I notice a number of the ActiveX files in C:\WINDOWS\Downloaded Program Files have the status "damaged". What does it mean, how could it have happened, and what should I do about it? On some,...

When I copy files from my hard drive to a CD, the date/time stamp is changed to the time I copied the files. How do I keep the original date modified when I copy the files? Thanks for your...

When I cut and paste text from a web page into a blank MS Works page, I lose paragraph spacing and text displays as Times font (I want Arial for easy reading). How To ?> Retain paragraph spacing and...

Please, hope s.o. can help, getting nowhere elsewhere, :). Message: Windows cannot open this file. To open this file, Windows needs to know what program created it. Windows can go online to look it...

My computer (XP Pro SP2) recently crashed. After several failed attempts to repair Windows I decided to start fresh and reformated my HDD. I have installed XP Pro with SP1, however, everytime I...

I use an external hard drive (Maxtor 250GB) to backup my hard drive. The backups seem to be taking a really long time (~9 hrs for 95GB), so I was wondering if there was any way to trouble shoot the...

My Computer folder takes minutes to open but only that folder, the c drive and all other sub folders of "My Computer" open fine after the few minutes wait. Im using Windows XP Home Edition on a Dell...

I have been trying to improve performance, I also have installed a new UPS. At some point, not everytime, this file starts using resources I believe at 100% which would be 50% of full system...

Hello I have a user with Windows XP SP 2 using a Dell D610 with Novell. When the user boots up the computer the intial process goes fine the windows XP screen comes up then the screen goes black and...

My computer reboots automatically and i went to properties of my computer i entered under Advanced Tab I entered under Startup & Recovery I unchecked Automatically restart After this the rebooting...

I advised my wife (I know, that was probably my first mistake) to sign up for MSFT's new One Care service, versus renewing her Norton AV subscription. Everything seemed to be going OK, but then she...

Hi anyone- can you help. Have windows XP on relatively new computer (18 months) am recently having problems downloading files from other websites and email links. I get a message that ..."IE cannot...

When I click 'start', 'settings' and go to 'network connections' the pop-up window shows, on the left side, under 'details'.."Network Connections"~System Folder. But it is not clickable. The Right...

weilorIt has been 24 hours now and only at 37% formatted. Does this sound right ... or do I have a problem somewhere? Thanks,

I can't download a CSV file on my new XP Media laptop. Have a new Dell Inspirion laptop with dual core processor using Windows XP Media Edition 2005. 1gb Mem and 100 gb HD. I was previously able...

IE 6 seems to be encountering a lot of problem then needs to shut down. Where can I find what is causing each of these shut-downs, and what should I be looking for? It could be one of the BHO's, I...

I had a virus, "exploit-byte" got rid of it but jargon telling me to download anti-spyware remained on blue screen. In the process of trying to get rid of it I have a white screen I cannot get rid...

I have XP Home SP 1. Three times this week, the computer hangs, then I hear a "beep," and it's frozen. Control+Alt+Delete won't work. I can't even shut it down by doing that twice. I have to hold...

My system is holding nearly 18GB of msp files such as 1af7f61.msp. Almost all are 18,760MB in size and there are hundreds of them. I'm led to believe by what I'm reading about the Windows Installer...

Hello there. I googled the groups and didn't find a solution, please help. i have an IrDa device and a polar watch for Heart rate monitoring. Recently something has changed - the polar program...