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CHKDSK prevents reboot of Windows XP SP2
Posted on February 27th, 2008 | 3 Comments

Thank you!!! I have been suffering from this same thing for the past week! This worked perfectly "Andrew E." wrote:

windows startup and program startup drag
Posted on February 27th, 2008 | 4 Comments

yes, i use a registry cleaner at least once a month or so. since my initial post ive removed spysweeper from my startup programs but i have still had the problem with my image editing program and...

copy on select / paste with middle mouse
Posted on February 26th, 2008 | 2 Comments

On Feb 26, 3:16 pm, Leonard Grey <Leon...@Grey.invalid> wrote: I have not really looked at third party utilities. Do you know of any? Hmm..I do have a logitech mouse. But its been ages since I...

User account shutdown, chkdsk runs
Posted on February 26th, 2008 | 2 Comments

The readme is quite a long one. It describes what seems to be a closely related problem. I downloaded and installed the fix. We logged on as Matthew (user) then shutdown right from his specific start...

CPU usage 100%, computer temperature becomes to hot!
Posted on February 26th, 2008 | 8 Comments

hey, this should help; http://www.computing.net/cpus/wwwboard/forum/10462.html go on there and read it. "Fixing CPU 100% Usage Problem" wrote:

what memory shall I buy for my Poweredge 400sc which is 4+ years old?
Posted on February 26th, 2008 | 4 Comments

Mike wrote: It is absolutely essential that any new RAM module(s) be fully compatible with both the motherboard and/or any other RAM module(s) already in the system. Additionally, there are...

Windows installer problem
Posted on February 25th, 2008 | 0 Comments

I used windows dialog box command "use the Web service to find appropriate program" to try to open a Zb thumbnail.info file. it could not find an appropriate file to use. I closed all boxes...

Deleting from external drive - affect C: defrag?
Posted on February 25th, 2008 | 1 Comments

Your clean and orderly hard drive begins to fragment the second after your defragger closes, even if you're just sitting in front of your computer with your arms folded. My advice is to not obsess...

need to format my dell
Posted on February 25th, 2008 | 2 Comments

Dell Technical Support http://support.dell.com/support/topics/global.aspx/support/product_support/product_support_central?c=us&l=en&s=gen --- Leonard Grey Errare humanum est casey wrote:

Minimumized window.
Posted on February 25th, 2008 | 4 Comments

Thanks for your replies. It was only a reinstall of XP plus word etc. Found the problem, for some reason I lost the drivers to the graphics card, so the system was running in vga mode. New drivers...

Problems with my Monopoly game
Posted on February 25th, 2008 | 1 Comments

Have you contacted your game's technical support? --- Leonard Grey Errare humanum est Tim wrote:

Virus infection?
Posted on February 25th, 2008 | 4 Comments

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Fonts in Application Menus changed
Posted on February 25th, 2008 | 0 Comments

Some time ago I added a few new fonts. Suddenly the fonts in all my application menus became enlarged, in a few cases they actually became minutely small. The fonts in pop-up menus are usually so...

Recently formatted
Posted on February 25th, 2008 | 6 Comments

Open Task Manager, select the Processes tab and display the processes in decreasing order of memory use. To find out what a process is all about, just look up the process name on the web. Task...

Disk Cleanup (ClLEANMGR): Problem with Settings ?
Posted on February 24th, 2008 | 2 Comments

Thanks, Eric. But that was just a typo in my post. Sorry! I can run "CLEANMGR /sagerun:1" , but it just doesn't appear as though all of my drive cleanup selections are being processed. To put it...

Explorer.exe and Disk Usage
Posted on February 23rd, 2008 | 2 Comments

Found myself after weeks of digging. Ended up being the DTSRVC.exe for the display. Unbelievable.

Failed to get session notifications.
Posted on February 23rd, 2008 | 3 Comments

Well, this problem is getting much worse for my laptop. I can no longer connect to the inet ( iexplore.exe just hangs on startup ). Apparently, the "Failed to get session notifications." message is...

wmplayer.exe will not open. It used to, but not anymore.
Posted on February 23rd, 2008 | 0 Comments

In the Program Files/Windows Media Player subdirectory, there is an entry for wmplayer.exe 63KB 10/18/2006. There is also a setup_wm.exe 1,630KB 11/1/2006. Because I wondered if my Media Player had...

slow XP startup
Posted on February 23rd, 2008 | 2 Comments

It appears that your outlook is giving you an error. http://www.file.net/process/msimn.exe.html Use a program called msconfig and go to startup. Check what programs is being started up on your...

Win XP SP2 Will No Longer Create Desktop Short Cuts w/Rt Click->send to
Posted on February 23rd, 2008 | 4 Comments

In article <uGQt9VadIHA.4172@TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl>, "Starchild" <starchld@rochester.rr.com> wrote: Try a right click on the desktop and choose "refresh" -or- click on the desktop, then press...