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Windows XP. On opening any application, the delay is getting worse (now 15-20secs) I have defragged, Deleted Various old/unused programs and even threated the size 10. I followed the steps from a previous thread on this topic, with no success. I have found an application AppSvc32.exe that seems to be using some 30-40 cpu units during and for...

I forgot how to fix this, so i was wondering: how can i get my computer (WIN XP Media Center SP2) to auto select my user account at the logon screen? I only have one account setup with a password. I want it to be auto selected so at startup i can just type my password and not have to click it and type my password. It was like that before...

Hey, IS there anyone know the secret command to issue a shutdown within DOS mode without a Windows program covering above it? Won't simply just click the power off button causes total damage the motherboard within DOS mode? Urgently need your help? Thanks in advance.

I have a drive that crashed, now non-bootable. I can slave the drive and see the system files but I need certain registry keys from the non-bootable drive and inport it to the new registry. OS is XP with sp2.

Hi I used to have an old version of Windows Media Player (pre-version 8), which used to play most tracks (WMA files) fine but I thought that I would upgrade to version 11. I upgraded to this at the weekend but now I cannot play any tracks that I have. Whenever I attempt to play a track, windows displays a message: Windows Media Player...

guys i get the error "Suite integration toolkit executable has encountered a problem and needs to close" when i try to install Visual Web Developer 2008 Express Edition downloaded from asp.net. i have installed XP SP2 in my machine and also configured automatic updates. i was able to install .net framework but recently i found out that the...

Hi all. Every time I open an exe or shortcut on my network drive, I get the "File Download" dialogue. You know, the one which tells you it might be harmful, and asks "would you like to open or save?". The Save button is always grayed out, not that I want to use it anyway. The actual problem is that the "Always ask before openeing this type...

Hi everyone, Ok, heres my situation. I have a windows xp pro installation. Yesterday I decided to start using linux, ubuntu to be exact. I took another harddrive and installed linux onto it. Now I have done this before and had a boot loader problem, so this time when I put the new harddrive in I unpluged the power to the harddrive that had...

I have a web application that will generate a web page and tuck it in a top secret location on the server. I need a Windows XP box to be able to run a program in the background to check to see if the page is there and fetch this page from the server and print it on the Windows printer. It should poll the server every minute or two. XP Pro is...

I've learned F8 (safe mode boot) and I just learned Ctrl Shift Esc (Task Manager) here in these forums. Where are the rest of these documented?

Hi experts, recently my system could not boot and had the NTLDR missing error as a result of which i couldnot retrieve my files. So i took out the hard drive and added to another system as secondary drive. Now the problem is that i cannot access the drive belonging to my hard drive. It says its not formatted and needs to format. But i dont want...

Microsoft Access 2010 Windows 7 Laptop with LAN Ipad with pdf expert wifi drive I'm using a simple access database comand button to select and export a single record in pdf format to a predetermined location. I've tried saving to a local drive (c:\) and it works just perfectly. When I try saving to the networked wifi drive it breaks. ...

Hi All, I am using WindowsXP operating system. I was able to hide the files and to see them : I was going to the "Tool" menu then "Folder Option" and then "View" tab and "show the hidden files and folders" check box ... But from some days I am not able to get that "Folder Option" in the menu from the "Tool" menu. So I am not able to...

I run my monitor at 1280 X 1024. IE7 has a great look. I can't seem to find anything even close on Firefox. PS The new site icon still hasn't loaded. Any suggestions?

Hi, I'm having a slight problem with windows xp with sp2 loaded. it seems that there is either a software problem or hardware problem and I have done eveything that microsoft suggested to do on both problems i get a send or don't send message and have sent it in and the feed back was to do the following and i did it and still getting nowhere. ...

I run my monitor at 1280 X 1024. IE7 has a great look. I can't seem to find anything even close on Firefox. PS The new site icon still hasn't loaded. Any suggestions?

okay heres the problem i installed a new mother board and processor its bin fine until a month ago now it keeps freezing at random times i can't find the problems i've reinstalled windows 2-3 times now and the problem still exists...please help and if more info is needed just ask yoda thank you so much

Hi all I have a very strange issue here. Very intermittend. All on laptops(Dell). Sometimes on the desktop, the user clicks a hortcut to an application, but instead of just the shortcut being selected, a group of other shortcuts and documents are selected as well. It is almost like a click and drag to select multiple objects. This normally...

Unable to access C drive or D drive on 200gb hdd. Original problem was clicking noises. Attempted reboot but was unable to boot supposedly due to a missing/corrupt windows file "windows root>\system32.hal.dll" Was prompted to reinstall a copy of the file. Safe Mode did not work. I did not find a copy of the file or know how to reinstall...

Well, a long time ago, some bright person got a hold of my computer and decided to "improve" it. Apparently they fouled up the default "open" option on the folder "file type," causing a folder to open in a new window -regardless- of what you have your options set to. So, before I go digging around in the registry, I want to hear what you all...

Hi all. I believe I have asked this question here some months ago, but never did find an answer, so I'll make another attempt. After using the search facility in Windows to find a bunch of files, is there any way I can prevent it from searching again, every time something changes? I mean, I can run a search through network drives and so...

Folder Option Hi All, I have the new type problem in folder option where should i get this problem through Flash Drive Plug into USB port and its Shows ON and OFF in the Windows XP SP2. and automatically generate the virus or some thing else my folder option show all files not working and when i click my computer ICON and click to Hard Drive...

Read in one forum the question someone asked after successfully (sort of) installing Picture It 2000 on new computer with Vista. Will this person or any other help me accomplish this install on Vista, please. I tried installing Picture It and it seemed to do so. I got no error messages but it sure took a long time. Then when I tried to open...

I was wondering if anyone knew if you could block ip addresses because at my school people hack beyond belief while i try to do work, and the windows firewall is off by default and we can't change any of that. So i was wondering if any knew of freeware software or anything really that help me block ip addresses? Thanks for your time Yoda :)

Recently after some trouble with my old hard drive, I got a new one! Sounds easy right? WRONG. Well, considering my computer felt all new again! The baby was runnin' smooth that is....until around 2 weeks ago. :/ I suddenly got blasted with these miserable errors while I was on the internet complaining how it had to "Stop a script on this page...