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I/O device error
Posted on March 14th, 2008 | 1 Comments

http://www.csd.toshiba.com/cgi-bin/tais/su/su_sc_home.jsp --- Leonard Grey Errare humanum est Freddy wrote:

Update keeps installing...not sure where to start
Posted on March 14th, 2008 | 2 Comments

While waiting for a response, I found http://support.microsoft.com/kb/941833. I downloaded the 941833 package. It seems to have fixed the problem. I'll write back if it actually failed. Thanks for...

Access denied error message when setting msconfig
Posted on March 14th, 2008 | 7 Comments

Have done all listed, scans in safe mode, fixing registry, uninstalling zone alarm. All to NO avail.... "Patti MacLeod" wrote:

logs
Posted on March 13th, 2008 | 2 Comments

Thanks! Looks promising. "John Marsh" wrote:

XP bad
Posted on March 13th, 2008 | 13 Comments

Thanks Daave, I have checked out the elephant boy computers page and have followed as much of that advice as possible. As the writer notes, however, only advanced users should employ all of the...

XP performance deteriorating
Posted on March 13th, 2008 | 6 Comments

On Fri, 7 Mar 2008 10:02:24 -0800 (PST), smlunatick <yveslec@gmail.com> wrote: No, they run from harddisk. Anyway, that it's taken so long for me to respond is because I spent a couple of days...

XP unacceptably slow suddenly after no change
Posted on March 13th, 2008 | 12 Comments

After the restore of the O.S. the workstations worked well for a week then the 2 minutes timeout on every action explorer wanted to do was experienced again. After long days of monitoring, thanks to...

Denied access
Posted on March 13th, 2008 | 0 Comments

Hello, I have been experimenting with items from the article: http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/using/setup/expert/northrup_restoreperf.mspx When I try to disable startup items with the System...

Have Service Inherit Environment Variables from Command Prompt Window
Posted on March 12th, 2008 | 0 Comments

Hello everyone. I am attempting start a service and have it respect environment variable changes that I have made in the current Command Prompt window's environment. Basically, I want to do...

Defrag. not running
Posted on March 12th, 2008 | 3 Comments

"Chris31639" wrote: Open a run command and register these DLLs: regsvr32 msxml3.dll regsvr32 dfrgui.dll regsvr32 dfrgsnap.dll = Open Windows Explorer and locate this path; C:\Windows\inf =in the...

Unable to delete read-only folder - access denied
Posted on March 12th, 2008 | 1 Comments

"Regine" wrote: Try to change the Read-Only Attributes and take control of those folders/Files or the ownership by doing the following steps: How to take ownership of a file or folder in Windows...

Is that normal...
Posted on March 12th, 2008 | 6 Comments

On Wed, 12 Mar 2008 15:18:38 -0000, "Gordon" <gbplinux@gmail.com.invalid> wrote: Absolutely. I certainly didn't suggest that anyone run it on 64MB. Again, you are mixing up the official minimum...

disk cleanup - how do I restore the changes made? Help!
Posted on March 12th, 2008 | 3 Comments

Hi Gerry, Thanks for replying. I need all the help I can get here. I am not a professional so I may ask you to clarify a couple things. Thanks for bearing with me. Are you ready to solve a...

XP Freezes after connecting to the internet
Posted on March 12th, 2008 | 15 Comments

DanO wrote: I would start off with SUPERAntiSpyware Free: http://www.superantispyware.com/superantispywarefreevspro.html If still no joy, you may need to run HijackThis and post your log to...

After using Add/Remove, now system won't boot properly
Posted on March 12th, 2008 | 1 Comments

How to start the System Restore tool at a command prompt in Windows XP http://support.microsoft.com/kb/304449/en-us How to perform an in-place upgrade (reinstallation) of Windows...

IE7 Memory Managment
Posted on March 11th, 2008 | 2 Comments

PA Bear, I got back from a road trip and have been able to focus back on this. RIES didn't solve the difficulty about IE7's memory issues either. I took the advice of Tony Schreiner's article, in...

Windows XP frozen and safe mode freezes also-have unsaved files! H
Posted on March 11th, 2008 | 4 Comments

Is there a way to backup your files on your own? Sure, there are several ways /if/ you are technically proficient. If you're not that technical, and considering how critical your data is to you,...

right-clicking desktop icon causes crash
Posted on March 11th, 2008 | 5 Comments

thankyou everybody i have now sorted it. it was a problem with ie7 i had to reload it. again thanks

disk cleanup
Posted on March 11th, 2008 | 4 Comments

Vivian What is the creation date of these debug dump files? -- Hope this helps.

BSOD
Posted on March 11th, 2008 | 2 Comments

Fida Background information on Stop Error message: http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms795746.aspx 0x0000007E: SYSTEM_THREAD_EXCEPTION_NOT_HANDLED A system thread generated an exception...