For a few weeks now my computer suddenly flashes into a blue screen and reboots. Sometimes it will do a short Scandisk, sometimes it will stall asking press F1 to continue or run Safe Mode etc. It...

I have Windows XP Pro, fully updated. I recently found a driver for an older scanner. It works on my computer with Microsoft Office Document Imaging and with some other programs, but whenever I try...

Which of these 3 firewalls is best?

Hello, Under the the Hardware tab in Device Manager, it shows an error for the Keyboard. I have a Dell Inspiron running Windows XP Home SP2. Specifically it states that the registry is corrupt for...

Is there a way to configure Windows XP such that there should always be a little CPU time left. I am asking this since if a process takes 100% CPU time and the process is in an infinite loop, then...

I have norton system works 2003 on my computer.Lately when I reboot a Symantec tamper alert message shows up.It tells me to restart my computer.I just delete the message& everything is O.k.How can I...

Somehow a virus finally managed to get into my computer and with it, a few spyware files. I believe I have clean it out but for a few days it was doing disasters in my system. However, now I can't...

This is my problem too. I will now try it . Thank you ahead of time!!!!! -- claybarb "Carey Frisch " wrote: > Open XP's "Help and Support" and type: TEXT SERVICES , and hit enter. > Then...

I cannot read messages on this board suddenly it says there are not itemes in this view. Some items may be hidden because a view is applied. Please if possible respond to satindol@comcast.net Thank...

Hello. I accidently deleted office xp from my computer. Now I can't uninstall it nor can I reinstall it. When trying to uninstall using the add/remove programs I get "2211 - an internal error has...

I've been trying to copy some files to a CD-RW in windows explorer. When I attempt to create a new folder on the CD, Explorer crashes (blue screen, memory dump, etc.). I've done this in the past,...

I am writing about a computer in our office that has boxes around all the text below the icons on the desktop. This is NOT just when highlighted, but all icons, all the time. It rings familiar to...

have windows xp, all available up dates.. msn e-mail.. For the last week I,ve been getting blank e-mails from known senders, so I have them resend them and they will come through alright.. Can't...

Hi all, I recently installed Paint Shop pro 9 and noticed when I go to my my cursor files (either C:\WINDOWS\Cursors or through my mouse setup menu) there is no icon pictures (the little...

Hi. My chieft asked me the following question: "how many IT maintenance people do we need for X computers?" Is there any standard? Our company has 1000 users (aprox) grouped in 250 computers; this...

Is it safe to delete memory.dmp if it is not needed? The file is 383 MB last time it was modified was Wednesday, September 01, 2004, 10:15:54 AM Thanks, Hal

All suggestions found so far were tried, except turning off spell correction. Small improuvment. No visible spyware under McAfee and Microsoft antispyware. Now what? uninstall anr re-install word...

Last night I got an memory error message, but after several auto starts the pc started. Now today, nothing, nada. with two errors which are: At the top of a blue page "Missing or Corrupt NTFS.sys...

My system has slowed significantly. Have check DSL connection and it is fine. Last night desktop turned up side down and many windows strated to open. Have Norton Antivirus and Ad Aware, have run...

My computer stops responding, after a few minutes and freezes and I cannot even shut off computer. Sometimes even a black screen a few seconds. In my event viewer there are separate errors...