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NTFS ADVISE
Posted on October 18th, 2005 | 10 Comments

I am using dual boot system running windows98 for using DOS based programs & xp proffessional SP2,both in seprate partitions . presently i am running FAT32 on both the partitions .Can i update one of...

operating system
Posted on October 17th, 2005 | 3 Comments

I am using a dell deminsions with XP. My software has become corrupted and I need to repair it using the reinstallation disc. I was told I needed to delete the SP2 update in order to do this. I did...

Power managemnet software?
Posted on October 17th, 2005 | 1 Comments

Hi, I was wondering if someone can help me out! I had a Toshiba laptop for a year and it had a nice piece of software on it for power management! You can use it to set different power profiles...

"Send to" missing from right click menu
Posted on October 17th, 2005 | 3 Comments

I need to get it back , I was using a program to make games run faster and ......well you get the picture. I would appreciate any help.

IrDa fails to work
Posted on October 17th, 2005 | 0 Comments

Hello there. Using Xp pro, sp2 on an asus p4p800 deluxe, 1.6ghz with 512mb dual channel kingston. I recenlty bought an IrDa device for my cell phone to work with the computer. I purchased it off...

Leftover files and folders after removing programs
Posted on October 17th, 2005 | 1 Comments

I have recently gone into my control panel to remove several programs but I seem to have some residual files and folders left over. Some of programs I removed in the control panel and I was still...

i cant format my hard drive for some reason
Posted on October 17th, 2005 | 2 Comments

when i go to format i get a message that reads : format cant run because the volume is in use by another system.....what does that mean and how do i fix it?

Way too slow to fully boot up
Posted on October 17th, 2005 | 6 Comments

Whenever I light up my system, after the welcome screen I'll get my desktop background, but not the rest of the desktop (taskbar,desktop shortcuts), for what seems like an inordinate amount of time. ...

Battery Power Icon Missing from Systray
Posted on October 16th, 2005 | 0 Comments

I have a Compaq Presario V2335US notebook. I've noticed in the last several weeks that often the battery icon is missing from the systray (when I'm running on battery power). This makes it very...

0xc0000017 error and drainage of virtual memory in XP-SP2 system
Posted on October 16th, 2005 | 0 Comments

I also have XP pro (sp2), ann this problem: Basically, a message saying unable to initialise application with error 0xc0000017, and /or just "insufficient resources" comes up after leaving PC with...

Intermittent Computer Lock-up
Posted on October 16th, 2005 | 1 Comments

I am running Windows XP Professional Service Pack 2 on a Pentium 4 laptop with HyperTheading technology enabled. Without fail, the computer locks up for about half a second, at seemingly random...

Unremovable desktop icon.
Posted on October 16th, 2005 | 1 Comments

I recently ran an upgrade for Quicktime. It down loaded iTunes with this upgrade. Now I have an iTunes App.icon (0 bytes) stuck on the desktop. Everytime I try to delete it, I get a Cannot...

IT time forMaintenance
Posted on October 16th, 2005 | 15 Comments

I have several questions pertaining to maintenance and programs on 2 predominantly XP Home networks that exist in 2 physically separate buildings with no servers. As I know that XP Home cannot log...

Task Scheduler
Posted on October 16th, 2005 | 1 Comments

Hi I hope you can help. I tried to schedule a few tasks for daily use, disk cleanup being the #1 I wanted, and when I scheduled it I got an error stating:"Task has been created but may not run becaue...

Partioning software - freeware
Posted on October 16th, 2005 | 4 Comments

Is there a reliable freeware software utility that will enable me to partition my hard drive? I have 40g C: (small I know, but I run a 200g portable external drive which I transport to University...

Windows Updates
Posted on October 16th, 2005 | 3 Comments

According to my Update history of downloaded Windows updates there's over 100 installs so far. In the Add/Remove programs list I used to see all (most, never counted em) of the installed updates. ...

Files archived by SP2?
Posted on October 15th, 2005 | 3 Comments

When I installed SP2 in Windows XP Pro more than a year ago, the space 'used' on my system partition increased enormously. I'm guessing that some of the system files replaced by SP2 were archived...

Re: Partition
Posted on October 15th, 2005 | 1 Comments

"Ted Zieglar" wrote: > Move all your own files - documents, pictures, music, etc. - to D and leave > Windows and your programs in C. You can also move your Temporary Internet > Files and your...

Cant see pics .. i see a box with a X
Posted on October 15th, 2005 | 1 Comments

on some web sites i cant see pics. i see a box with a red x in the corner. and i tryed java and everything styll wont work ... What do i do????

Re: My house is clean - disk still "full."
Posted on October 15th, 2005 | 0 Comments

Try to check your folders size in real-time to see "who eats all disk space". For this propose you can use View Folder Size Pro - a real-time folder size information utility. You can get it...