Threads Replies Last Post 23 Pages: 1  2  3  4  5  6  7  8  9  10  11  12  13  14  15  16  17  18  19  20  21  22  23   Disk Cleanup doesn't analyze for files to clean I give up and need help, please. My 10 month old WinXP Pro computer's Disk Cleanup starts instantly and shows a value of 0 for files to be cleaned in all catagories. It runs like normal then shuts down like normal but doesn't actually do anything. It does not analyze drives for files to clean, just starts right up to the gui. I've spent months trying to solve this on my own. Please don'... 3 25.05.2007 06:11:01 Organize Favorites and Start Menu Documents I am wondering how to arrange favorites and start menu -> documents -> my documents. Right now, my documents are listed in alphabetical order up to a certain date. All newer files are dumped haphazardly at the bottom. I wanted a way to arrange the documents so they are in alphabetical order as of today. I have the same kind of problem with Favorites. Is there are way to auto-a... 2 24.05.2007 22:59:00 Windows Desktop Search tool Hi All, Some time ago I downloaded and installed Windows Desktop Search tool (was installed as an Automatic Update I believe.) As far as I can tell this tool is worthless, it seems to perform no vital functions as far as cataloging or indexing files (seems to be idle most of the time.) Seems like everytime I've done Maintenance on my System, this tool has had Application errors at s... 3 24.05.2007 21:58:03 copy function real slow in windows xp explorer, when i drag four small backup files to burn disk (E), it takes about 4 minutes to complete. this previously took about 10 seconds. this happens before i click on the disk (E) icon and then click on file to choose 'write files to disk'. the rest of the computer runs fine. can i download a new windows explorer? ... 2 24.05.2007 21:53:00 Power Options on Laptop Close Lid in AD I have about 100 laptops that currently go into standby when the lid is closed. This is the default action for notebooks. I need to change this for all users that use these laptops. Is there a way to deploy a change?... 3 24.05.2007 21:51:03 NTbackup I have Windows XP Home Service Pack 2. I was installing the backup tool from "CD-ROM Drive:\VALUEADD\MSFT\NTBACKUP" when I realized the "readme" file said that the BACKUP tool will appear to work but won't really work if NTbackup is installed on XP Home edition when trying to RESTORE the system from the backup created with the tool. Is this true? Why is the backup utility even on teh CD t... 2 24.05.2007 12:56:01 Notebook extremely slow when connected to a network One of our directors is experiencing performance problems on his laptop. The machine is excruciatingly slow when it is connected to any network. Upon inspection, I noticed that the machine is perfect when not connected. The machine is only slow when connected. I checked that the hard disk is defragmented, I also did a registry defrag just for good measure. The machine is also running ... 4 24.05.2007 09:21:50 Why does Spyware and Adware affect every internet user All information you enter via the web can be intercepted Unauthorized sites can add themselves to your desktop (icons) Unauthorized sites can add themselves to your internet favorites Your browsing activity can be tracked and monitored Unwanted toolbars and searchbars can attach themselves to your browser without your knowledge or approval Your personal information can be sold to other parti... 2 23.05.2007 21:44:27 Very slow File Open/Save Dialog I experience a very slow File Dialog mainly within Microsoft Applications. If I want to open or save a file in Excel, Word, and PowerPoint in a different directory than the current one it takes up to 1 minute to switch directories. (Same if I try to save attachments out of Outlook) This happens with both, local drives as well as network drives. I experience this on my two XP SP2 machines,... 4 23.05.2007 21:35:03 0x000000D1 (0x90766606, 0x00000002, 0x00000000, 0xF70C10AF) I have a DELL Latitude D820 laptop which operates off of XP. Recently I have been receiving the following stop error 0x000000D1 (0x90766606, 0x00000002, 0x00000000, 0xF70C10AF) I have download the Update for Windows XP (KB916595). I have ran a couple of diagnostic test -- All show that the system device PASS I have replaced the the memory stick, think it was defective. I tried downloadin... 2 23.05.2007 17:26:18 Windows Explorer Pauses When I Perform Actions? I have a continuing problem with my computer which I cannot seem to solve and it's not easy to describe clearly, so please bear with me. Whenever I use Windows Explorer, I find that if I perform any actions (for example, right click for the menu, clicking a menu-bar item, trying to copy/delete) it will hang for about 10-20 seconds (sometimes longer) before actually showing the menu / pe... 5 23.05.2007 13:07:03 Windows don't recognise cardreader drive or pen drive Hi, Windows XP Professional, sp2 which used to recognise card reader or pen/flash drive when plug in however all of a sudden, it doesn't recognise them when any of them were plugged in. Strickly speaking, it partly recognise. Those drives normally contains photos, when any of those drive were plugged in, the photos were opened up in Adobe Photoshop Album Starter. But I cannot see the ... 2 23.05.2007 03:42:19 IS issue with this starnge version: 6.0.2800.1106.XPSP2.050301-1526. Hi all. I have 2 clients running IE 6.0.2800.1106.XPSP2.050301-1526 and they are both having problems with our application. My question is, how would they get to this version of IE? According to this Microsoft article, they are using the SP1 version of IE in SP2: http://support.microsoft.com/?id=kb;en-us;164539. I want to replicate their problem in our Staging site, but cannot get ... 4 22.05.2007 14:06:35 OT: What To Do w/Old RAM? Sorry to be off topic, but what if anything does one do with old RAM? I'm about to install two 512MB modules which means I have to remove the two 256MB modules there now. Seems like a waste to just toss them. Are there places that buy old RAM? If I can make a few bucks over the cost of postage it would be like found money. M and D... 2 22.05.2007 13:32:53 explorer.exe uses 100% of CPU My system suddenly hangs while going through my outlook folders. Same has happened while running different applications. Each time I troubleshoot using task manager, I find out explorer.exe hugs 100% of the CPU even without any applications running or windows open. My service packs are up to date and my Norton Antivirus 2006 virus scan yielded no results. What could be the problem? FYI, ... 5 22.05.2007 08:44:00 What is wrong with my laptop? It's running very very slowly. This all happened over night. One day it was working fine, the next it was being difficult. Windows take a long time to pop up, when going into my computer a little torch comes up searching for files which it never did before, the internet windows take a particularly long time, the screensaver pops up even though I'm doing things on screen, and DVD's will n... 2 22.05.2007 03:04:01 Questions regarding Windows Genuine Advantage We have a number of PCs that we bought from a company with XP Pro. Since then the company has gone out of business and while updating one of the computers was told that the volume license used was not accepted and we had to pay Microsoft to get a valid license. Is there any way to test the other computers without using the Internet? None of the other computers is attached to the Interne... 2 22.05.2007 02:59:02 Very Slow Running Computer I am trying to speed up my mother-in-laws computer it is running extremely slow. Her system has plenty of memory and usually since she doesn’t use it for much (correspondence, pictures internet) normally it’s faster than mine. Her Windows system is Window XP I have empty deleted items folders and Recycle Bins I have run a Symantec Antivirus and a Spy Sweeper by Webroot I have run a ... 4 22.05.2007 01:34:49 Extending Basic Volume....Help Requested This would seem like it should be so simple to do, but I have yet to figure out how to do it. I just purchased a Thinkpad R51 laptop that was a student laptop configured for university use. It's has a 40 GB hard drive, which was partitioned into two parts: 14 GB Basic partition (C: drive with the XP OS) and a 24 GB partition (D: drive with university stuff on it). Maybe I acted too rash... 3 21.05.2007 18:45:22 Unable to open any web-sites Hi: After non-use for two months, I attempted to open web-sites. However, 'Action Cancelled' on the top of the screen and not able to access any web-sites, at all. Simply, all of web-sites including 'work-off' line refused to open up upon clicking 'Favorite' on the top, so does Outlook Express/e-mail. With a high-speed connection, Comcast, I tested without any problem of connection. ... 2 21.05.2007 15:37:00 re-boot start up When I turn on the computer, it won't boot up (the screen remains blaci) and I have to click on the reset button and then it boots up. How do I correct this problem? -- Mary... 2 21.05.2007 15:10:11 Turn Off Computer Window Pops on it's own constantly The turn off computer options box keeps popping up on it's own like it is on a loop, I click cancel and it comes back it is doing this constantly now and sometimes just shuts the computer down in a standby mood. I have checked all settings. What's going on? How do I stop this so it comes up when I want it to. Help Please. Thanks ... 1 21.05.2007 03:07:01 configuring a pc system? Hi all is there such a programme that will configure the system so that optimum speed and performance is achieved? Thankyou in advance of your response.... 4 20.05.2007 15:48:47 Try to Burn CD -Error says wrong volume is in the drive I haven't had a problem burning CDs until now. I don't know what happened but no matter what program I try to use to burn a CD it says The wrong volume is in the drive, please insert volume into drive E. I have tried System Restore, but it won't allow me to restore but a couple days back. I don't know what else to do or what happened, but is still the same no matter what I try. I even tr... 1 20.05.2007 02:36:07 Can't get past initial Windows XP screen! ACK! I'm quite the novice, but here's what's happening... When I start my computer, it goes through its little black screen with the scrolling lights, then when the windows screen would usually load, I am now getting a blue screen with a darker blue band at the top and bottom and the Windows XP logo in the middle. And there it sits. FOREVER. I've tried going through everything at the F2 c... 6 19.05.2007 18:03:00 23 Pages: 1  2  3  4  5  6  7  8  9  10  11  12  13  14  15  16  17  18  19  20  21  22  23