Within the last week my computer in general was slowing down. Briefly, my IE was slow and would not allow me to type in a url and go that page, but I could select a favorite and get to other web...

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Boot into the recovery console and run CHKDSK from there. It sounds like something has the drive open for access when CHKDSK goes to run at boot. Spyware Doctor (for example) can prevent CHKDSK from...

By analysis, using a registry cleaning tool (CCleaner) and subsequently doing some manual investigation on a WinXPProSP2 and a WinXPHome (both Danish versions) - I've detected something that does...

Hi, Whenever I open folders containing media files using Windows Explorer, the explorer becomes unresponsive and I have to shut it down using task manager. My CPU usage remains low; around 4%....

I have recently become member of question and answer forum and u can't beleive this is an amazing form where i can ask any question on many open topic only forum which allow u to ask on computer and...

am trying t install SP2 from the SP2 CD i odered, it keeps on giving me this error message: "this Service Pack cannot be installed on top of the Windows XP Service Pack 2 build currently installed on...

Who should use WSUS to keep PC's updated, a network engineer or an Administrator who is involved with PC support? Thanks

Checking the Application logs in Event Viewer, I am getting a series of error messages stating that Windows Security Center cannot establish connections with third party Anti-Virus software and...

Hi, I had installed XP-SP2 on my Dell lattitude (500Mhz) laptop and since then my computer is running too slow. It wasn't slow to this extent before the reinstallation owing to the fact the 500Mhz is...

It is now four days since I emptied the Prefetch folder, and it has not repopulated. Any ideas?

All of the items in my prefetch folder have dates between 11/8/05 and 11/15/05, but I use my computer every day. Is this normal? If not, how do I fix it? Many thanks.

When I power up in the morning, I've started getting and error message that says invalid boot.ini file. follow directions to run bootcfg and scan or rebuild the boot.ini file. Says it can't scan...

On two occasions my computer has stopped and a blue screen shows up with an error message. I have duplicated the technical information from both instances to get help in finding out what is the...

I cannot access my CD drive, floppy drive, flash drive or download files from my camera. Files can be saved to hard disk but only if generated from the keyboard. I recently upgraded to XP from 2000....

Does anyone know the difference between the tools sigverif and verifier in Windows XP. Do they both identify unsigned drivers or is there more to it than that? Thanks

When I start my system, it "should" give me my desktop without interruptions. However, a few seconds after giving my desktop, it gives me C:\Windows\System32 with the standard Windows warning that...

I copied some pictures from my digital camera to my computer, and a good portion of the files I am unable to view, move or delete. If I try to open in Microsoft Photo Editor it says :Can't Determine...

When I choose Start->Turn Off Computer->Turn Off, the computer hangs. The only way to turn it off is to use the power button. Furthermore, when the computer re-starts, Windows does not examine...

When I attempt to do a any type of "save as" to a file, the drop down box does't drop down, and the computer freezes up. I have even uninstalled/ reinstalled my word processing software, but no...