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Memory Performance Tweak
Posted on December 30th, 2007 | 3 Comments

Most users should absolutely not use these so called "tweaks" on workstations, they are dumb tweaks, they may decrease performance rather than improve it. John mikeyhsd wrote:

Reporting False
Posted on December 29th, 2007 | 7 Comments

chkdsk shows 45213448 KB available on disk ...I defragged the drive also. I did contact Gateway because this is a new pc but their advice was to contact Adobe (whatever) .....The thing that worries...

Computer Hanging and fails to Hibernate
Posted on December 29th, 2007 | 0 Comments

Over the past few weeks my computer whilst going into hibernation will hang and not complete the hibernation process,I have disabled the option and renabled after rebooting and all will be fine for a...

Autoplay again attention Gurpreet Singh
Posted on December 29th, 2007 | 0 Comments

You kindly replied to me on 28 Dec and since then I have tried all that you suggested but to no avail. I now find however that if I open Windows Media Player and then insert a disc into drive D it...

Windows XP Hibernate Mode
Posted on December 29th, 2007 | 0 Comments

After reading other threads on the energy saving features of using hibernate mode for my Dell XP loaded dektop PC, when my PC goes into hibernate do my other USB connected devices (scanner, printer,...

Windows XP Startup Message
Posted on December 29th, 2007 | 6 Comments

GP As I understand it deleting the entry using Autoruns deletes the source. You will certainly not subsequently see an error report in Event Viewer afterwards. Autoruns is the way to get rid of...

Unalined Screen
Posted on December 29th, 2007 | 1 Comments

CRT or LCD? --- Leonard Grey Errare humanum est flyby2nite wrote:

xp shells dll??
Posted on December 29th, 2007 | 0 Comments

hi.. i installed brico packs months ago that changed the basic windows xp look.. including the icons, log in screen.. but i uninstalled it already but some icons remained and my log in screen is...

system stalling
Posted on December 29th, 2007 | 0 Comments

I frequently get hung up (frozen) on a website and have to x out and retry. I'm sending error reports too frequently since I downloaded NAV. Also blocking spam manually with this new download. Hate...

need help desperately...
Posted on December 29th, 2007 | 1 Comments

For editing &/or cmds with scripts,thiers only one place to go:http://www.microsoft.com/technet/scriptcenter/default.mspx?wt.svl=leftnav "jake" wrote:

error 2503 and error 2502
Posted on December 29th, 2007 | 0 Comments

In the last few months I have encountered a continuing error messege when I try to download or install any programs. I almost get finished with the installation and then a window pops up with...

disc clean up error
Posted on December 28th, 2007 | 2 Comments

Have you been using a registry cleaner? What is the computer make and model? -- Hope this helps.

Windows Explorer performance
Posted on December 28th, 2007 | 13 Comments

Gerry I believe that the PC I'm currently using doesn't have the abilities that I'm squeezing out. There are other problems /not that much as when I had not licensed Windows/ such as Autoplay...

System performance slow
Posted on December 28th, 2007 | 6 Comments

On Fri, 28 Dec 2007 10:33:13 -0800 (PST), lucien.jaegers@chello.nl wrote: Thanks for the update, and glad you got it fixed. -- Ken Blake, Microsoft MVP Windows - Shell/User

Re: Take printers offline to improve WORD performance?
Posted on December 28th, 2007 | 2 Comments

Ah. That makes sense. I read: ....as implying it could somehow be installed remotely. As in, the driver would be installed on a remote machine. Does not compute. :-) If Suzanne meant it the...

Spell Check
Posted on December 28th, 2007 | 7 Comments

Jim S, I have the same problem and if you find a solution please let me know. I do not have Office 2003 installed on my computer. "Jim S" wrote:

Windows Installer 3.1 Issues
Posted on December 28th, 2007 | 2 Comments

"gsjutla" wrote: Thanks so much for your quick response! Unfortunately, the 3.1 install did not work, and I'm not sure what to make of the log file. I'm going to list its contents here. ...

autoplay
Posted on December 28th, 2007 | 2 Comments

Thank you Gurpreet for the information. Unfortunately despite trying all you suggested the D drive will still not autoplay. It is definately working as I can go into the folder that opens and play...

Error Message
Posted on December 28th, 2007 | 4 Comments

Hi Gerry, Thank you for the information. I appreciate it. The problem seems to be fixed for now. ???? I'll just have to wait and see how things go. Sincerely -- autymnrain

update.exe problem
Posted on December 28th, 2007 | 1 Comments

When this happens, there should be an event registered in the event logs, can you please copy and paste the exact event. Also put the exact error message in your post. -- Regards Gurpreet...