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automatic clean up of C:\Temp on WinXP Pro
Posted on November 8th, 2005 | 4 Comments

Hi, Is there a way to clean up C:\Temp on boot, wothout user intervention? Thank you in advance.

Are there better alternatives to Windows defrag?
Posted on November 8th, 2005 | 6 Comments

My XP SP2 OS has 64% defragmented files. Win XP defra won't defrag all the files. Is there an alternative that can properly defrag my C drive?

keyboard shift irregularities
Posted on November 8th, 2005 | 0 Comments

i have a new toshiba satellite and lately when i push the shift key, either one, it just changes everything. when using the keyboard everything is in caps even though caps lock is off. i can only...

My computer won't shut down or log off!
Posted on November 8th, 2005 | 1 Comments

When I go to shut my computer down nothing happens. I can't log off either. If I go to switch users and go to the log on screen it works. Does anybody know why this could be happening. I don't know...

Problem with Searching folders on network drives
Posted on November 8th, 2005 | 0 Comments

when attempting to search for files or folders (using the search function) on some of my network drives, the search does not appear to visit all of the requested locations. the client can see the...

"Reactivate disk" from startup script?
Posted on November 8th, 2005 | 0 Comments

Anyone know how to do this via startup script: Administrative Tools -> Computer Management -> Disk management: -Reactivate disk I'm having an USB connected hard drive which needs to be "activated"...

Need Help Install Disk Defragment
Posted on November 8th, 2005 | 4 Comments

I have Win XP Pro SP2 installed. Somehow disk defrag is not active. Does it not come loaded in XP or was it not installed? If it was not installed how do I correct this? Thank you for your help.

Downloading, but not installing XP SP2
Posted on November 8th, 2005 | 3 Comments

My parents computer has a dial-up connection, so I figured I'd download XP SP2 and burn it to a CD and then bring it over the next time I visit. I can't find where to do that, though! Any...

Toolbar Colour
Posted on November 8th, 2005 | 1 Comments

I have had to re-install my computer and need to remove the deep purple colour on the toolbar for Internet Exploroer and Outlook Express. I have done it before but completely lost how to do...

CHKDSK
Posted on November 7th, 2005 | 5 Comments

I have just converted my FS to NTFS. CHKDSK reports errors when run in a command box when XP is running, and won't complete. Running CHKDSK /f, so it runs on boot does not find any! 1) Are there...

PC Slow to connect to Network location
Posted on November 7th, 2005 | 3 Comments

I have four computers all connected with a simple network. Each computer is running XP-Home, SP2. I connect to computer A from the three other computers. Something strange is happening. All three...

Windows XP Professional
Posted on November 7th, 2005 | 2 Comments

I installed this as an Upgrade and wish to remove it as it is giving me all sorts of problems and errors, can anyone help -- Joan

"Personal Cache"
Posted on November 7th, 2005 | 2 Comments

In Google desktop I keep getting "personal cached web pages" I have visited, even though I have erased internet history, on/offline files and all internet temp files I can find. Is there any way to...

What is my computer working on when I'm not working on it?
Posted on November 7th, 2005 | 2 Comments

When I leave my home computer and come back several minutes later, my screen has shut off but my computer seems to be working feverishly away on something. It is connected to a wireless home network...

Performance
Posted on November 7th, 2005 | 0 Comments

I have a few questions about the Performance Monitor counters. 1. What's the difference between threads in objects(Performance Object), Threads in System adn ThreadCount in Process ? 2. What is the...

Windows XP Professional.
Posted on November 7th, 2005 | 0 Comments

-- Joan

100% CPU activity XP professional and Works word editor, Works cra
Posted on November 7th, 2005 | 2 Comments

Hi everybody, Brand new Dell inspiron Pentium Celeron 256MB RAM 40GB HD XP professional 2002 and Microsoft Works v7.0 The problem, one of Works text files I'm working on has reached 531kB size mainly...

High CPU usage for hardware interrupts in Windows XP
Posted on November 7th, 2005 | 3 Comments

I have a PC which is 3 months old.The CPU usage shoots up after about 20 mins of running to 60% when almost no processes are running.I downloaded the Process Explorer and found the usage by Hardware...

Windows trys to install Earthlink popup blocker everytime a popup
Posted on November 7th, 2005 | 0 Comments

I used to have Earthlink DSL and in August I switched to Qwest DSL. Earthlink had a program ccalled Total Access. I couldn't remove it. The uninstall wouldn't work, and "Add and Remove Programs"...

Desktop Items stored in RAM?
Posted on November 7th, 2005 | 1 Comments

A friend of mine believes that all the files you have on your desktop e.g. videos, are stored in RAM and affect performance. Surely its just a a pointer stored in RAM to the file on the hard drive...