disk defragmenter will not turn on in windows xp. can you advise please?

IE works fine for a while after a reboot, but if I leave the computer alone
for a while it starts acting up.  It gives the Page Cannot Be Displayed
error.  Sometimes when it does this my email will still work and sometimes it
won't (using Outlook, not Express.)  If I reboot, IE ...

I have a computer in which the History.IE5 folder has been moved from
Documents and Settings\Username\Local Settings\History.IE5 to the users
dekstop. The folder can not be moved back to its original location because it
says it is being used by another process (IE I assume). The ...

When opening my home page I got a dialog box "Mcupdate"  claiming an illegal
operation was performed with detailed information. It said the operation must
be shut down and only offered one "close" button. After closing, the box
disappeared and the web page seemed to load normally ...

I created a new folder for my Favorites.  The next day, the folder is gone.  
The rest of my folders are still there, and it's not like I have a zillion
folders.  Why does this one keep disappearing?

I am experiencing a problem trying to connect to cdcovers.cc. I can access
this site from other computers. As well I can actually ping and tracert the
site from the computer I'm having the problem with. Not sure if it is the
problem of converting the IP to host name. If anyone ...

I have recently been using Mozilla Firefox because my IE so inundated with
spyware stuff I spent more time killing popups etc. so I switched. This was
several months ago. Since, I downloaded Nortion 2005. Then this week, I
noticed I haven't been receivng any automatic updates ...

<Warning...new at XP>
I was asked to provide help a to friend try to make his new PC look
like the 98 system that he just upgraded from.  In this case, he has
purchased the system from Fry's Electronics, one of their personally

I have noticed that recently when I view a website which makes use of bullet
points they replaced with wierd symbols. (On firefox they appear as bullets)
this isnt just the odd site but 99% of sites including my own which use
bullet points) I have checked the encoding and its at ...

I started having this problem where, whenever you click a link that opens
it's content in a new browser window, the browser window appears but never
gets populated with anything... it remains a blank white page

It appears that the mobile websites are not downloading correctly on my PC
while synchronizing. I use the Tools/ Synchronize method on Internet
Explorer to sync. The properties box lists the offline WebPages as updated
with a size of like 20 Kilobytes for each site. It seems only ...

Someone please help...
I am trying to enable script debugging and everytime I uncheck the
"Disable Script Debugger", the browser automatically resets it back.  I
have even tried to change the reg. key and that too gets reset back to

Hi! I am running WinXP with Service Pack 2 and IE6.
Whereven I click on print to print the webpage from IE6,
the Internet Explorer Script Error popup.
"An error has occurred in the script on this page.

I am unable to open internet explorer. I double click the icon and see the
hour glass for 5 seconds and it disappears without opening the window. This
started after I uninstalled QuickTime. I can still connect to the internet
using my SBC browser, but I would rather use internet ...

I'm using a brand new laptop with Windows XP SP2.
With my former computers when I wanted to chat I just needed to  sign in to
the Yahoo Canada and the applet loaded fast and only the first time it
prompted me to download a file. I did not have to install a VM.