Is hibernation mode relevant for a desktop computer? From all I see it is relevant for laptops only.

i am having a problem cause like when i am using bearshare and dowloading shortfilms and music my screen will turn blue whith writing saying that it is doing this to protect my computer ath the...

First I have several virus checkers installed and was updating them when after I updated about the last two I restarted my computer as I usually do when I do this...when I got back to the desktop the...

I am running a 1.3g processor with 512k RAM and 40gig hard drive. I have had a problem with CPU usage being high and after varoius virus scans and spyware scans decided to try re-installing windows...

Hi Does Windows XP comes with its own Registry Checker? If so, how do I use it?

Playing QuickTime moving slow. CPU 100%. Everytime upgrade the iTune+QuickTime to newer version it has this kind of program. Anyone can help? Thanks Jeffrey

XP Home (was) booting to RAID 0, now after XP starts to load, machine shuts down automatically. Tried to repair XP, but asks for the admin password (??) can't get it. Any ideas ? Virus ? Thanks, Frank

When I try to use Add or Remove Programs it says "please wait while the list is being populated", but it never goes any further. Does anyone know what is wrong or how I can fix this?

Every time I play an mpeg file, Media Player says "Connecting" for about 3 seconds before it plays the actual file, does anyone know how to stop it from doing this? It gets pretty annoying to have to...

Hello All, I have moved a HDD to a new mobo this weekend and followed the reinstall procedure from Michael Stevens from his site. Previously this HDD would not boot past the windows screen with the...

Hi folks, I have my Power Management settings set to power down my monitor after 1 minute of inactivity. This works just fine. But after a while, the monitor powers up, is on for a minute, and...

In Task manger all i can see is that my CPU usage is at 100%and system idle is at about 98-100% all the time. I used Process Explorer and i have found that DPCs is between 50-70% CPU usuage and...

Here's some background on my situation. I'm running Windows XP Home under SP2 with a dialup internet connection. Under Tools->Internet Options-> Connections, I need the setting to be either "Dial...

My pc keeps crashing over and over, online mostly, I keep getting the error message "windows has recovered from a serious error" and here are the two files that it says will be sent to microsoft...

I'm running Windows XP home and it keeps rebooting. Event viewer shows an Application Hang error at the time of rebooting. Event ID 1001 Product : Windows Operating System Version 5.2 Symbolic Name :...

If a server/pc is set to download but not install updates, where are those installlation files located while waiting for you to initiate the installation?

Hi. I recently installed a halloween desktop theme (from a microsoft site) on my computer. It worked just fine, but today when I tried to go back to the Windows XP theme, it will not change all the...

I can hear my PC running some program in the background.....this goes on for more than an hour. How can I positively identify what it is and stop it? Thanks, Brian

I have the same problem and this is precisely what does *not* happen. The status bar shows CPU Usage near 100%, and the Processes tab shows System Idle Process also near 100%. I would have thought...

Please set up my dialup connection for vewing different web site perfectly.