organization in the past year, laptops or desktops, when connected to the network they have been functioning incredibly slow. It can take a minute...

In Win XP SP2, I prefer Windows XP Classic Style. About one time in five when I start or restart Windows, it comes up in XP Style and I have to reset it to, and apply, Classic Style. How can I make...

Computer last used Friday, try to boot up Saturday, receive notice that "Windows Explorer has encountered a problem and needs to close." Screen comes up with my wallpaper but none of the desktop. I...

Looking over the "system device" drivers along with all the other drivers listed in device manager I noticed most if not all the drivers are dated 07/01/2001. My question: Are there any current...

How does one run chkdsk? All I see when I go to system tools is disk cleanup and disk defragmenter. Also, I take it there is no scandisk with windows xp?