I recently (about 4-5 weeks ago) installed Norton Internet Security 2006 and have been having performance issues since then. The main issue is with MS Outlook - when I fire up the computer and...

Please help! Everytime I try to download a software program from my cd or floppy I get the following error message; C:\windows\system32\autoexec.nt The system file is not suitable for running ms-dos...

I had to uninstall a particularly troubling utility (Aluria Spyware Eliminator). It did not uninstall cleanly. I had to manually delete a lot of the files that its uninstaller missed. And I had to...

found a way of exit'ng the icon by the clock... x the window... then bring-up your taskbar... (mightn't be a required step) right click on the icon in bar... <exit> how's that for preventitive...

When I boot up my computer I receive the message -- Floppy disk(s) fail (40) Press F1 to continue. Any suggestions as to what would cause this and how to fix it? -- SM

I can't get rid of Kazaa. When I try to remove it through Control Panel, I get an error, saying to close running programs, empty temporary folder, check internet connection-internet-based...

I have a WinXP Media Center Edition 2005 PC. I'd like to do a clean reinstall of the operating system, but I'd like to make sure that I keep my Recorded TV. Is there anything special that needs to...

Hi, I am new to this forum. Although I am technician my-seIf, I am having this problem on my laptop that I cannot solve. I have Norton antivirus and firewall installed. when I look at my task manager...

Hi How can you check if Windows XP registry is working properly? Is there software to check it? Please reply soon. Thanks Egan

Hi, I just got my notebook with windows xp home edition, I suppose to have 40G harddrive, but somehow there's only 34G available, and I use "disk managment" to check what's going on, and I found out...

IBM 2.8GhzP4, 256Mb, Windows XP Home Preload SW. Returned from hurricane evacuation and was only able to access dialup only, not DSL. Able to pull email, didnt access anything I didnt know. ONLY...

I am experiencing the same problems with my system. When I log on, the desktop icons seem slow to load, as does the start menu. This has happened after I have used a program called PC Optimiser Pro...

Summary of Problem: When trying to restore to a custom restore point, created in September, the calendar will not go back past October! Therefore, I can't restore to the last custom restore...

I want to customize which programs start up with my computer. And eliminate the icons in the lower right (next to clock) for programs that I don't use. I was told to run MS Config. Is this correct...

After coming back to the desktop from clicking on "my computer: and then properties, the icons on the desktop all go white and then back to normal.How can I stop this from happening

This is a reminder to join Mike Nash, Vice President for the Microsoft Security Business Unit, and his team of security experts for a live Security chat this Thursday, November 10, 2005. The chat...

Hi Do anyone know of any free Windows XP Registry Cleaners that do a great job of cleaning out unwanted registry entries from the registry in Windows XP? Please respond soon. Thanks Egan

ok.. well.. i had 256mb PC2700 RAM and decided to go right up and buy another 3 sticks of it to make a GB. All 4 sticks say PC2700 and fit into the memory slots. Now for some reason, my computer is...

I am running a windows 2000 server with a RAID 5 partition that has 3 hard drives striped into 2 volumes. I wish to combine both partitions into one (effectively deleting all info on the secondary...

UPDATE: If you unplug the NIC and plug in a Buffalo (as an example) card, even with the 3Com utility running, you can connect to the Internet immediately and without problems using the Windows XP...