when i minamise a window or multiple windows they dissapear into the left corner of the task bar and i have to use task manager to open them back up , i am using quick launch this happened before so...

my base unit keeps crashing and the only way i can get it back on is by switching the socket (mains) off and on wats happening is it a virus

I've seen several references to needing to log in as Administrator to perform some functions. I'm running XP Home at home and I don't h have an administrator account setup (to my knowledge). My...

I have automatic up-dates switched to automatic and a recent download causes my computer to fail / freeze during shut down. An error message "CCAPP.exe not responding" comes up. If I do a restore...

Hello All, I hope somebody can help me to bring my system to its full potential. I have HP Pavillion notebook model ZD7160US which came with Windows XP Home SP1. The problem started when I...

I upgraded from Nero 6 to Nero 7 but the problem I get from Nero 7 is similar to the problem I got with Nero 6. I get a non responsive message then go to Task Manager and have to close the program. I...

Hopefully a simple ask. I am after a program to recover RAM particularly after playing a game from a disc offline. System Mechanic Pro has one but i dont want to install the whole program. Does...

I want to do backups from my laptop to a network hard drive, so I'd like to back up all of my personal documents in "My Documents." However, I see that for example my Eudora information is not in...

What's the difference between the "Application Data" folder directly under my user name folder in "Documents and Settings" and the "Application Data" folder one more level down under "Local...

I mean, I bought my computer with 1 Go, thinking that it would increase performance; in fact, on my precedent computer I had only 192 Mo (with a lower processor) and Win XP was slow; but now, I never...

After I applied the latest patch, I do not have Microsoft Picture and Fax Viewer available to open up JPEGs and/or GIFs. It is not in the file association list of programs. Does Microsoft wipe out...

sfc is a great idea, but how about the millions of us who are now stuck without a Windows CD because the manufacturer puts Windows recovery in a non-accessible partition on our hard drive?? When the...

I am using winXp with SP2. p4, having 256 MB RAM. I usually connected to internet through external ADSL modem. The problem is during startup if I try to run applications like browsers, messengers...

I am using winxp and have all the latest updates including service pack 2 and during the startup it goes through the boot sequence and during the part where it says verifying DMI it goes to boot from...

I have a Toshiba A75-S206 Satellite laptop with 512M running XP SP2. Whenever I put my laptop in standby mode I almost invariably lose my audio when I bring it out of standby. However, if I put it...

I have been keeping up with all of the updates. Recently I tried to update my service pack, but with no sucess. I have been having some problems with my "C" drive, so I would go back into time to...

Everytime I try to change my default setting for my Internet Explorer home, yahoo overrides my changes with one of their pages. I go to the Tools menu and select Internet Options. I click the general...

Received advice from someone as to how one can check installed file history i.e. see at a glance what and when you have installed a program. Was sent a solution and am grateful for that but just want...

0x08E (0xC0000005, 0xBF859A28, 0xB6C7C5AC,0x00000000) KERNAL_MODE_EXCEPTION_NOT_HANDLED win32k.sys I overclock like the dickens so I can't protest too much, but sometimes overclocking will...

My computer keeps giving me the message of "Communications Port (Com1) prevents machine from entering hibernation...update driver." Can anyone help me out here?