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Kodak Easy Share
Posted on November 4th, 2005 | 1 Comments

Every time I switch on Kodak Easy Share starts up in the system tray/notification area. I use it infrequently, but it takes up a lot of memory that I can use elsewhere. How to I get rid if it? I...

Registry problem at boot
Posted on November 4th, 2005 | 6 Comments

Every time I boot up I get an error message that one of the registry files is damaged and needed to be restored from a backup or log. What is causing this and how can I fix it? -- (-: E

Task Manager not able to kill programs
Posted on November 4th, 2005 | 6 Comments

hi All, I am facing problems killing programs using task manager. Even though I try end process or end process tree, the program is not termination. What could be the reason or are there any other...

slow opening outlook express
Posted on November 4th, 2005 | 4 Comments

problem recent..OE takes long time to open then when it does open, it freezes..off and on while trying to open a file or write an email..or it freezes up switching users. what is worng? the rest of...

SLOW notebook, CPU at 100% all the time, explorer.exe hogging CPU
Posted on November 4th, 2005 | 2 Comments

Using an Inspiron 2200. I have a 1.4GHz processor (Intel Celeron M). I use WinXP Home. 20GB hard drive (I know it's small but I have 300+ GB worth of externals, but that's besides the point, or is...

Hibernating Windows XP question
Posted on November 4th, 2005 | 0 Comments

Is there any way to make windows xp hibernate after an hour and a half of not using it? I have 2 hours selected from the menu but think that's a little too long, and an hour is too short :)

After compressing "all" can I extract "all"
Posted on November 4th, 2005 | 1 Comments

While using Disk Cleanup I accidentally left checked the box for "Compress Old Files". Of course system is running at one-quarter speed now as it compressed everything! Is there any kind of utility...

Shutdown Problems
Posted on November 4th, 2005 | 1 Comments

I get an message when I choose shutdown that says: ALRDLPT2.EXE - DLL inializing failed. Then when I click "OK", I get a: VB5HAL.EXE error message! I am at my wits end. I have tried everything I...

100% memory usage if i use a wmi networkadapter question
Posted on November 4th, 2005 | 0 Comments

If "remote access connection manager" service isn't disabled and I use wmi browser for a networkadapter question then 100 percent memory will be used by svchost. If I disable the service, then is...

XP Takes more than 5 Minutes to Shutdown
Posted on November 4th, 2005 | 8 Comments

hi, Recently I purchased a sony Vaio laptop with winXP SP2. All available windows updates has been done. My problem is that XP most of the times takes more than 5 minutes to shudown. The...

back up
Posted on November 3rd, 2005 | 0 Comments

Is it possible to back up files (to transfer them from one PC to another via USB cable) when the PC is stuck in the recovery mode? I ran a recovery on my 3 year old HP PC (which has no recovery...

Windows XP services.exe / lsass.exe application failed to initialize boot error
Posted on November 3rd, 2005 | 7 Comments

Are these the correct file sizes and dates for Windows XP corporate? C:\> dir C:\WINDOWS\system32\lsass.exe 08/03/04 12:26p -a------ 13312 bytes lsass.exe C:\> dir...

spy-sheriff
Posted on November 3rd, 2005 | 3 Comments

Hi, Does anyone know how to remove "Spy-Sheriff"? Thanks! Jeffrey

Task scheduler not working
Posted on November 3rd, 2005 | 2 Comments

Hi, I get an error message each time I go to Start my Task Scheduler. The error message is "Could not start the Task Scheduler service on Local Computer. Error 1717: The interface is unknown". How...

Error on Startup
Posted on November 3rd, 2005 | 0 Comments

I log on ok but when I'm done, I get the red x. It says "the service did not click on in a timely manner. " It listed Dsvice Control Manager as the source. -- A bunch of bright yellow tulips,

Re: back up
Posted on November 3rd, 2005 | 0 Comments

Hi Carey, Is there some way to back up files on a PC that's hung up in the Recovery program? I have a 3 year old HP (which has the recovery feature on the hard drive and no recovery discs). I picked...

Task scheduler doesn't run on weekends
Posted on November 3rd, 2005 | 0 Comments

I have setup a task to run daily @ 4:00am to launch a batch file that does the backup. It runs on Tue,Wed,Thu,Fri,Sat but will not run on Sun or Mon. Once in a great while it will run on one of...

restarting the computer to day one or like it
Posted on November 3rd, 2005 | 4 Comments

i would like to know is there a way to start my computer like the first day i got? i went into a lot of stuff that i knew nothing of and almot crashed the sistem untill my wife got it back up and...

Windows Explorer display anomalies in XP
Posted on November 3rd, 2005 | 0 Comments

I have uncovered a strage anomaly in Windows Explorer (XP) with HTML files. I have shared directory on a server that has 8,000+ HTML objects linked to images. When I open Windows Explorer and...

Performance program of XP
Posted on November 3rd, 2005 | 0 Comments

I use the windows XP professional version 2002, with no Service pack installed, I added all the performance counters the performance program supplies to log into a file. My questions are : 1. It...